Ventage Tuesday - I'm THAT Woman

Today's Ventage topic was inspired by this email from me:

I am that lady in the store today.
You know her, the one going 100 mph because she is trying to shop on her lunch hour?
You know, the disheveled needs to shower one?
You know, the one that has so many groceries that the cart looks like a JENGA match?
You know, the one that the lady in the checkout line behind her says - I can't imagine buying that many groceries...how long does that last you?
Um.  One week.  With an additional stop for milk.
Gulp.
I am also that lady at the parcel pickup that is trying to shove a double stroller into a car set so the back of the minivan will hold said JENGA like grocery mound.
Great.
I have officially jumped the shark.

That was my harsh realization from about a week ago.  I spurred a discussion about carts and grocery shopping and grocery habits.  We vowed to share our carts.  Here goes, don't laugh.  

 This was my Saturday trip to Woodmans.  I may or may not have had another cart.  

I had a great little helper:

She likes to put things in the cart and inspecting the fruit is her favorite job.  She would subsist on only fruit if I would let her.  

So what does a JENGA like grocery cart for a family of 5 in Green Bay, Wisconsin have in it?

Photo 1:  rutabagas, whole chicken, rice, flout, canola oil, mini saltines (love those), three kinds of yogurt, sour cream, cheese curds, coffee creamer, noodles, cream cheese, marshmallows, half and half, more whole chickens, fruit soda (special treat!)

Photo 2:  bread, shrimp, tostitos, milk (4 gallons) pizza crusts, mushrooms, lemons, lima, carrots, spaghetti sauce, ricotta cheese, blueberries, blackberries, strawberries, corn tortillas, flour tortillas, onions, 

I couldn't capture everything.  Although, I do love the cute husband in the back of photo 2 wiping down the kitchen table.  (sigh).  

Our weekly grocery bill is outrageous.  but we eat almost every meal at home and I do my best to purchase mostly unprocessed food.  I do buy spaghetti sauce and HCFS marshmallows and other not so healthy items but I think we are well rounded.  :)  

I used to love to spy on other peoples carts.  I would have pretty elaborate backstories concocted by the time I reached the check out.  Now?  I want to do my two carts per week, usually with a kid in tow, shopping and get the hell out of there.  

Every week we have the following on our list:
milk,
bread
bananas
coffee creamer
apples
cheese
(lots of cheese).

If you like to spy on carts - I would recommend checking out everyone else's:

Katrina
Em
Barb
Steph

We probably have a lot of variety in our carts - we have some vegetarians, some allergy types, big kids, no kids, babies, it really is a mixed bag!