I'm Unlucky

I always try to go grocery shopping, well, do ANY shopping, without children but still had to take kids with me to Kroger on Sunday. While there, I noted the 10 for $10.00 with $5.00 rebate sale so decided to take advantage of it. I thought about getting some school supplies (Marble composition books would have been $0.50 each) but then remembered that Wal-Mart has great sales on that stuff in August (same composition books were $0.20 each last year), so bagged that idea much to my children's shagrin. However, we did buy chewy bars, frozen pizza, and other favorite items that fell into that 10 for $10.00 bargain (you could mix and match). I am going to price the stuff at Wal-Mart the next time I go to see if I really got a deal. But, anyway,....while I was checking out, Kyle, Charlie and Joanna decided to check out the little toy and candy machines. (Marcie was "helping" me at the self-check-out.) They always turn the knobs first and check the dispenser to see if a toy (or candy) will pop out and they check the change return to see if some quarters just might be there. They didn't find any quarters but Kyle figured out that by turning the knob of one of the machines, toys would come out without putting any money in. They did have a few quarters of their own that they used but by the time I got over there, Charlie and Kyle had about 4 or 5 toys each. Kyle said, "look Mom, they keep coming out!" Marcie got in on it and as Kyle demonstrated, she got 4 toys. I told them that they needed to tell the sales clerk because the machine wasn't supposed to do that. They did, and were allowed to keep the booty. Charlie was so excited and kept saying, "I'm unlucky Mom, look how much I got!" I corrected him on that and taught him a new expression, "I hit the jackpot!" He had to call my mother when he got home to tell her that he hit the jackpot and then also to tattle on the mis-deeds of his siblings. Some things just never change, but all in all, the grocery shopping trip wasn't all that bad. Still, though, I really prefer shopping without kids!