{"id":471,"date":"2014-12-21T09:25:08","date_gmt":"2014-12-21T09:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carolandkarl.com\/blog\/?p=471"},"modified":"2015-02-17T09:43:58","modified_gmt":"2015-02-17T09:43:58","slug":"471","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carolandkarl.com\/blog\/471\/","title":{"rendered":"Grocery Boy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/carolandkarl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/2014-12-21-shopping.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-472\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/carolandkarl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/2014-12-21-shopping.jpg?resize=640%2C529\" alt=\"2014-12-21-shopping\" width=\"640\" height=\"529\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/carolandkarl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/2014-12-21-shopping.jpg?w=896&amp;ssl=1 896w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/carolandkarl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/2014-12-21-shopping.jpg?resize=300%2C248&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And this is why Karl usually shops by himself. Seriously. Okay, maybe I don&#8217;t sit in the cart, but this body language is very accurate. It took nearly a decade, but Karl and I finally came to a shopping arrangement that works for us both: I make the lists and he goes to the store. I don&#8217;t like going to the store by myself, shopping by myself is kind of boring, so I like for Karl to go with me, but Karl doesn&#8217;t like to look around the store for 2-3 hours at a time. Also, Karl and I are both aware that\u00a0I have a thing for retail therapy so it&#8217;s unwise to leave me unsupervised. Even when accompanied by Karl I&#8217;ll slip in the random candy bar, exotic fruit, or cosmetic product. Sometimes I&#8217;m obvious about it, but usually I\u00a0just stash something in the buggy under a bunch of stuff so Karl\u00a0does&#8217;t notice it until we check-out. It&#8217;s not like it&#8217;s ever anything expensive. Now that I think about it, it is rather childish. I guess I don&#8217;t want him to say no, but it&#8217;s also kind of fun. Let&#8217;s just say it&#8217;s a game. If my item makes it to the check-out lane before Karl notices I get to keep the thing. If he notices before we get to the check-out lane I usually feel guilty enough to put the thing back.\u00a0Needless to say, this is why Karl does the shopping.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And this is why Karl usually shops by himself. Seriously. Okay, maybe I don&#8217;t sit in the cart, but this body language is very accurate. It took nearly a decade, but Karl and I finally came to a shopping arrangement that works for us both: I make the lists and he goes to the store. 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