shopping adventures

of course, it's not all fun and games when it comes to renos. there are some serious shopping trips to be made.
such as this:



Not pictured (but in cart)

48 bottles of decent beer (Killians, Goose Island, Leinenklugels, Dundee Honey Brown, Newcastle, all for about $40)
2 frozen pizzas
1 - 36" wingspan glider
3 foam stomp rockets
1 slingshot (real) for sacha (plus nonexploding ammo)
1 box of grits
unsmoked pork hock
5 litres (not metric marked) half & half
2 bags sweet potato chips
1 bag red white & blue gourmet potato chips (not a joke)
3 - 1lb containers of strawberries (3 for $5!)
1 bag prewashed, chopped country greens
2 kid-size t-shirts
3 men's t-shirts
4 pairs underpants (guess whose)
big bag of beet sugar (4 lbs?)

Also not pictured:
We paid $1 to rent the shopping cart that plays a video feed of "The Wiggles" to entertain children while parents shop.
The shopping cart kid doors lock from the outside, to reinforce immobilization (though the kids did discover that they could climb out the windshield)

Best of all:
All of this shopping was accomplished at 12:20 AM. Most Meijer stores (and their video-immobilizing kid carts) are open 24 hours, 364 days a year. Closed on Christmas Day.