It's just the grocery store...

It used to be my favorite activity...

Which makes me kinda weird, I know, but I loved the grocery store!

I think I loved the "shopping around" part the most.

Finding a perfect deal, going to three different stores because each one had it's own specials...

Taking time to read labels and get creative...

And oh, how I loved Trader Joe's when I lived in Southern California and could walk the quarter mile to the world's best grocery store!

Alas...

Now, I live tucked away in the mountains, a 35 minute drive from Trader Joe's, and I have a toddler.

Goodbye, amazing grocery shopping days.

Hello, blitz runs for milk and the easiest veggies.

At least we're getting veggies, right?

My theory is that I can make Little Man believe that whole grain, 100% natural Fig Newtons are really cookies until he starts going to school and finds out that there is such a magical food as Oreos, 

and that you can actually eat them at lunchtime...

Until then, whole grain and figs, kiddo.

Anyway, we usually make it halfway through shopping before I have to pull a snack out of the purse to distract him from the millions of items within reach which he is not in fact allowed to touch.

I never actually go to the store without my Herbalife tea to simply fortify me for what used to be one of life's simplest and yet most charming activities...

If I'm quick we make it to the produce section before he starts the pleas to get down...

And I don't think I've made it out of the store yet without getting him out of the cart in the checkout line

 so that he will stay quiet just those last urgent moments when money is changing hands 

and I need to try to concentrate...

Then comes his favorite part, the whole reason he thinks we go to the grocery store at all. 

Little Man pushes the cart back to the car. 

Mommy is just there to steer and provide power (sounds an awful lot like Mommy is pushing, right? I know, confusing... But rest assured, Little Man is pushing. Mommy is just an accessory...)

And then, the sigh of relief. We are in the car. Big smiles. Almost home. 

Only one store today,

but instead of getting nostalgic for my grocery shopping trips of yore, I will rejoice-

We made it all the way through one store today!

Join the movement of moms, where we are proud of the little things!

Follow me on Instagram @happyfitnessmama, document your own grocery victories, and tag them #movementofmoms so that we can have the courage to go back next week for more milk!

Disclaimer - Research shows that those people having a Formula 1 meal replacement shake twice daily as part of a healthy eating and exercise plan can reasonably expect to lose 1/2 to 1 lb a week. And the average annual compensation provided by Herbalife to its distributors at the Supervisor position with a downline is approximately $5,800. I have chosen to consistently follow my Herbalife nutrition plan and work hard at running my business, which is the reason for my personal results.