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We took Carol to the airport this afternoon and then headed to Target for a marathon shopping trip.  I have a Target Visa card and while I don't endorse credit card spending of any kind, I personally can't stop myself from taking advantage of their generous 10% off coupons.  So of course, I've been keeping a huge list and planning to go today since I knew I'd be in Oregon and could avoid sales tax (which, for those doing the math means 10% coupon + 8.5% sales tax = 18.5% discount!).  I pay my card off every month and even though I know credit card psychology would indicate that none of this saves me any money, I do it anyway.

So I knew it would be at least a two hour trip at Target and I was right.  It was one of those trips where if you don't strategically stack your items in the basket, there's no way you're making it to the checkout with only a single cart.  Anyway, this was also the first shopping trip on which I've taken BOTH of my children in over three weeks.  Grandma's been here!  I've been shopping alone as much as possible or taking only one kid with me at a time.

So you can imagine how it went.  Her flight coincided with nap time and the rest is history.  I plied the kids as long as I could with some crusty Lifesavers I found in my purse and by the time we got to the checkout, Genoa had been screaming bloody murder for ten minutes.  There was nothing I could at that point, either.  There was no way I was leaving my overflowing cart in the store just so I could deal with her.  She just didn't want to be strapped in anymore and I also couldn't let her go free.  Let's just hope that this hatred she has for shopping continues well into her teenage years.  It would sure save us a bunch of money.