Nice People and Not-So-Nice-People

Apparently you can tell the difference between nice and not-so-nice people by the quantity of milk they buy.  We go through quite a bit of milk, with seven kids and all, about a gallon a day.  If I could wean Shannon from his milk-and-cookies habit the amount consumed would be drastically reduced, but that is not what this is about.

Shan and I were on a hot date the other night.  We actually dressed up and went grocery shopping.  Milk was on sale at Walgreens with a limit of two so we thought we'd make a stop there first, each buy two gallons, then swing back by at the end of the night to grab another 4.  Typically, we'd be discreet and go in individually, but we were on a date, so we braved store policy and went in together.  As we prepared to check out the lady informed us, "Oh heavens, you can purchase them all together for the sale price.  I mean, you look like nice people.  The policy is just for those that are trying to buy, like, 10 gallons of milk."

"Well, what would you think of us if I told you we are coming back to buy four more gallons tonight, then another 8 gallons in a couple days?  Would you still think we are nice people?"

I didn't actually say it, lest we be banned from Walgreens for eternity!  That would truly be a travesty.  They had peanut M&M's on sale after Christmas for under a buck a bag.  I'd hate to miss another sale like that on account of saying something silly.

If it were only so easy to tell who was nice and who wasn't.  You could tell your kids, "Just stay out of the Dairy section and you'll be safe."

Nickles helping me clip coupons to score another good sale.

He pretty much destroyed everything, 

but it kept those little hands occupied for a good hour.