Cinderella

With all the wedding talk going around in the family right now, I have realized that I am in love with love. Some deep down part of me still believes in fairy tales and happily ever after. Is this a sign of immaturity or a hopeful optimism?

Cupid

I'm pretty much a girly-girl. I love Legally Blonde, Hallmark commercials, and diamonds. I love Olympic ice skating, pink and purple, and Barbie dolls. But I don't like Valentine's Day. It's commercial and fake. Of all the holidays, this one is my least favorite....well maybe second to Labor Day.

10 Things I Hate About...

Grocery Shopping:

10. Long checkout lines

9. Price checks

8. Thinking I've found the last semi-close parking spot only to find it's cluttered with numerous discarded shopping carts

7. People who stare into my cart

6. Candy placed at kid's eye-level at checkouts specifically designed to cause parenting issues. If you give in, people sigh and say you're letting them rule or say things like "In my day...". If you say no, the kid gets loud and disrupts nearby customers -- many of which say rude things "under their breath" regarding your lack of parenting skills.

5. Putting it all away at home

4. Trying to decide every meal for the next two weeks at just one shopping trip

3. Not having enough room in the cart, thereby ousting children from their seats

2. People at self-checkout lines who have no idea how to use them

And the #1 thing I despise about grocery shopping: Oblivious people leaving carts positioned so that others cannot get by them causing back-up