Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Up North

We are, as the Minnesotans say, "up north". Husband has been feeling burned out from work and wanted a few days to recharge so we rented a sweet little log cabin along Lake Superior for a few days. The cabin sits right above the lake and the view from the deck is incredible.


(No worries - there is a glass wall in front of Bella.)

So far we haven't done much besides hang out, sleep, and go to the grocery store. Husband and I were thrilled - no, make that - THRILLED when we saw the 4/$1 Shastas at the grocery store. We spent several minutes making our selection. We are simple folk. Simple folk who enjoy the fizzy wonder of a Dr. Shasta or Mountain Rush every now and again.


We also had to purchase these at the grocery store.


I attempted to shelter them from innocent eyes when I put them on the conveyor belt at the check-out by surrounding them with a Shasta wall. Husband quickly undid my work saying that it made the situation more obvious.

Am I the only married, almost-30-year-old adult who still feels HIGHLY twitchy and nervous about buying...uh...condoms? See? I even feel twitchy writing the word. It's not like I can disguise the fact that sex has happened in my life (see photos of spawn above), and yet I'm all ZOMG! when it comes to putting the evidence right out there on the conveyor belt. Maybe it's because the checkout person is fully aware that a little something something might happen tonight.

And now I just realized that this post will make you aware of the same thing. Ummm....

[Twitch. Twitch, twitch.]

Anyone want a Shasta?
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  2. ooooh twitch twitch gross! haha. I am the same way. I make hubby buy them. He has no shame. Funny that we use them wayyy more now than we did before we were married. Have fun at the lake! We used to rent a cabin in Michigan during the summer. I have never been to Lake Superior, but used to love those summers "up north". Pretty!

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  3. I make my husband buy them too.

    Those and pregnancy tests. I cleverly hide them in the cart,just in case I should chance to run into someone that I know.

    Because even more embarassing than having the checkout person know you are buying them is running into your mom's neighbor or your grandma with them in your cart...

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  4. Care - The "twitch, twitch" was referring to my nervousness - did you think it was referring to sex? Weird, twitchy sex? HAHAHA.

    3 22nds - Yes w/the PG tests! And that whole aisle is scary at Target.

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  5. My best/worst target run:
    1. Condoms
    2. PG test
    3. Flowers
    4. Chocolate bars

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  6. I definitely knew what you were referring to. HAHA, not twitchy sex! I was twitching at the thought of buying condoms with a baby in tow. LOL. Wow, way too many visuals going on now!

    My trashiest grocery store moment: peeing on a pregnancy test while still in Walmart. It was negative!

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  8. I worked at Target for a short stint and once saw a woman come through with condoms, tampons and a pregnancy test...I'm not sure what was going on there! Perhaps a sale in the scary aisle.

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  9. You know what my strategy is when buying embarassing items? Pick the lane staffed by a teenage boy when possible, he will always be more embarassed than you!

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  10. So I think my most embarrassing Target trip involved all of the above, plus TP & anti-diarrhea medicine. AWESOME.

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  11. I love it how every time I have ever bought a pregnancy test the cashier always says "good luck!" (actually I really do) Do guys get that when they buy condoms? ... mmm maybe I will say that to random guys I see picking up condoms.

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  12. Having worked at Target for many, many years. I have to say my favorite staging of product was a small sidecap filled with a combo of KY Jelly and Condoms.

    The other best situations are the random items added to a basket to 'hide' the fact that a pregnancy test or condoms are being purchased. A box of paperclips, salt & pepper shakers and duct tape...what?!

    I am missing the link to your blog from your Facebook page. Alas, I visit consistently, so it's on my internet history :)

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  13. Christy - So one time Husband was picking up a PG test and the cashier said the same thing to him. RISKY MOVE, cashier lady.

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  14. I gotta chime in on this thread. When I bought my PG test, it was at the neighborhood Walgreens, and the checkout person was a teenage boy. He had to remove the anti-theft alarm thing from the box, so I remarked on my surprise that a PG test needed such a device. The teenage boy, wise beyond my I've-forgotten-what-it-was-to-be-a-teenager expectations said, "This is one of the most frequent shoplift items. Teenage girls are too afraid to buy them. Kinda sad..."

    -Sonja

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