Mom: What I want to be when I grow up?

Honestly, I ask this of myself from time to time.

Most people by my age have figured this out. For me, if you ask my husband, it changes quite a bit. He would even wager to say weekly on some occasions.

Living twice the lifespan would be great with all the aspirations that go through my mind. Most of the time, it has to do with working in health care, but today....

I want to be a grocery clerk. That's right, every time I go through with my food items and wait for the next person to be done, I secretly wish I could be checking them out.

Now, my reasoning is not because I enjoy the bar codes and scanning items, it far less of an admirable reason. It is to have the shock value of what people are willing to spend on groceries.

Last night, I was shopping late and some young, newly married woman was in front of me in the check out lane. Obviously, she was going to make lasagna with not wine, must have you, but a case of Bud Light beer. Anyway, she had about 12 items total and guess what her bill was??? I was shocked when the total came up to $65 dollars. When the checker asked her if she had a key card saver, of course she didn't have one.

I don't know why this seems so wrong to me. Maybe it is because I pride myself in the coupon clipping, sale item scanning and trying my hardest to keep the grocery bill down. It just seemed like such a waste. Besides, for that price, she could have ordered take out and still did better.

So once again, I secretly wish I could be scanning other people's food and seeing what people are eating and what they are paying for these days.

Then again, who am I to judge.