supermarket sweep

so last night the first adventure was running with my dad. i was ready to settle in for the evening when mom wondered if dad and i wanted to go get groceries. why not? getting groceries with dad is always an experience so i jumped along. this is kind of how the hour of shopping progressed:
- i grab a cart and we start in the produce section, picking up apples, oranges and bananas. dad went down to get something else while i inspected the lettuce. i was trying to remember what mom had taught me about the criteria for a good head of lettuce, but was coming up with nothing as dad returned. "just grab one" he informed me. "ok" so i picked up the closest head that looked decent and we made our way down the next aisle.
we found some of the various items we needed but i was confused as dad added a red pepper and mushrooms to the cart. "does mom mean an actual red pepper, or crushed red pepper? real mushrooms or canned?" "that's a good question" he responds..."i think i'll give her a call." so dad goes and calls mom and i try to make sense of the rest of the list. "crackers- 3 for $5- where the heck are they?" there are tons of crackers everywhere, but could i find the ones on the list? no! so i skipped that and continued on my way, keeping a look out for dad, thinking that he should be done calling soon.
i end up going around the whole grocery store looking for him before i spot him down an aise carrying choc chips, 2 bags of sugar and a bag of flour b/c i conviently had the cart. i yell after him and he looks relieved to drop his load in the cart. the guy runs marathons but yet can't carry a few grocieries around?! anyway he informs me that we do indeed need canned mushrooms and canned peppers- the ones that are mainly used for decoration. "good work dad"
we move on to frosting- mom wants vanilla with chocolate chips... cream cheese, sour cream, chocolate, coconut...the frosting aisle goes on and on. we search and search and finally find it. cross it off the list. dairy and freezer products where fairly easy to pick up. nothing too complex. we finally go to check out with a heaping cart full of groceries- some items from the list, others added that i thought looked good. we haul the groceries to the car and i breath a sigh of relief as i chuckle at our adventure in Chief Supermarket.
little did i know that the adventure was not over. once back at home we were unloading the groceries and i was putting the canned pop away. as my luck has it, one can falls to the ground and proceeds to explode open, covering the floor and me with vernerz, (which i despise). i was laughing histarically and mom was annoyed that i had gotten the floor all sticky and gross. i assured her that i would take care of it. i got sudsey water and scrubbed the floor just like Cinderella as my ever sensitive brother remarked "yup, dani's home!"