Shopping Incognito

Went shopping incognito with Sarah and we had the best time ever! 

Well, after the initial shock of how much everything cost! 

As soon as we'd entered the Produce Section, we're accosted by a stranger claiming to have designed the cannabis healthcare T-shirt I'm wearing.

We just want tomatoes. 

When he mercifully finishes, Sarah drops her shades back over her eyes and leads me to the $2.99/bottle Wine sale!

My wife's a genius battling inflation and keeping things stable at our house in this out of order world. 

"You have a $7 beer budget," she laughs.  

Immediately I spy Kroger's incredible sale of institutional barrels of "Foster's" from Australia, $2 each so I grab 4.

Sarah leads us through various aisles to find the deals, nodding at the others shopping incognito (a surprising large number) and cracking jokes with a lady sweeping up in front of 1/2 gallons of Orange Juice for $1.29. 

"It's great with Rum!" the lady sweeping loudly suggest when Sarah picks up a carton of Fruit Punch. 

Checking out, by the time I get the Kroger card, Sarah's already punched in her phone number and the cashier is giving me a look of both  disbelief and compassion. 

"Don't go giving me the eye," I say.  

She laughs.  

"Oh we're $7 over budget!" Sarah tells her so she resumes giving me the stinky eye.  

"Oh please," I giggle. 

"I had to seriously think about if I was going to bring him or not," Sarah laughs with the cashier and bagger.  

I have to say right now how grateful I am that she did because this is the most fun we've had in a long time.