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Haley's First Trip To The Liquor Store....

Do you want to hear how I am a great mom?

So yesterday...late afternoon, I was heading towards my parent's to drop Haley off for the night. Last night was girl's night and I had prepared a great Italian dish to share. The only thing missing was a bottle of vino. I weighed the pros and cons of waiting to pick up a bottle until after dropping her off. I quickly decided that I should probably go ahead and pick up a bottle before because I tend to stay too long gabbing with my mom thus making me late.

So I pull into Bonner's finest liquor store. Obviously I can't leave Haley in the car, so I grab her and headed in. Let me tell you, I was more nervous walking in there with a kid on my hip than an under age teen trying to buy beer. I quickly picked out a bottle of Pino and headed to the counter to pay. It was an older gal who probably hadn't been carded herself since the 50's. I was ashamed to be dragging my kid to buy booze, so to try to ease my own tension I called myself out on it by saying...You probably don't get a lot of babies in here hu? She looked over her glasses and down her nose at me...looked me up and down....and said, you would be surprised. Perfect......I am one of "those" moms. The ones that buy bottles of wine on a Tuesday evening. I'm pretty sure she wrote down my tags and called SRS on me. I was flustered to say the least.

But the thing is, if we were cool like Missouri I would buy all of me cheap wine needs at the grocery store. And in some cases...guns at gas stations.... which still boggles my mind.

But all and all, I had a great night last night. It was nice to visit with the ladies, relax, and stuff our faces.

Well that is all that time allows for me today.

Until next time.....
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Megan said…
How weird?! I was just about to blog/put on FB this exact complaint! I needed to purchase some wine for a girls' night and felt so weird to take a baby in there. I finally just asked Aaron to get it instead. Kansas is so annoying with their outdated liquor laws! It's ridiculous!
9/07/2011 3:08 PM
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