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Grocery shopping is one of those jobs that I could delegate, had I the $$ to do so.  First there is the meal planning, then the list-making, then the cart-loading, then the cart un-loading, then the car loading, then the car un-loading, then the bag un-loading and putting away.  I had put off going to the store WAY too long this last time… it had been more than 2 weeks and we were out of pretty much everything that anyone would eat.  I think I said to Nate about 5 times before I left, "I hate grocery shopping!"
However, as I made the trips from the car to the house tonight, I was filled with gratitude.  An unlikely time, but I smiled as I thought the following:  

I am grateful I have money to buy all these groceries. 

I am grateful that Target had everything I needed in stock except eggs.   (that is pretty much un-heard of late at night.)

I am grateful that Meg was happy and then slept and then didn't scream when she woke up at the store.

I am grateful that it was the first night of the store's seasonal "late hours" where they stay open till 11 (it would have been seriously pushing it to get me out of there by 10 tonight.)

That everyone was snug and sleeping when I got home.  

That when I took this picture, the bags covered the un-mopped floor.  (maybe tomorrow.)

That our pantry no longer has cow contact paper on the shelves.  (Why didn't I change that 5 years ago???)

That I only forgot 2 things, and knowing that I would forget stuff that Nate pre-emptively offered to pick up anything I missed.

And, I was grateful that the wind wasn't blowing.  (There are many things I will miss about Rochester… the wind is not one of them.)

It sounds silly, but it was the most fun I've had during the final 2 stages of a grocery trip… ever.  I should give being grateful a try more often.