[ shopping... ]

sooooooo... today i had to do a bit of a major grocery shop... i whittled it down to 3 stores, armed with lists, oscar, 5, wearing a rescue backpack & answering to the name 'super spy' & 'knight flynn', 3, clad in robot helmet, blue plastic sword & riding a hobby horse... ok so that was my first mistake right there... how many times can i get poked by the sword & that stupid horse slowed us right down...


the first stop was whole foods... the boys have been out of sorts since we got back from our uk trip & were playing up pretty badly... we got in the same lady's way at least 19 times around the store & she was not impressed one little bit ~ i stopped apologizing after about the 4th time... i really felt she wanted me to say sorry for existing ~ but i'm not so la!


next stop sam's club... it was busy busy ~ boys were getting worse, thankfully we ditched the outfits & accessories!!


then wegmans ~ to be quite honest, by now, i'd had enough of the constant bickering... so we headed to 'w kids' ~ i love you wegmans! it was open & everything!! i dropped the kids off & did i skip away like dorothy down the yellow brick road to get the shopping done? hell yeah!


as i went up & down the aisles humming to song playing 'madonna borderline' ~ i was thinking things can't get much better than this!! i love madonna! i get to the olive bar... & spy the big green ones that are stuffed with red peppers... but these peppers look really lovely & red... as i have been caught out before & bought a whole tub of yucky olives i scoop one up to taste (my husband just thinks i'm a pikey!!) because i'm 'sampling', i don't muck around, chew it up & swallow... the heat hit me pretty much before i swallowed but it was too late... sweet jesus it was the hottest thing i have ever tasted... it burnt my throat, i didn't think i could speak then it hit the top of my stomach & literally set it alight, my eye lids were sweating... i had just eaten hell in an olive!!! when i reach the deli counter i have to cover my mouth with my hand because i was afraid of setting the woman next to me on fire with my breath...


i end up ring my husband, mike, to ask him if eating something really hot could kill me...


it turns out those olives were stuffed with 'piri piri' peppers, also known as bird's eye, African devil, or African red devil. It is a small, extremely spicy member of the Capsicum genus. lets just hope it doesn't burn exiting... first of all i can't believe there wasn't a warning... & secondly i can't see how anyone would enjoy eating them, but it takes all sorts.


on the way home we pass a field of goats... i said 'say hi to the goats guys' & i wave....


flynn says 'mum goats can't talk'


me 'how do you know?'


flynn 'i saw one open it's mouth & no words came out...'


fair enough!