Do I look like a doper?

Since tomorrow is Mother’s Day, I had to go to the store last night. Mother’s Day = quiche for the Sunday School classes I bake for. (On Father’s Day, it’s breakfast burritos.) I needed everything “different” to make them, & it was late enough that all the parents with kids had gone home. Since Chris decided he wanted to go, I didn’t take my drivers license. I wasn’t driving, so I didn’t see the need in it. I found out after we got there, he was hungry, which was a mistake on my part. I should’ve asked before we left, then left him at home. It would have prevented the scene in front of the meat department. But that’s neither here nor there.

Since it’s spring, my nose, sinuses, & eyes have gone nuts. The doctor told me I can use Claratin to stop the allergy symptoms without it bothering my blood pressure too much. (I took it while we were there, 159/95, it doesn’t need any help to act up.) I found a display for Claratin that said it will stop the drainage as well as clear my head. This was what I wanted, but you had to take a card to the Pharmacy to buy it. I take the card up there, & the little man behind the counter wanted to see my drivers license, to copy all my information down, because of the decongestant. I didn’t mind too much having to fill it out, but I didn’t have the required drivers license with me. It was fast becoming ridiculous. The only thing I could do, other than say forget it, was ring Chris’ phone to get him over there. I knew there would be retribution, & he was in rare form. He started off with “Lady, I just met you!” & it got worse from there. The woman behind us in line was giggling when I threatened to beat him, if only he would stand still & let me. When the guy went to ring it up, he asked Chris if we had a SoopersCard, which is phone # based. I gave the man the number with Chris standing there “Lady, I don’t know you!” All to buy a single package of 10 tablets, extended release. If I were buying several packages, I could see the reasoning behind the collection of information. But 1 package? I admit I was dirty, but I defy anyone to clean 5 filters & 3 aquariums & stay clean in the process. I’m too old for the kind of nonsense that should require information collection. Other than lightly argue about it, I think I kept my cool pretty well. And I had my revenge on Chris. He had to go through the different aisles with me, & see 2 books by 2 of my favorite authors go in the basket. And if he doesn’t behave, the next view he has will be something like this: