The pregnant lady at the grocery store

Now, there is an important rule I try to follow before going grocery shopping. I always try to eat first, so I don't buy needless things. Simple enough. I also sometimes think I can get around this rule, and usually I can if it means I am running a quick errand and not really buying groceries for a week.

Today I screwed up. I went to the store pregnant and on a totally empty stomach from the night before. There was no self control to be had.

I ran to the store as I was planning on having steak for dinner and really wanted a big bowl of salad. Not the crap from the bag but a cut up, filled with fresh veggies, salad. I also wanted to buy a couple of big baking potatoes for our little feast. It all started with the corn on the cob.

You see, I decided to buy a few ears to fix along with dinner. Well, sitting next to the corn, was the strawberries.

The grocery, being cleverly advised by evil marketing people, had put shortcakes with those fresh strawberries to stop a pregnant woman in her tracks. In the cart they went. Now onto find some Cool Whip and we were set.

Not so fast. I was required to pass the bakery on the way to the freezers. I started picking up cupcakes and brownies and cookies and donuts. I ended up leaving with 2 packs of instant pudding, sugar cookies, donuts in a bag, and 2 containers of Cool Whip, among other things, like the vegetables I planned to buy.

Then the really sad part. I couldn't even make it home.
No dice.
I pulled out the biggest creme filled donut I have ever seen and ate it there in the parking lot like a fatty escapee from a Weight Watchers meeting.

This happened once earlier in my pregnancy when I came home from the store with about 6 or 7 different types of sugary sweets. I tried to tell Mr. W he needed to go to the store with me for the rest of this pregnancy, but today I was on my own without supervision.

On the bright side, my donut was delicious and I still have 2 left!