The Adventures of Shopper Mom

This is the story of Shopper Mom and her courageous team of Shoppers in Training: Electro Boy, Skinny Princess, Creator Kid, The Yellow Comic, Buster Brown, and Little Blue Eyes.

Together they strive for sanity and simplicity in the dangerous realm of Purchasing.

One day Shopper Mom noticed that Buster Brown was having a difficult day. Hmm, she thought, perhaps he's not getting enough sleep. This continued for several days and when checked in on at night BB was never to be found in his bed. His first choice of accommodations was usually snuggling into the extra large sleeping area designated for EB(Electro Boy), though he did on occasion bunk with SP(Skinny Princess), and with Shopper Mom and Cool Dad. He even resorted to collapsing for the night on the floor. After some deep and introspective conversation, Shopper Mom and Cool Dad deduced that BB needed a bigger and better bed.

The Search Was On!

They looked high and low on every website that Shopper Mom could think of, while still keeping the price in the ballpark of "not crazy'. Finally she narrowed it down to four options, which she naturally entered into a spreadsheet for pro/con and cost comparison viewing. Once again she met for deep discussion with Cool Dad and the Bunk Bed Solution was chosen. A new set of white bunk beds would be bought for the current and future use of SP, and LBE(Little Blue Eyes). The chosen set was purchased on Walmart.com using the ever savvy site to store option.

A few days passed.

As the bunk beds which were shipped in three separate boxes began their journey to the destination store, Shopper Mom felt certain enough to purchase the next piece of the Solution, a mattress for BB. The chosen item was checked out online with Sam's Club's very nifty buy online and pick up in store option. Since Cool Dad was away on Top Secret and therefore uberimportant studying time, Shopper Mom was obliged to bring the entire team for the retrieval of the mattress. Despite the hardship of a 40 min drive with a mattress over their heads, Electro Boy, Creator Kid and The Yellow Comic survived the lack of breathable air, while Buster Brown, Skinny Princess and Little Blue Eyes handled plastic flapping in their faces so that BB could have a new bed to sleep in. The boys room was rearranged and cleaned and in no time at all BB had a big boy bed which was very comfortable.

All was almost well in the Shopper household except for . . . the new bunk bed set. Despite Shopper Mom's certain feelings all did not go as expected. Six days after ordering 1 of 3 boxes arrived at the destination. With all good intentions of saving gas and time, Shopper Mom let it sit and wait until the other two boxes arrived. Days passed. Email was checked, repeatedly. Again and again she checked thinking surely by now they will have arrived. After all how does a one hour drive take 2 days? How many coffee and donut stops do these guys need anyway? While her agitation ratcheted up a notch at a time, SP passed the nights on her lonely mattress on the floor of the boys room. In the beginning it was exciting and fun, but after a time the fun began to fade.

Eventually, (okay about7 days later) the much anticipated boxes arrived at their destination and cried for retrieval. Being always ready to roll Shopper Mom strapped up and headed out into the dark at 9pm on a Monday evening. She maneuvered deftly over the twisting and turning roads, always on the lookout for the occasionally suicidal deer who try their best to impede any trip at all. Before long she found herself safely at her destination. She proudly presented her paper to claim the much planned for boxes. They were here, the store guys assured her, they just must have been put in the back. No problem! she exclaims, I need to buy some diapers, I'll meet you back here in 5. Diapers were bought and a few other odds and ends(this is Shopper Mom you know), and she returned to find not three but two boxes waiting for her. As her spirits sank, she worried, disappointed but unaware of the nightmare before her.

What will happen to Shopper Mom? Will she find the third box? Will Skinny Princess be doomed to sleep on the floor forever? Or will Buster Brown be forced to bedless again?

Tune in next time for the exciting conclusion, same Shopper Mom, same Shopper Blog!