Yes… some moms do! Other than surviving the dog days of summer with my obnoxiously rowdy boys for nearly three months, I’ve had another reason for being quiet.

What can I say? I was in love!

So here’s the official announcement:
Chele’s wedding bells will be ringing very soon!  December 31st to be exact.

Of course, this isn’t my first wedding, but I’m banking on it being the last!  Although we plan on a private ceremony,  I’d still like it to be a memorable occasion with plenty of “Kodak” moments to share for years to come.

I’d love to hear any words of wisdom or some shopping suggestions you have for this mom!

Local shopping mom Erica Mueller and I recently met for a test drive in a Ford Flex and decided to test out it’s ability to hold groceries for two households.  It was a blast!

It’s a little strange doing your grocery shopping with another mom, especially when it’s on the spur of the moment.  I had no coupons, no list and I was HUNGRY!  There were a few impulse items in my cart, but I didn’t feel quite so badly when I saw Erica place a bag of green cotton candy in her cart.  

One of the most obvious things about our shopping trip was that even though we were also picking up things our family needed anyway (milk, bread, eggs)… my cart was filling up much faster than hers!  She was sweet enough to acknowledge that I had two school age boys to feed at the moment and she only has a husband and toddler to make me feel better.

Erica also just HAD to outshine me again when she pulled out her reusable shopping bags.  Oh the shame!    I’m forced to admit temporary Ford Flex brain (Dear Ford, can you hear me?) possessed me.

Having a mix of reusable bags and plastic bags worked out great in the end though, because we took our groceries out to the Flex and it was easy to pile everything in and not worry about mixing things up.  I’m so happy to report that Erica didn’t need to hunt me down to get her cotton candy back!

By the way, the Ford Flex had plenty of room for all our groceries, dry cleaning, a toddler in a car seat, two adult passengers… and we could have filled it up with more if we had more money to spend (OK, so that hint wasn’t exactly very subtle)!

You can check out more photos from our test drive and shopping spree on Flickr:
Chele’s Ford Flex Flickr Photos
Erica’s Ford Flex Flickr Photos

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Thanks to a little birdie named Twitter, I met my first local shopping mom, Erica Mueller, this week!  If that weren’t exciting enough, Erica recently had the opportunity to test drive a Ford Flex for a week and invited me along!

We decided to make the test drive truly mom worthy by doing some shopping and testing the ability to hold two family’s groceries!  We’ll be sharing those photos soon.

I’ll also be chatting with Erica on Moms Love Shopping Podcast soon about our thoughts on the Ford Flex and our overall impressions.   I’ll give you a little hint now… I WANT A FLEX!  Can you hear me, Ford? I’m a good mommy and I deserve one!  

Here’s a few good reasons why I loved the Ford Flex:

==> It’s sexier than a mini van & looks fabulous at the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France or Paris, Texas!

==> It’s certainly flexible! Seats fold out of the way, lay down to make more room, and there’s tons of space for long legs, kicking toddlers & serious shopping sprees!

==> You can lay the back seats down for transporting tons of groceries, sporting equipment, tools, etc. (did I mention serious shopping sprees?) and still legally seat four passengers!

==>  It was comfy and I felt like a million bucks riding in it!  I really wanted to whack Erica over the head with my groceries and drive off in it!

You can check out more photos from our test drive and shopping spree on Flickr:
Chele’s Ford Flex Flickr Photos
Erica’s Ford Flex Flickr Photos

Read more about Erica Mueller’s Ford Flex test drive on her blog