TMT: Flexible Grocery Shopping

Tell Me Thursday for: Flexible Grocery Shopping

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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Chele Neisler is your host for Moms Love Shopping. As a mother of three boys, Chele is happy to have Moms Love Shopping as an outlet and a connection to other women. Spending every moment with all males isn’t easy! Hosting the show also allows her the chance to return to her two first loves, shopping and chatting.