A few weeks ago my husband bought a Mini Cooper as his commuter car. He loves it and we are trying to really take advantage of the great gas mileage compared to our SUV’s, so we drive it almost everywhere. Although now that we’ve been used to having our larger cars, we’ve discovered the few hardships of having the Mini in comparison.
For instance, we have to load J through the rear hatch of the Mini because there just isn’t enough room to get the car seat loaded and buckled in from the front door. Luckily the hubs has long monkey arms so he can reach over the rear seat to get J buckled. Also, shopping of any kind is limited. The first weekend we got the Mini we went to Home Depot for a few things…and forgot we had the Mini, so the large piece of dry erase board we bought had to run the full length of the car and the front corner poked me in the side of the head the whole way home.
Well we still haven’t fully adjusted to the size difference yet. On Friday night we made our bi-weekly grocery run. Costco and Wal-Mart for 2 full weeks of food and a few other items.
My menu board for the next 2 weeks has the following items: (all mostly homemade dishes)
Chicken Noodle Casserole
Chicken Pot Pie
Soy Garlic Fish
Artichokes
Mac & Cheese
Nachos
Chicken Fingers
Meatballs
Our grocery list:
Costco-
Chicken
Ground Beef
diapers & wipes x 2 (one set was a baby shower gift)
orange juice (individuals)
Milk
Wal-mart-
jelly
fudge bars
baby yogurt
mommy yogurt
frozen peas x 3
burner buns
butter
avocados
marinade
egg noodles
mix frozen veggies
cream of chicken soup 2 cans
pie crust
tortilla chips
artichokes
fresh berries
carrots
cereal
plus the following household items:
toothbrush
face lotion/wash
shampoo
dry & wet cat food
sponges
We hit Costco first to get the large items out of the way…after we got those few (large) items loaded we weren’t sure we’d get all the rest of our groceries in the car with J and the two of us…But the Mini surprised us – it really is larger than it looks! Not too bad for around $260.00
Also had this cutie-pie moment 🙂 J’s starting to give love via hugs and “kisses”
If the stuffed dog hadn’t cost $17 he totally would have gotten it just by sheer cuteness and obvious attachment…sorry to whomever ended up with the slightly drooly pup.
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