Shop 'Til We Drop

Today we ran erands. We started at the post office then filled my tank with gas (since Bob pointed out I was almost empty immediately upon entering my car.) From there we went to Lola's doctor's office in Milwaukie. We picked up a prescription and made a follow-up appointment. We decided to stop at the Dollar Store since we were "right there" at Milwaukie MarketPlace. Bob found some reward stickers and upon showing them to me commented that he should get them and "give one to Rob every day. . . . then when he gets a bunch, I'll tell him he can take the day off!" Pretty funny, Bob! He definitely cracks himself up . . . on a daily basis!

Our next stop was Winco where we shopped for a "few things." I lost track of Bob, although he had let me know five minutes earlier that he was ready and informed me . . . "I'll go look for Lola." I found Lola at the front of the store
and we waited for Bob, and we waited, and waited . . . and waited some more. I finally decided I would check out and when he appeared, I would help him bag his groceries and told Lola to wait for him. Lola waited, and waited, and waited . . . and waited some more. At one point, she yelled to me "Let's page him!" (NO! Bob couldn't hear it even if we did page him - and besides I was confident he would turn up - there's only one way out of the entire store.) When I was done checking out, I traded places with Lola and went to look for Bob. After a trip around the entire store and not spotting him, I found him up front waiting to check out! This picture is actually a rare sight. They go their separate ways once they enter a store and occasionally meet back up to check on what items each of them has in their baskets. It works for them . . . rarely has one of them "doubled up" on what they need.
I don't think Bob ever noticed me taking his picture inside Winco. He did when I took it of the two of them leaving the store. I always tell him. "Take your camera with you everywhere . . . then you won't be saying 'I wish I had my camera.'" I was so proud of him today. He had his camera!!

We stopped at US Bank (drive through) so Bob could make a deposit and then headed for home. All in all, a pretty productive 2½ hours!

We were in the Dollar Store when I discovered Bob had brought his camera along with him. He took of picture of me taking a picture of him!