Yogurt Emergency!!

Our morning started off like any morning. My 2 year old son wakes up with his first words out of his mouth. No, not "Mornin', Mommy" nor "Hi Mommy." It was more like, "Yogurt. Yogurt, Mommy." You see, for him yogurt is like most adult's coffee in the morning. "OK, honey. I'll get you some, I said." Oh wait...oh no! I just remembered that the kids polished off the yogurt this weekend and there is no more left. Uh-oh, this is not good. (Pause) "Um, Evan, we are out of yogurt. But Mommy will get you some today when I go to the grocery store" (notice I spoke in 3rd person as to separate myself from the issue). Well, you might as well have pulled his small toe off because that's what his whaling and crying must have sounded like to anyone standing at the end of our street. Wow! Toddlers are dramatic, aren't they? Sheesh! Needless to say, Daddy had lots of fun getting him dressed while he was going through his complete and total meltdown. This is the same boy that has absolutely hated to get his diaper or clothes changed from day one and still does. Now he's being messed with and he hasn't had his yogurt!! Not pretty.

Now my Twitter followers now know part of the backstory of my getting to the grocery store without a grocery list this morning. Yes, I blame it on the yogurt emergency. Mommy to the rescue! After getting my daughter dropped off at school, I trucked it up to Kroger to re-stock the yogurt supply. At that point I realized that my weekend was way too relaxing because I did not pre-think this grocery store visit and we needed more than just yogurt. I needed to capitalize on this grocery store run and re-stock our pantry and fridge. This doesn't happen often with me, but when it does I remember that many other moms run into this situation and we need to find avoid this situation from ruining our food plans for the week. What do you do? I found myself using my Notes app on my Blackberry to make a list in the car before going in (after tweeting my no grocery list confession, of course). Unfortunately, situations like this do not really afford you to try new recipes, therefore, promoting food variety. But I was able to plug in family favorite meals in which I knew the ingredients like the back of my hand. I called the hubster and he added some items to the list as well. Next thing you knew, I had a somewhat of plan before I walked into the store. No coupons, no new recipes this week, but I had a plan. Even if you don't make your grocery list before you leave, have a plan before you walk in or else you will certainly leave without enough food for the week and that promotes too much dining out. At least that's what I've experienced. I'd love to hear from you, moms and dads, on what you do to get it together when the week's planning doesn't happen. Share it so we can learn from you!

By the way, we have yogurt now! Thank the Lord for that.