The challenged shopper

Okay, so last night around 8pm I set out, with trepidation, on a big grocery shopping trip. I was concerned due to the late hour and my level of fatigue and the fact that I needed to buy a lot of food. I thought I had prepared well---I left the nino with the papa and I even remembered my handy-dandy re-usable grocery bags. I was doing pretty well, had all my items and was ready to check out. I was even on time (I need to be back by 9:30 to put Cedar to bed). I love using my ec0-friendly shopping sacks but sometimes the clerks get annoyed. So, wanted to avoid and confrontations at such a late hour I decided to just use self-checkout. I started to check out my grocery and remembered that I can't put the reusable bags on the weight-sensitive checkout area. So, I thought, I will just pile everything up and put it in bags at the end. That was fine until I got about halfway through and realized I was running out of room and the sensor kept getting messed up and the clerk and had to help. At which point, she reminded me that self check-out is and express checkout. You know like 10 items or less. I had like 50-100 items. The clerk tried to be nice but I could tell she thought I was a complete lunatic. I kept piling the groceries up and with each one felt more and more flustered. I'm pretty sure people were staring. Then I had to pile everything into bags. It took an eternity. I was somewhat mortified. Luckily, Smiths has a pretty regular turnover in employees and I doubt I will ever see the clerk again. Never go shopping when tired.