I’ve never grocery shopped for an army before.  But I am pretty sure that when I neared the checkout counter at the IGA in Browning, MT, the cashier must have thought I had bought out half the store.  I wish I had taken a picture of the shopping cart.  Comical doesn’t begin to describe it.  I will say though, everything you see in the pictures and all that is listed, fit into one cart.  And I don’t mean one the size of an SUV.  The cart was of average size.  By the end, I could barely see over the top because it was piled so high.  I hope I have enough to feed my warriors!    

In the order I put it all away…   

8 Cucumbers
8 Heads of lettuce
6 heads of cabbage
32 bananas
6 lbs apples
8 Tomatoes
4 lbs grapes
6 lbs hamburger (tribe sized)
10 lbs Stouffers Lasagna
4 cans frozen orange juice
18 bagels
3 lbs cream cheese
4 lbs peanut butter
4 lbs jelly
2 lbs American cheese
1 lb sliced turkey
1 lb sliced ham
1 lb margarine
32 hamburger rolls
6 loaves bread
64 oz salad dressing
1 jar mayonnaise
1 lb honey
48 oz vegetable oil
32 oz vinegar
10 packages Top Ramen
1 lb sunflower seeds
1 dozen eggs
50 oz Manwich Sauce
2 family size brownie mix
30 HandiSnacks
48 single serving bags of chips
6 lbs chicken
2.5 lbs lemonade mix

7.5 lbs cereal
 
 
 
 


And because I have been referring to my wonderful new family politically incorrectly as a tribe, I thought I would throw in this last photo.  If the notion of ‘Tribe’ sized makes you so much as smile, you should have seen me trying to withhold peals of laughter in the middle of Teeples IGA!