Works for me Wednesday

This might be obvious to those logical, sequential people out there (like my hubby), but it was a total revelation to me. I've been doing a big weekly Walmart shopping trip (Excel spreadsheet grocery list and all) for about 2 1/2 years since I discovered Flylady. Advantage: only one trip to the store. Disadvantage: lots of groceries. Managing with two kids has proved challenging, but the worst part was from the produce section (when I have to kick toddler out of the cart to fit the delicate stuff in) to the end of the checkout, when I'm juggling a fussy infant, whiny toddler running around, trying to sign my credit card slip, and load the last bags in the full cart while hurrying to not hold up the customer behind me. Some how the lettuce and bananas always ended up being squished by the milk gallons. Then it dawned on me--because the light stuff is unloaded on the conveyor belt first, it goes back into my cart first and there is nowhere for the heavy stuff to go.
So the revelation is this--unload the groceries onto the conveyor belt in order from heaviest to lightest. This might take a bit of doing since they're usually on the bottom of the cart, but there's time to do it because you're waiting for the person in front of you. Then, when crunch time comes and you're paying, the bags are already in order and you don't have to think about the poor eggs and lettuce getting mangled. Works for me!

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