How you can need a garbage can

And come home with something else entirely

Subtitled: A Small Scene At Costco

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Me: *coveting a new step-access lidded garbage can for the kitchen because ours is partially busted and in desperate need of a scrubbing, in any case*

Child: OH LOOK. *runs down the next aisle when she spots a small, countertop, retro-looking popcorn popper*

Me: *tearing gaze away from the stainless steel shiny and remembering the struggle we're having with the Bedtime Routine, due mostly, we suspect, with the incom...