One of those GACK moments !!!

Took the rugrats shopping on the weekend. S needed new shoes ... really really needed new shoes.

Trying to persuade a six year old girl that no, she really doesn't need pink furry boots while we're heading into summer is not a task for the faint hearted. Eventually we reached a pink-and-purple-sneaker-compromise ... stuck the old shoes in the new shoe box and wore the new sneakers around the rest of the store.

We duly paid for our purchases at the check-out (still unsure how I managed to spend that much and still have nothing major to show for it) ... then got to the car. Whoops, no shoe box !!

Frantically checked the receipt with visions of policemen tracking us down, our faces being on New Zealand's Most Wanted, photographs placed in strategic prominent positions in local stores ... OMG !!! I hadn't paid for the pink-and-purple sneakers either !!!

One embarrassed visit to customer services later my conscience is clear.

But it got me thinking as to just how easy it was to walk out of the store with something I hadn't paid for ... and incredibly, how unappreciative the customer services clerk was. I mean, if I was in a job like that and someone came up and confessed to walking out without paying for something, and then paid for it, I'd be ecstatic !! Or at the very least, mildly grateful.

Almost made me wish I hadn't bothered. But only almost ...