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2 Minutes Inside The Head Of An Over-Thinker Shopping At The Grocery Store

Oh, here we go.

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2 Minutes Inside The Head Of An Over-Thinker Shopping At The Grocery Store
Adriana Gil

0:01

"OK, all I need is whipped cream and cookie dough. This is easy, it should all be in the general area."

0:30

"Wait, this isn't the same layout of the other store... dammit I'll be here for an extra five minutes trying to figure it all out. What kinda of whipped cream did he want? Was it the one in the can or the one in the bin? Let me text him."

1:00

"Alright, where is the cookie dough? Oh gosh, would red velvet cake be better with ice cream than cookies? Dammit, I almost forgot the ice cream. No one specified what kind though. Should I text someone and ask? He hasn't even texted back though... so WHO would know?"

1:15

"OK, let me just guess. Cookies....or red velvet. OK, cookies. Whipped cream, AHH I still don't know. Whatever two is better than one, I'll get both...but what if they wanted sugar free? Nope, they don't want that option, that option is OUT. Now, what else did I need to get?"

1:45

"I know there is something I am missing. Should I get one more container of cookie dough? One should be enough right? OH, THERE'S THE ICE CREAM. I almost forgot, oh gosh, everything would have been ruined."

2:00

So what flavor... This is too hard... Someone send help!!!

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