a flawed shopper

I enjoy grocery shopping. Truth be told, I find it relaxing. Polly seems to enjoy it when I go with her, and when it's convenient to her, I go on my own. With Polly being at home a whole lot more often once the baby comes (she's going to be a stay-at-home mom), I fear that I will not see too many shopping trips moving forward. This may actually be a good thing though as grocery shopping tends to bring out two connected flaws. Let me know if I'm alone in this one:

1. I am an extremely nosy shopper. I'm that guy that looks into other people's carts to see what they're buying. I don't look at people's carts so I can copy them (quick tangent: there was a really funny episode of King of Queens where Carrie stalked some woman around the grocery store to copy her list because she didn't have any Thanksgiving recipes of her own). Instead, I find it intriguing to see what they buy. Well, it's deeper than that to be honest. The reason I am such a nosy shopper leads directly into my second major flaw.

2. I am an extremely judgmental shopper. The truth is that I look in other people's carts to see what they buy so I can judge them for it. I'm amazed at how many families blow money on unhealthy junk food. I'm sickened when I see carts void of anything natural or green. Often times I look into a cart, I see boxed this or frozen that. I see bags of chips and bottles of soda. I see cookies and donuts. I see saturated fats, high sodium items and calories, calories, calories! I judge people. Not all people. I mean, I actually feel for the lonely old man buying TV dinners. I'm sure that guy misses a good homemade meal. Him, I don't judge. But most others I do.

I know that I probably shouldn't be this way. That being said, based on what I see in shopping carts, I see two cycles being perpetuated before my very eyes: poor budgeting (it's not cheap to load up on so much junk food) and obese America (not to mention, unhealthy).

I'm not saying that Polly and I are the healthiest eaters ever. We don't buy everything organic or all-natural. Truth be told, most of the healthiest items are not the cheapest. We eat some preservatives and saturated fats. But we definitely do limit them. Polly's a great cook, so I prefer freshly homemade meals anyway. So I know we don't eat perfectly, but some people seem to have no nutritional standards. I have a feeling this country will remain the most obese (and unhealthy) for quite some time to come.

For the record, I can't be the only nosy, judgmental shopper right?