Drunk Shopping: What Is The Deal?

by Matthew J.X. Malady

Fun people post zany mini-narratives and ridiculous pictures on social media all the time. But sometimes that’s not enough for us. We like details. So we have to ask.

What we know: recently, BuzzFeed employee Shani Hilton tweeted this. What we don’t know: everything else.

Tipsy at the grocery store = a basket full of nonsense

— Shani O. Hilton (@shani_o) August 16, 2013

Shani. What happened here?

I’d had one of those days where I spent six solid hours in meetings and went out with a coworker for a glass or two of rosé at Preserve24 (did you know they are importing a two-ton block of glacial ice from Greenland? ha ha what). On the way home, I stopped at the grocery store because at that moment it seemed imperative that I purchase some milk for tea.

What are some of the ridiculous things that you ended up buying?

I ended up buying some organic crunchy peanut butter (I don’t really eat peanut butter, but it goes into a dressing I like to make for kale salad. Note: I didn’t have any kale at home), gummy worms, one avocado, two pounds of cherries, and a tube of tomato paste.

Lesson learned (if any)?

The cherries were a total impulse purchase and horribly expensive… but they were also extremely delicious, so I guess it all worked out?

Just one more thing.

I did not get any milk, but it turned out I had a carton in the fridge.

Previously: Llamas In New York City: What Is The Deal?

Matthew J.X. Malady is a writer and editor living in Manhattan.