She hated shopping with Yonah, she decided. They were never doing it again

She patted the melon twice before putting it into the cart.
Yonah popped up behind her. “Whatchya doing?”
She smirked. “I have no idea. I just always see my mother do that.”
They cracked up. See, this was fun! She usually shopped on her own on Wednesday night, but they’d had Pinny and Ayala’s sheva brachos, and had gotten home way later than expected. It had been fun, being the newly married couple without being the stars of the show. Plenty of attention, but in a backseat kind of way.
Now, it was already Thursday, and Yonah had offered to go shopping with her so they could run through her list more quickly.
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