Bribing your kids at the grocery store

I hate grocery shopping! I literally get panic attacks at the very thought of it to be honest with you. Why...you ask??? Because I always have one or all three of my children with me. For example: say you go to the grocery store and you are casually strolling along the aisles then you hear a screaming toddler and a frustrated mom. Guess what...that mom is probably me! I adore my kids, but they are the worst kids at the store! My  9 year old plays Star Wars in the middle of the aisle, my 6 year old daughter is practicing her mad ballet skills beside my 9 year old, and my irritated toddler is screaming that he wants out of the buggy all while I am trying to remember what I need or how the hell I got there!
With all that being said, I think I figured out a solution. Sugar. Not just any sugar, fresh doughnuts from the store bakery. I know it is not the healthiest of choices and blah blah blah. But you know what-desperate times calls for desperate measures! I honestly try not to do it all the time, only the times I am doing my bulk shopping and I am going to be there a while.
Here is how it works-tell them if they are good and listen for 15 minutes, you(mom and now superhero of sugar) will get them a doughnut. After time has passed and if the kids are good, get them a doughnut. One each-too many and you will hate your life once you get home. They are quiet and good again because they are eating and you are almost halfway done with your shopping. By the time you are done, they are on the sugar high but let's face it-you are leaving the store at this point so who cares if they are bad. When you get home, have them help you carry in the groceries to burn off that sugar (kids love to help). After all the groceries are inside, they are coming down off that sugar high and are nice and calm. And that trip to the grocery store was not so bad after all.
Does it make me a bad mom that I bribe my kids with sugar from time to time? Hmmm, frankly I just don't care. My kids are happy and healthy and it makes my bi-weekly grocery trips a little bit easier. So be it!

Till next time,
C