at his watch and sighing. Then he'll ask repeatedly "so what is it we're looking for here?" If I can't come up with some definitive answer immediately then he goes straight into the "we don't have time for this..." Even when it's clear that we do. He will engineer a reason that I need to be rushed. If all else fails he'll just demand that we adhere to the shopping list like it's holy writ. It's probably saves us a lot of money, but it's not nearly as fun.