I Was THAT Mom....

At Target the other night. I almost forgot to post about this, maybe I'm trying to block it out still. My sweet little Brit has turned on me, I don't know WHO that child is that throws those tantrums, but I want my Bitty back.
We went to Target on Sunday. It was about 6 or so, and we hadn't eaten dinner yet, and I know she was hungry and tired. In my defense-we had eaten a big, late lunch and she had snacks...I promise I don't starve my children. So Caden had $40 to spend on 2 new DS games. Bryan let Brit have her pick of something new too, cause you know these kids can never have enough toys, apparently.
She picked out this huge teapot full of Disney Princess play dishes. Um, no kid, we already have a ton of dishes, and Mom does not enjoy picking them up all over her room. I told her to pick something else. I was making suggestions and then the meltdown began. I pulled her aside and told her that she needed to behave herself or else we were gone, and she was getting nothing. So I tried again to have her look for something else, and the full blown tantrum began. I put her in the cart, and wheeled her butt out to the car. All the while she was flipping out, she wanted what she wanted. Yelling, screaming, crying, kicking, and everyone that we passed was staring. I felt like I was in a parade. I could not make it out the door fast enough. I started laughing at one point cause I was just thinking how embarrassing it was, and also about all those times when I was the witness to other kids tantrums in stores. Saying "well if I was her mom then I would...." Yeah well that came back to bite me in the ass.
Even getting her in the car and her car seat was a challenge. My poor Rylen was staring at her I only wish I knew what he was thinking at that time. I managed to force her in her seat and buckle her very quickly, then get my Ry in his seat too. When Bryan and Caden finally made it out to the car, she was at that point in crying that she couldn't even talk anymore. Well she managed make out a few words to make me feel like complete crap, she said "You're making Jesus sad". Bryan and I just looked at each other.
Did they teach her how to give the best guilt trips ever in Sunday school...I mean where did this girl learn this. I of course felt so bad, the guilt set in, I wanted to cry, but then I remembered that I can't give in to her all the time. So she was pissed at me for a while, she ate dinner then fell asleep in the car and when she woke up she was fine. I explained to her why Mommy had to take her out of the store and why she got nothing, and that big girls don't act like that. She got a big hug and kiss and was ok. I was ok, she still loves her momma. I am praying that she doesn't pull that act again, she has only done that in public twice and it's soo not fun.