Is that a food scale in your pocket or...

My food scale looks exactly like this one, except mine is a lot grimier.  Overuse, I tell ya!  It is well-loved.

 Yes, I brought a food scale to a restaurant today.  Now, in defense of my sanity...it was a pretty casual restaurant (order-at-the counter kind of place).  And, I completely do not trust my ability to gauge how much 3 ounces of grilled chicken is.  I am always SHOCKED at how little it is.  So, I pulled out the food scale, measured the chicken, and then put it away.  No big deal.  And my kid, who was a little bit aghast at the spectacle of it all (and it really wasn't a spectacle at all), was very pleased to eat the extra chicken.  So, all's well that ends well.