YOU SAID:
I went to the store and I bought a jar of milk.
INTO JAPANESE
私は店に行って牛乳の瓶を買いました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I went to the store and bought a bottle of milk.
INTO JAPANESE
私は店に行って牛乳を1本買いました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I went to the store and bought a bottle of milk.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.