Why do we EVER go to Wal-Mart?

OK -- so this is a little on and off topic. I found that needed to vent after a shopping trip with the fam to Wally World.

First:
Wal-Mart is not where you need to go if you want to save money. Sure a lot of their items are cheaper, but when you go in for a box of Kleenex and come out with $200.00 worth of crap have you really "saved" anything? They never double (or goodness forbid triple) coupons -- so honestly it's really not worth using them there. And honestly, why aren't things grouped with similar items instead of in random areas like the Garden Center? Really?

Second:
Wal-Mart is not where you need to shop if you are trying to eat healthy and lose weight. Why? Well, because they carry everything BUT healthy food. If you do happen to find a yummy nutritious treat that you enjoy -- it won't be there next time. If they still carry it at all every other person on the planet will have found it also and the shelf will have nothing on it but the price tag and crumbs from crushed packages.
(Sometimes you will also find some meat or veggies that a previous shopper picked up, but decided not to keep. They never put these back in the refrigerator section, they simply place these on the regular shelves. This is a bonus. I mean who doesn't want spoiled, bloody meat next to their Fiber One?)

Third:
If you have children as I do, you probably have experienced my next dread. You can have one child and you husband can have the other on separate sides of the store. It does not fail -- you can find each other by the wails, screams and whines of the child that is with the other person. It's amazing -- you go to look for each other -- you hear a sound and you're like -- "it can't be", "surely not!"(This is internal dialogue, yes once you have children you go slightly insane). Sure enough, you round the corner and there they are. The spouse is either red faced from embarrassment or elevated blood pressure and the child is having either a fit, occupying themselves with tags they have pulled from every clothing item on the way to find you.

Fourth:
It's just nasty -- just take a look around -- nuff said!!


That's all for my rambling tonight! Peace Out!