Sherri and I packed up yesterday to head to Wally World for some things we needed for the house. We had made a list and felt sure this was all we needed. We have to make sure that we have every thing on the list that we need because with the price of fuel now days you can't just drive back and forth to the stores to pick up things. It is not that it is so far away but it does use up fuel that could be spent on going somewhere exciting.
We had a list for Dollar Tree also. These were items for Kris's Birthday party. His Birthday is on the 27th but he is having a party on Sunday. We have a theme party in mind and the Dollar Tree is the place to get all the fix-ins for...you guessed it a dollar each!
OK now I have set the stage so you can see that we are really organized for this trip to the big city.
We pull into the parking lot at Wally World and Sherri gives me the same old speech about why she would have parked in the next row and how I don't scan the lot before I land...Oh well we got parked and yes we had to walk and extra parking space to the front door, but we made it safely.
We had three items on the list one of them being the new lawn mower. The other two items were a crock pot for the house and some paint for our outside bench.
Now here is the question...Why is it when you get to Wally World and while you are gathering up your listed items other things get put into the basket and before you know it your ticket is tree times the amount that you set out to spend!
One time when we were traveling we stopped in Wally World to get Kris a tooth brush and ended up spending over $200.00 bucks! I will have say that was the most expensive tooth brush we have ever bought.
I could go on and on about this but I know that all of you out there have your own story to tell. For me I can see how shopping at the old Mom and Pop stores of years gone by was so much cheaper. Now that you can get any and all you need in one Mega store you have a tendency to spend every dime you have in one visit...
Somewhere in Time
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I call Wal Mart the $100 store..... You can't leave until you've spent at least $100..........!
Yep, both Walmart and Sam's Club - the $100 stores.
I do use a list and we don't deviate from it. we get what we came for and leave...I hate that store!
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