It's interesting how much my shopping patterns have changed over the years.
I used to take great pleasure in finding the perfect item at the perfect store. And this isn't particularly referring to Christmas shopping, just my everyday shopping habits. If I needed makeup or shampoo I would go to a store just for that. When I needed groceries I would head over to the grocery store; a nice upscale store where they would take my purchase to the car for me. If I needed a birthday card and wrapping paper I would go to another store just for that. And of course if I needed a copy of the newest hit CD I would go to a music store for that. And while at any of the above listed stores I would leisurely browse through the products as I did my shopping, often stopping to examine other products or read labels. It truly was enjoyable and relaxing. Maybe even fun, but it's hard to remember.
Now, however, my day-to-day shopping can be summed up in a single multilingual word: Walmart, or as a fellow Walmart shopper referred to it one day..."The Devil's Store." Do I frequent the store because I absolutely LOVE Walmart and their rollback prices? No...It's because I have three kids to pack in and out of the car and the fewer stops we have to make, the better. But I actually loathe that store. The location closest to us is easily the biggest Walmart I've ever seen. I was told it's six acres worth of store and it looks like it. It's dizzying to just be in there. Honestly my first couple of visits there made me a little nauseous. And my days of browsing and leisurely shopping are over too. I make a mad dash through the store as if I've won a shopping spree.
Hopefully shopping will be fun again someday. Until then, I'm going to try and figure out how I can fit all of my purchases in the cart so easily as I shop, but then it suddenly seems like twice as much merchandise once it's in bags and loaded back into the exact same cart.
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I agree about hating Walmart. I go out of my way to avoid shopping there. Usually if I need some of everything and am in a hurry I'll go to Target. Some may argue that it's the same thing, but it isn't. Target is actually closer to me right now anyway. It's sad that choices are so limited that sometimes Walmart is your only option.
Just a FYI for wal-mart, they are now not taking ANY returns without a receipt. Not for in store credit, exchange for another size, not for anything. If you don't have a receipt, you are SOL! Just thought I would pass that along, I got in a heated argument with customer service and then the assistant manager and no one would even budge or make any acceptions. So I'm now going to Target or Smiths Marketplace for most of my purchases. And if I am waffling on an item at walmart, from now on it will for sure be a big fat NO because of there customer service. Have fun shopping:)
Yeah... you need money to shop. I don't have any so I don't shop. It really is the circle of life!
I certainly can relate to this post!
And I, too, am an avid despiser of Wal-Mart. I go there very rarely. It feels like a store that promotes mediocrity as a way of life and I'm just not into mediocre or it's promotion in this world. We've got enough of that without Wal-Mart, thanks...!
I'm with Holly. Target is my friend. (although where I live it's just a regular Target with no grocery options so I do have to make two trips if I need something else... and that's where Wal-Mart has the market cornered here. But I go to another store called WinCo for groceries... it's very cheap and it's not the evil Wal-Mart!)
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