For the last 3 years I have only been in Wal-Mart to help a friend get something, redeem a gift card, or try and take something back there.  You can read previous posts to find out why I have an aversion to the store for its business practices.  However, over the holidays I heard that a lawsuit was won by the common folk and Wal-Mart was going to pay employees back-pay which it had been keeping back by doing things like making people work through lunch breaks and not paying them for it.  So, I decided I would not withold my dollar any longer since the store was doing justly (even if it was forced) and we proceeded to go to the mega-mall of stuff today to get Morgan a surprise and pick up our groceries.  Now, if you haven't been to Wal-Mart extensively in 3 years and you jump right back into it you need to be warned that there is a certain amount of sensory overload.  Sarah described it best by saying it was like we were in a fog surrounded by all this stuff.  I found myself wandering around simply looking for things to buy and dodging other customers who were, like ourselves, hurridely scrounging around to find the next thing they didn't know they needed.  As we were in the check out lane Sarah gave me the go ahead to get the car... relief.  As I rushed out of the store to get a breath of fresh air from the drowning waves of consumerism I passed someone I knew and he too was walking around in a daze.  As we left the parking lot Sarah and I vowed to return to Kroger and Food City as our primary grocers.  Don't believe the ads, 'save money, live better'.  Our grocery bill at Wal-mart was more expensive than what we usually pay at Kroger.  True, there are some things that they have better deals on, but overall it is as expensive if not more so than chain grocery stores... Anyways, that is my rant for the year... what a great way to start off blogging in 2009!  Happy New Years!

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