Am I the only person in this country who needs a Walmart Warning regarding shopping the day before school? For most of the people I know, Walmart is the store of last resort as it was for me today. You know that if you can’t find it anywhere else, it’s probably at Walmart. Right? I think? It never occurred to me that I might be entering a danger zone of screaming, crying little people. But I was on a mission. My house is getting new floors and the first night I was able to move back home, I discovered how dirty my new out-of-the-box floor planks were. I’d taken a damp rag and swiped at a streak that I hoped would come up. It did, but the rag also swept up a wide swath of grime. Oh my word! Before I could sleep, I swept and cleaned the floor with a… Read More »
I will not Shop on Saturday !
Before I retired, I made myself a promise: when I no longer worked full-time, I would not shop on the weekends. One of my pet peeves was to go to the market and stand in line behind someone who was obviously retired and could have shopped any day of the week, but NO!, they chose to shop on my day off, costing me precious minutes as I stood in line behind them, waiting for them to check out and get out! (Now I must admit that I have a lot of pet peeves, probably enough to stock a menagerie. A friend who is more open-minded than I am, suggested these people might have to wait until the weekend for a friend or relative who works to drive them to the market. I admit that is a consideration — for maybe 5%.) So today, Saturday, not only was I shopping, I was shopping… Read More »
