Wal-Mart

I know I have said it over and over and I will say it over and over again. I HATE Wal-Mart. Everyone raves and raves about how much money you can save shopping at Wal-Mart. I decided to take the Wal-Mart challenge. Last week I went to Fry’s a Kroger Brand store here in Phoenix, AZ. I took my grocery list and made it very specific.

3lbs ground beef
Chicken Breast 2 packages
Pork Chops
Bacon
Dz. Large Eggs
2 Gallons of milk
bell peppers
spring onions
cucumbers
avocados
3-1lb spring salad mix containers
Cream cheese
Frozen veggies
Fresh fish
Corn Beef brisket
A head of cabbage
Salad dressing
Cat litter 20 lb bags
2 package of lunch meat
14 Cans of Soft Cat food
Season packages
2 gallons of spring water
Shredded cheese

I know an item or 2 got in there too. I can’t remember what they were. I spent $164, ouch!
I went to Wally and got the same items minus shredded cheese and bacon – Wal-Mart will not honor buy 1 get 1 free or percentages off. I knew about the percentage thing.
3lbs ground beef
Chicken Breast 2 packages
Pork Chops
18 ct Large Eggs
2 Gallons of milk
bell peppers
spring onions
cucumbers
avocados
3-1lb spring salad mix containers
Cream cheese
Frozen veggies
Fresh fish
Corn Beef brisket
A head of cabbage
Salad dressing
Cat litter 30 lb bags
2 package of lunch meat
10 Cans of Soft Cat food
Season packages
2 gallons of spring water

I know what snuck in my cart this week, a box of ring pops for when I have that sugar craving I can’t get away from, 2 plant saucers to use as water dishes for Sammie, 2 cute little plant hanger critters, you know the ones that hang to the side of the pot, I got a turtle and a frog. I got a movie out of the movie bin for $5, Aaron got a video game, I got 2 magazine organizer bins in pink, a note pad, 2 packages of Nerf dart gun refill pack, package of baby wipes, 16 lb of cat dry cat food, mustard, ketchup, cider vinegar, 1 pablano pepper and a Glow in the Dark Skylander figure.

I spend 194.00 at Wal-mart. $30 more, but look at all that I bought, the video game was $20 by itself, and the Skylander toy was $10. There is my $30.

So I admit, I still HATE Wal-Mart, but I also admit, Wal-Mart is cheaper, I easily would have spent over $220 if I had bought all this same stuff at Fry’s. I would have had to gone to Petsmart for the dry cat food. There I will have spend $12-13 on it, I paid $10.99 at Wal-Mart price matching. I do have to go to Safeway tomorrow and get the cheese and bacon still, but that is a small price to pay for the amount of money I saved at Wal-Mart.

Now I have to tell my Dad he was right, Wal-Mart is cheaper to shop at. I just wish I could go and enjoy myself there during the day. I went at 11:30 at night to avoid having to stand in line for half an hour or more. That is why I HATE Wal-Mart so much, the last time I was there buying supplies for back to school, I was in line, arms full of clothes, and note books and such. The line was backed up to the clothing department and running alongside the clothing department 4 or 5 more people. 2 lines where currently open. Then all of a sudden they closed one of the lines. For 10 minutes the line did not more. I set my stuff down on the ground right there were I was standing. I hadn’t really been back again until tonight. My son was in 1st grade on my last visit, he is in 6th grade now. I was looking for a way to tighten my budget without sacrificing eating healthy. So now I am going to shop at Wal-Mart, but only late at night when getting through line won’t take me all day.