Walmart: Fail

I don't really like Wal-mart. And every time I venture back over there, I remember that. I had a long grocery list this week and a tight budget, so I thought the best plan was to divide my groceries between Tom Thumb, Wal-mart, and Aldi. In a time crunch this afternoon, I went to the closer of the last two on my list: Wal-Mart.
Parking was a huge pain, as usual. The upside was that I didn't get cut off 16 times just getting a parking spot. :)
The produce was over-priced and none of it was impressive. In fact, I couldn't bring myself to buy the 1st bag of spinach I found and I took it back, miraculously finding a bag that looked pretty good. And I almost put back the grapes I'd picked when I was checking out because of all the brown ones (I had sorted through them and that bag had the *least*amount of brown grapes. *Insert rolling eyes*).
I bought quite a few things that just don't even compare to other store's products. Nothing was cheaper than anywhere else, and of course I had to do 3 times as much walking as I would've done in Aldi or another store.
And checking out was a bit of a pain, too. Of course the lines were super long, the store was unbelievably crowded, and I nearly got run over quite a few times. But those weren't even what made checkout a pain- I EXPECT those things from Wal-Mart.
And when I left, I had spent more money than I'd wanted. *More rolling eyes*
Yes, I'm whining. But groceries are important in my house. I'm feeding 4 adults, 6 animals, and a 3-year-old who could probably out-eat all of us combined. We need good, healthy, affordable food. We need products to help get us through our day-to-day routines as healthy and happy as possible.
THESE are the things I go to the grocery store for. But going to Wal-Mart only makes me wishing I'd gone elsewhere.