ANOTHER REASON NOT TO GO TO WALMART

I needed Liquid Plumber and a few other Walmart type items so I decided to venture there today. Why I picked today, Veterans Day, I'll never know. Every mother and their kids were there along with half of St. Augustine.

I thought my Walmart experience started off good because I scored an awesome parking place. Unfortunately, it went downhill from there!

After getting my Liquid Plumber (FYI - don't put hair dye down your sink) and 2 pkgs of White Cloud toilet paper that was an awesome deal with the $1 coupon, I picked up a few random things while I was there. I love the Farmers Ham from the deli so I got a lb. of that. I found a coupon book while I was in there and bought the Cream of Mushroom/Chicken soup at $.60 each with a $1/4 coupon. I got a loaf of bread, 2 Jiffy Corn Muffin Mixes for dinner and a head of lettuce.I price matched the grapes to Food Lions ad of $1.49 lb. and it started going downhill from there.

At the register my grapes would not do the price match. I was at the self checkout so she had to take me to her register to finish my transaction. After several attempts, and I mean several attempts to get the grapes to price match, it went through.

She proceeded to tell me if my coupons won't scan, they won't take them. Big surprise. All of my coupons, which were printables off Smartsource, etc. went through until we got to the White Cloud toilet paper. She scanned the coupons and the dreaded beep was heard! It felt like you could hear it over the whole store. Again she scanned and BEEP, BEEP, BEEP!!

"I'm sorry we can't take these coupons" she says to me. "If it won't scan, I can't take it." Now I know nothing is wrong with the coupon. The problem is Walmart.

I told her she could take the rolls of toilet paper off and I will go to Target and use it. I was so close to telling her this is why I don't shop at Walmart. I was going in there specifically for the toilet paper, free razors (they were out) and Liquid Plumber.

Did I learn my lesson? I hope so. Not only was it a unpleasurable experience, I had to sit and wait for about 25 cars (no lie) to turn out into the lane just to make the turn on US 1. That's how many cars were pouring in there while I sat there. Poor people. They don't have a clue. They don't know how much more you could save at Publix and shopping be a pleasure!

WALMART, SPENT $1.53 FOR 13 ITEMS

The dreaded Walmart. I headed there today after work to do the Schick razor deal. I still had the $6/2 printable coupon and had three $2 coupons. I received an e-mail from my coupon buddy Margaret that they were back in stock...so off I went.

So why does it not surprise me that the transaction did not go smoothly??? It's WALMART!! After reviewing my coupons, she agreed that they were for what I was purchasing and pushed them through. This is what I bought:

7 packages of Schick Disposable Razors 12 ct.
3 Dr. Pepper 10
2 Tank Tops (Christmas stocking stuffer)
Lg. Bag of TGIF chips (these were on a cart with sale stuff for $1)

MY TOTAL INCLUDING TAX WAS $1.53 OF WHICH $1.18 WAS TAX!!

Thank you Walmart. I still hate shopping there!

In case you are wondering, there are still 12 packages of the razors on the shelf in case anyone wants to go and do the deal and get them for FREE!

WALMART

I went to Walmart this morning...yes the dreaded Walmart. I NEVER go to Walmart anymore but my husband needed something there so I tagged along because I wanted to look at reading glasses.

I can no longer blink away the fuzziness in my eyes. The morning seems to be the worst time. I try to read something and it focuses and then gets fuzzy. It gets better as the day goes on but in the morning I need some help. It stinks getting old.

What I did find at Walmart is a hangtag for $1/3 bottles of Dr. Pepper Ten. My daughter and husband love this! It is priced at $1 a bottle at Walmart so you get 3 bottles for $2.

What else I noticed is all the things I buy now at Publix on a BOGO sale (with a coupon, of course!) that are MUCH CHEAPER at Publix than Walmart's everyday price. How in the heck did I live thinking that shopping at Walmart was cheaper!

If you are couponing and shopping primarily at Publix, get down on your knees and thank the lucky stars you don't have to go in Walmart anymore. I know I did when I left there!