The Matrix Doesn’t Have You, Neo… Walmart Does!

 

I’ve been struggling to find bloggable material this week.  So, while shopping for groceries just now, I thought it might be funny to post about all of the things I wanted to buy, but didn’t.  I got my phone out & took pictures for you that I will now post and then comment on.

YESSS!

Just because.

Once you pop the fun don’t stop!

I wanted Freschetta because of its unhealthy crust. But I generally only allow myself Red Baron with the thinner crust. What’s the point of pizza if you aren’t going to get the best, though?

I’ve had A LOT of dental work done. When I was really young, I started out by getting 8 teeth pulled in one sitting (evidently I have a really small mouth that can’t accommodate my teeth. Then, I got my first retainers when I was in third grade, and quickly followed those up with my first set of braces. I kept those braces until I was 16. It was unpleasant & I’ve been insecure about my smile ever since. It’s okay, though, because Walmart has the solution!

Mulan is by far my favorite of the animated Disney babes. As far as stories go, my favorite is definitely Beauty & the Beast – tale as old as time, song as old as rhyme… But Mulan was the character I most related to. I absolutely love the song “Reflection.” Every time she climbs up the wooden post & retrieves the arrow at dawn, I get ridiculous tears in my eyes. I can’t help it. I cry in the weirdest movies.

Before I even went to the store, I told myself that I was allowed to buy this as the one unhealthy thing I was getting this month. Then, I looked at the fat content & realized that I may as well eat 13 Snickers bars and a tub of Ben & Jerry’s. 😦 I put it back & moved on.

A girl really can never have enough pairs of sunglasses… especially in Arizona.

I already have 2 gray hairs! I also still get pimples and have to use prescription acne goop on my face. Unfair!

I used to eat these every day for lunch in high school. Now, they call to me every time I walk up to the register.

Who doesn’t want to spend every night sleeping under the stars?

They taste like real fruit and don’t even have all that many calories!

Friend Steve is a nurse & takes Flintstones vitamins. If a medical professional does it, then I can too!

Always in the mood for white chocolate. Resist!

I distinctly remembered a commercial that came out one year around Halloween in which a creepy voice sang: “Chips Ahoy… It’s AlIIIIve.” Then, I remembered that it’s really supposed to go “J-E-L-L-O… It’s alIIIIve.”

Yummy but too expensive.

The fruit spilling out makes this seem healthy. Don’t be deceived – it’s Cherry Berry Death!

I mostly just like Cheese Nips, but I have to remind myself of that every time I see the Cheez Its.

Definitely had to write this note to Alix after putting it all away.

While I was doing all of this excellent photography, I started thinking about a recent discovery I made when going through my credit card statement: I spend way more $ on groceries when I shop at Walmart.  In fact, I spend about $40 more at the Walmart Neighborhood Market than I do at Sprouts, and about and additional $25 more when I go to the Walmart Supercenter.  In fact, I talked myself into driving past a Supercenter to get to the Neighborhood Market on this particular trip… just to save $.

Why?

Look up above at all of the things (and those that I posted were just the ones that I got decent pictures of.  There were at least 10 more items that I didn’t post pictures of) that I wanted, but restrained myself from buying.  When I go to Sprouts, there are about 2 things that I want but never buy.  When I go to the Supercenter, there are about a billion.  I think the reason I end up spending so much more $ at Walmart is because I can only tell myself ‘no’ so many times.  It gets really tiresome to keep checking labels then putting things back… then checking prices, then putting things back.  Walmart is brilliant.  They sell enough of a variety of things that they wear me down by showing me item after item that I really like & want to own! 

Walmart has us!

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