Thursday, September 29, 2011

On the shopping list, a little humble pie.

Shane and I have boycotted Walmart since moving to Boise. For lots of reasons, I won't go into. I do my shopping at Fred Meyer with their large health section, lots of dairy free and nut free products and free babysitting. Unfortunately we were totally out of humidifier filters and Walmart is the only place in the area that carries the size we need. I decided it was time to temporarily end the boycott.

As soon as I got there I saw this beautiful girl (I'm talking beautiful) wearing the shortest shorts I've ever seen. Part of her butt was showing. The shortest shorts with the highest heals. I'm sure you know exactly what stereotype flashed through my mind. I felt horrible as I then watched her help an old lady put groceries in her truck.

I walked back to the photo lab (while I was there I might as well get some pics for the grandparents.) The guy there was so helpful and nice, commenting on my cute kids in the photos and talking about his 6 grandkids.

The checkout lady and I laughed with the women behind me in line - poking fun of her insane amount of candy on the belt and me buying every humidifier filter in the county. The women told me her plans for her son's birthday party (Marshmallow themed! Cute Cute!) I left with a smile.

I won't be shopping at Wal-mart regularly, for all those unnamed reasons. But I was reminded again how much being around kind people changes everything. I did wear sweat pants. If you were wondering. And not everyone thinks Wal-mart is a bad place to visit. (Seriously. Click the link. It's awesome.)

5 comments:

Heidi Jo said...

What is "swear" pants Natalie? The kind with a nasty word plastered across the butt? Well if that's what you wore then I'm sure you fit right in ;)

Green Acres in the City said...

What are swear pants? I try to avoid Wal Mart too but sometimes its a must.

Natalie Jane said...

Oops! I changed that. They were just sweat pants, but now I want a pair of swear pants too.

amydear said...

That clipping is HILARIOUS. Love it. Thanks for the laugh! I drive out of my way to go to Target, but have found the people at Wal-Mart to be quite friendly.

Candice said...

you are so funny. my mom has the same feelings about that store too. she will not shop there no matter what. so you aren't the only one!

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