It has been over two weeks since I decided to quit Wallymart cold turkey. I will admit that there have been situations where I needed something and Wallymart popped in my head as a place to get those items. But like a good little girl, I quickly remembered what I vowed to do and for the most part have come out better for it.
There were times where I wanted to take the easy way out and just go to Wallymart and just get it over with, but I stood firm and did some research, and ended up getting some items cheaper at another store than what I would of paid for at Wallymart. I do feel it easier to squash these temptations, but I know that with the holiday season just up ahead, I am going to be in for a real challenge.
I was pondering Saturday while I was trying to buy supplies to do my new coupon binder, how I am glad that I have taken Wallymart off the table for stores where I can go to. No more trying to maneuver through their parking lot, no more rude customer service personnel, and no more feelings of frustration and regret after shopping there. In other words, I feel liberated.
Like any bad habit, I do know that it can be easy to slip up. I hope that I can be firm in my vow, but I also know that I am human. I know while I stay within the limits of the Wallymarts closer to my house, that it is relatively easy for me to abstain, but what if I'm out in country with my mom at her Wallymart. I find that the Wallymarts around my parent's neck of the woods tend to employ helpful, nice people. There still is the craziness associated with Wallymart, like finding a parking spot and navigating traffic around the store. But I do find myself more willing to succumb to temptation if I'm out and about at my mom's Wallymart. Let's hope that I don't. Then I will just be a hypocrite.
I feel like if I can survive until January, it will be all down hill from there. I also am more convinced that what I am doing is going to benefit my family more in the long run. I am making it a habit to check out Wallymart's fliers and comparing them with the other stores fliers. I have realized that Wallymart's prices are really not that much competitive as they were in the past. Like today I noticed that Wallymart has Kraft American Cheese slices for $2.50 a package, while Tom Thumb has it for $1.49 using one of their Tom Thumb coupons. I also noticed that their fresh fruit or veggies are not that great of a deal either. For example, plums are on sale practically everywhere for 99 cents a pound, while Wallymart only lowered their price by 1 cent. I just don't think that 1 cent is enough incentive for me to buy their plums. Since I am already going to either Tom Thumb or Kroger this week, then I will just buy the plums for a cent more at either store. Wallymart also has Hunts Ketchup on sale for $1.38. Well too bad that I stocked up on Hunts Ketchup when it was 10 for $10 all summer long at Albertsons while I had 20 cents off of one coupons to use. Since Albertson's tripled all three of my coupons, then I paid 40 cents for each ketchup. That's almost a dollar less than Wallymarts now advertised price.
Okay I have rambled on enough about my progress and finds. It has only been 2 weeks. I still have months to go until I can confidentially say that I have quit Wallymart for good!!!!
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