Yesterday was a lovely Father's Day...at least for me. DH might have a different story, but I'm pretty sure he feels the same way. We had our parents and the couple next door over for some yummy dutch oven breakfast and "Breadsert". The dutch oven was to die for, as usual. DH makes a mean Mountain Man hash! Nice and cheesy and yummy and bacony. Mmmm....it's so good we are going to have the rest for dinner tonight! And the "breadsert"? Well...let's just say it's dessert for breakfast. It's basically french toast with brown sugar & butter topping baked on. Yum. Anyway...we got to see our dads and then we got to spend the rest of the day at home being LAZY. It was beautiful. I don't feel guilty for not doing anything all afternoon. We both worked our butts off in the morning getting ready for our guests.
Someone at breakfast asked us if we had sworn off our Walmart boycott because we had mentioned it a couple of times. It really made for an awkward moment for more than one reason. First - what a poser! I swear off Walmart for the good of the country and here I am 1 1/2 years later shopping there somewhat frequently - ONLY because we are trying to cut back wherever we can! Second - we had to get in to WHY we are posers and so I felt like I was at confession with my parents and neighbors. AWKWARD! Ummmm....we shop occasionally at Walmart because we are re-directing our financial ship and this is helping us accomplish that goal?!?!? Ugh. Then my mom pops in with the "sinking financial ship" comment. WHAT?!? I've NEVER said we are sinking! She thinks that because I want to do things on the cheap that we are financially destitute. I've told her before that we are choosing to do things this way so we can get rid of our debt. I really don't want anyone feeling sorry for me because of my small grocery budget. Or because we are being so careful in how we spend our money. I try to make it clear that there is a bigger goal in mind and still the judgements come.
Okay...this might sound pretty harsh but really, it's more complicated than I can say. And you really DON'T want me to get into my issues with my mother! You know how it is....love her. She just drives me to want to scratch out my eyeballs sometimes. But then...I'm NEVER annoying. I'm certain of that! HA!
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you know, we also have boycotted walmart in the past, and I know this sounds terrible but once they built a supercenter here in town, we started going again out of convenience. BUT, there are a few rules to the Walmart shopping...
1. Dont buy groceries there. The occasional box of crackers that cheaper than the grocery store price is fine, but dont go there with the intent to feed your family.
2. Under no circumstances will we buy meat there. If i told you what they inject it with you would die.
3. Never buy walmart's brand (faded glory, top care, etc.) As its hard to avoid the mass produced slave labor stuff anywhere you go and with any brand, you can surely avoid it by refusing to buy the actual brands that the walmart industry hawks.
We do feel guilty, sure we do. But at the same time, we need diapers, and theyre cheaper there. Its fact, is all.
No kidding on the meat. Someone in the meat industry (okay - at a local grocery store competitor, but still!) told me that they put so much crap in the meat that it can stay on the shelf for two weeks. Ugh! Makes me gag just to think about it!
I'm really going to try to pare down my list to the very bare minimum and only go when it's on my way and/or completely in my financial best interest. And no Walmart brands - thanks for the reminder.
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