Do I hit walmart? Yup, I wear black loafers and sandals and am loathe to part with more thn $15 for a pair of shoes. I can and have paid over $100 for quality but the shape of my feet burst the sidewalls at the same rate as the cheapies. Kids clothes made by chinese prisoners and are built to last only months suits growing kids if I cant find the stuff I need at goodwill first. For disposables Walmart is great. For buying something I expect to use in my dotage I shop elsewhere. Now once someone convinced me that the one day sale at the end of thanksgiving needed to be hit. I drove in, looked at the parking lot and determined that since I visited a prison riot once I didnt need to repeat the experience. As for clothes, I havnt bought anything new since about 1967, thrift shops and used is fine for me. If I didnt have kids I would still go and get shoes, asswipe and laundry detergent at Walmart and fully expect to wear the blue vest when I can no longer compute for a living. Either that or work the fastener section at a home depot.
thanx,
bill