*grumble, grumble, grumble...*

Yes, it's after midnight. And yes, I'm awake and blogging. I'm aggrivated and need to vent a little. Tonight I asked Jen to stay with the kiddies (who are asleep) while I ran to Wal-Mart so at the stroke of midnight I could get these...






You see, I needed to get them while they were at the great first-day-out-price and also when my kids aren't with me. It's not gonna happen tomorrow because I'll have little munchkins all day long and if I wait until Wednesday then I have to pay $5 more per movie. The logic worked perfectly in my head. So I drove down the lonely & empty roads until I got to the parkinglot, which was amazingly crowded considering the time. Anyway, I went into the store and found the display that I needed and then proceeded to the checkout. I was so proud of myself! It was exactly 12:06am and so I didn't have to wait at all. I went to the ONLY REGISTER OPEN and that's when I figured out why so many cars were in the parkinglot. All of the geeks in Idaho had the same idea I did. They all had made a midnight run to the local Wal-Mart for the new movie and had to wait in line to pay. Here's the thing, though. The lady started to ring my stuff up and I noticed that the movies were ringing up at $19.96 each not $14.96! I was getting hosed out of $10 between the two!!! I politely cleared my throat and suggested to the tired cashier that maybe she should check the price again. She called everyone she could think of and I just stood there waiting. So did everyone else in line. (Here's where I offer up an apology to all of those who had to wait while the goofy night cashier tried to solve a simple problem.) Finally it got settled and I was on my way out the door when the stupid door alarms went off as I went past them. *sigh* It's a good thing that I have a trust-worthy face. All I had to do was smile at the guy and tell him I'd purchased some movies as I rumaged in my sack for a receipt. He just looked at me, smiled and said, "Aw, that's okay ma'am. You have yourself a nice evening." If I were a dishonest gal I could've really taken advantage of that...