Shopping yesterday, the day before Superbowl Sunday at Walmart.

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What a zoo! There were so many people and they were all in the way. They were going slowly, but I had a schedulte to keep. First I worked at PetSmart. Second shopping for pain killers, cat food, and several gallons of milk. Third, deliver the items to a friend many miles away, then get ready and make food for a party. My day started at 8 AM and finished at 9PM. The home bound friend wanted the cat food, pain killers and milk from Walmart. There was only one large bag of cat food left on the pallet; he had wanted 3. Lucked out with the pain killers. Two bottles of generic acetomenaphin (sp? Tylenol major ingred in), 100 each for $4 total. Milk, I couldn't remember if he wanted 3 or 4 gallons. I bought three. He likes 2%. My husband likes whole and I use skim, so I couldn't absorb and extra one if I was wrong. Should have been easy, right? Get to the first door, no shopping carts. Go to the second door, two carts and two women grab the last two. So I go out doors and find a cart. I grab it and almost freeze my hand to it. So I had to put my gloves on and wear gloves to push the cart and shop. Since I gas up my car with those gloves, I was disgusted. All the time freezing my rosacea face, esp. my nose. Go inside and everyone is moving at a snail's pace and in the way. Plus, some stop to gab, in the aisle, they don't pull over. So I say excuse me and they move a couple inches over each. I'm not 4 inches wide. They aren't either. So I more emphatically say, "EXCUSE ME!" So a few feet in each direction feels like miles. The pain relievers I had to search for because I hadn't bought them there. But I did well with that. Cat food, couldn't get the few feet to that aisle to save my life. Then that aisle was filled with an entire family that couldn't decide what they wanted to buy and didn't know enough to get out of the way for those of us who do know what we want. This elderly lady just barged right through and they did get out of the way. But the real challege was getting to the milk. Plus now I'm starving and not in a good mood at all. I searched for a short line. 10 people, 20 people, 15 people, finally, one with one person. She fumbles for her wallet, she takes forever to put a few items on the conveyor belt. She wants to engage in a ton of conversations with the cashier. The cashier puts the items into bags in slow motion. I finally get to her and she wants to know how my day is going. 1 1/2 hours to get three items. I got to my homebound friend's house and told him I'm never, ever going shopping the Saturday before the Superbowl. Did you go shopping the day before the superbowl or were you lucky didn't have to go? Do you find people on their day off tend to be VERY slow when they shop? I am, but I get out of the way for people who aren't.