We went to the super Wal-mart to do our grocery shopping . Now, I usually can't stand Wal-mart. You know, all the stuff about how bad they are for the community, push small businesses out, have cheaply made products, poor hiring practices. This store wasn't too bad. Spacious aisles, yummy deli, and bread. What more could I ask for. We got fat free refried beans- 1 lb. for $.66. How could you screw up refried beans. Coffee was $1.05 less than we usually pay. Now we don't have much more to compare because as a general rule we just buy what we want. If it is on sale, great, if not, we get it anyway. With very little proof, we figured we saved $2o. Since we went on a long drive down a quiet back road, we also called it entertainment, so we claimed additional savings. What can two people do for that amount of money these days? We went for a drive, bought groceries, saved money. All should be good. It really bothered me because what had been a large field at the edge of town was now a giant Meijers, a super Wal-mart, the usual gas stations, fast food joints, and acres of parking lots. To make it worse, across the intersection was a large empty building up for sale because a grocery store had moved out. On the other corner was another large building going out of business. As I looked around I felt cheated. Boo, hiss, Meijers and Wal-Mart!