Bowling and the Excitement of Wal-Mart

Wednesday night Rebecca and I took the Mia Maids (that's Mormon lingo for 14 and 15 year old girls) bowling on base. I have not been bowling in FOREVER. We have a Wii and I'm Pro in bowling. However, bowling on the Wii is TOTALLY different than in real life. In real life, I stink! It was a ton of fun though. I came in second (all of us stunk). The girl who won used bumpers. That's my excuse for losing. Haha. We bowled for an hour with two lanes and seven people and it was only $21. Yay for the base! Of course I brought my camera. As soon as I pulled it out, Jessica said, "You and that camera!" I love my camera! However I have to start bringing batteries because mine died after two or three pictures. Luckily Emily brought her camera and offered them to me. So now I have a million pictures from last night. The loud and crazy one with the crazy giggle. The cell phone addicted, anti-camera twin. The quieter twin with the battery girl sneaking into the picture. The winner from our lane.
The leader with the sexiest pair of bowling shoes ever! She's had some surgery on her wrists so she asked for the lightest ball they had. After the guy gave her the smallest ball, he proceeded to give her the old lady shoes too. VELCRO!! I've never seen bowling shoes like that before. The best leader ever! Yeah right. The girls were taking pictures and the red eye wasn't on. We had a blast though!!!
Alright on to my Wal-Mart experience yesterday. We were in dire need of groceries (I put off grocery shopping for the past two days) so I made a trip to Wal-Mart. They have been renovating the store. Yesterday I saw the best part of the renovations. Was it the hardwood floors in the clothing department? Was it the brand new nice freezers in the groceries section? Was it the amazingly clean floors? Was it the way EVERYTHING was actually well stocked? Was it the awesome clearance due to renovating? No. All are nice, but the best thing was SELF CHECKOUT!!!! I LOVE self checkout anyway. (I guess because I've never been a checker...it would probably be different if I had had the job.) The biggest pain at Wal-Mart is the 20 minute wait to check out. Yesterday barely anyone was using self checkout so I didn't wait at all. I walked up with my tons of groceries and checked myself out. The self checkout at Winn Dixie doesn't have a big space to put all of your groceries that need to be rung up. At Wal-Mart it's like a regular check out so there is tons of room to put your stuff on (because they know you're going to spend a ton of money there). Anyway, that made my day!! From now on I won't cringe as much when I have to go grocery shopping there!