this little piggy

i went wal-marts today. the fifth of december. at 4 pm. i will never do this again. i had to get some christmas lights. we went to add some lighted garland around our front door. and discovered that the lights didn't work. after i plugged them in to check them once. they worked. i checked them yet again just to make sure. they worked. as i was half way through wrapping the garland one half of the string went out. i wasn't very happy. fake needles were falling out by the thousands every time i touched it. i was totally irritated. and then i realized the string of lights was about thirteen years old. i bought them to put on my patio in my condo when i first graduated college. so, they really didn't owe me anything. my husband then went to the hardware store to get some lights. i get them out of the package and they are some kind of garland light three wide that i had never seen before. off to lowe's i go. they had nothing. i find it difficult to believe that i couldn't seem to find plain. white. lights. and that brought me to wal-marts. at the height of the mad dash. it was awful. people everywhere. but i found what i needed. without a problem. a christmas miracle. but i thought too soon. the checkouts were a mess. i was in the self-checkout lane. for about three seconds. line not moving. people can't scan items. then i went to the fast lane. twenty items or less. right. i sure wish people knew how to count. lady, here's a clue. when your items in your cart or more than each of your fingers and each of your toes you have too many items to checkout in the fast lane. or not so fast lane. in your case.