Wal-Mart Shopping Adventure

So in order to prepare for Japan, I knew I had to do the unthinkable and go to that place that I rarely visit: Wal-Mart. I've stopped shopping there over the years as the prices got higher and the items of lesser quality, but sometimes, all the one-stop convenience of that place is impossible to resist. I decided to go with my mom, who decided that I needed much more than what was on my list (which was mostly just milk, eggs, vodka, etc) so I ended up carting around this giant basket full of random items.

My original shopping list was truly (not milk, eggs, vodka, though the vodka would be alright for traveling, I think) very short, consisting simply of:
Black socks
Q-tips
Vitamins
I was guestimating it to be about $10 to $15.

My mom extended my list so that I came home with this:
Black socks
Q-tips
Vitamins
Shampoo
Loofas
Fiber tablets
Pepto-Bismol tablets
Vicks vapo-rub
Underwear
Sweatpants
Two tank tops
Halloween socks
Hipster scarf
Alice in Wonderland folders
Mismatched washcloths
etc

We ended up spending over $60 on stuff that I didn't even think of. She's right when she says I'll be happy that I purchased these things if I end up needing them, especially the stuff for illness or whatever. I was hesitant to buy these things until she said "Well, when you're in Japan and you're sick, will you be able to read the boxes at the convenience store? And what if you're too sick to look them up on your phone? Or you don't care and you buy something and you're allergic to it or it's for curing toe warts instead of the flu?" She drives a good argument, that woman. I will definitely miss her while I am away.

And nine days away I am!

(On a separate note: saw the girls tonight at the Movie Tavern. We saw Guillermo del Toro's Don't Be Afraid of the Dark. All I can say is, lol American horror.)

Tomorrow, I get my hair cut. I wanna be blond before I go to Japan. If I'm going to be stared at for being a foreigner, I might as well be a hot foreigner.