One of the biggest chains in Mexico is Wal-mart. Fortunately for us, there is a brand new mall going in close by and there is a Wal-mart in it. Getting there directly from our house is another story. It is quite bizarre to me that they just do not have a turn around to get into the mall. You have to go a few kilometers past the mall, get off at another exit and turn around to come back toward the mall. An added five minutes easily.
Like I said, the Walmart is in a mall on the second floor. As you round the escalator to go up to Walmart, there is a pet store with puppies and kittens. I couldn't help but stop and want to take them all home. Not only because they were absolutely adorable, but also because they all were in cages with grates and nothing to lay on. It made me so sad to see them in this way. There was a beautiful German Shepherd, a Westie, and some other breeds that I am not sure of. I believe before too long, we may have a new family member to take care of! It must be able to ride in a carry-on in the plane though.
Anyways, back to Wal-mart...Claire is at the point where she refuses to ride in the cart all the time, so the next option at Wal-mart was to let her use her own mini shopping cart. As this was her first attempt at driving a cart, I didn't expect much, but she was terrible! She ran into everything and almost everyone, of course, using the word "crash" and laughing. There is a parent handle on the mini cart and I told her I had to hang on to it so she didn't lose me, but she was not thrilled about it. Neither was I considering she kept running me into the shelves, but I felt it was a necessity for the other shoppers! She also has a bad habit of picking up everything off the shelf, including eggs (to check them). By the end of this trip, I finally curbed her of this by just having her point to the things she was interested in. Let's hope that lasts!
There were quite a few familiar brands at Wal-mart; Heinz, French's mustard, Kraft Mac and Cheese and Parmesan cheese, Cheerios to name a few. The hard things for me to purchase were fruits/veggies and milk products. I wasn't sure what all the fruits were and they didn't "look" as nice as we are used to in the States. We did purchase strawberries, bananas, limes, lettuce, onions, sweet potatoes, pineapple, and a mango. They also had frozen blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, peas, and other vegetables. We got many staples including sugar, flour, Ruffles :)!
Overall, we spent $100, which I thought was pretty good considering that we bought quite a few groceries and other household items. It was a productive shopping trip and, everyone is so worried about safety here, but Wal-mart was very safe!
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