Mrs.D, I think those new 6 inch high heels are bummers. The Duchess of Cambridge wears them. They have platforms as well as high heels, and that's how they achieve the height. They must be very well engineered, and expensive, to allow the human being wearing them to walk and not be in pain, but I guess money buys everything. I am fascinated with women like Duchess Kate, who are beautiful but also very high maintainance. Kate would never need to shop at Walmart. It must cost hundreds of thousands a year just to maintain her in her glamorous state. We enjoy the view but actually it is sick. Look the other way, kiddies!

I never shop at any of those low end stores because of all the misery they cause (lights, etc.). I did try to go to Costco once, but the store had an actual fire just as I was about to go in, and my visit was superceded by the fire department. Walmart's reputation makes me sick; since I don't actually need to go there, I don't. I've been to Home Depot, where all of the wood and furniture products are made with formaldehyde ersatz wood from China,
(as attested by the manager) and I can't be in there without a carbon-filter mask. Some times I wish I was made of rubber like the other shoppers, but then again I'm grateful to God for the sensitivities I do have.