I seriously hope someone else is going to swoop in and save her.

But yeah. It was an interesting day at the store.

Also, she had knives. I got them off her. Because I'm badass.

It's a 'reasonable search' thing. We have enough to file a complaint, which the manager is doing, but without the camera footage available in the moment, we didn't have cause. We just needed to secure as much merch as possible in the moment. so...

Oh, and at least three sets of sweats under her jeans.

We couldn't stop her from leaving with what she was wearing, but what we got absolutely covered the back service counter.

But yeah. I am constantly astounded by some people's stupidity.

So i entered all her info into the computer and saved it. Rang up everything we got of of her. Mad noted on how many layers of clothing she was wearing (fie t-shirts and two hoodies--after I removed the jackets. Friends she was dripping sweat and it was all nasty)

So I literally peeled her out of two jackets and a backpack so get to it. (MA'AM LET ME HELP YOU) Asked about things in the cart and she surrendered them. We got about $1k of merchandise off her, then the manager asked her for the ID to open the credit card account AND SHE GAVE IT TO US.

She put like two things on the counter. And we were all like... naw. Manager was pointing to a tag on a jacket she was wearing. I was asking about scanning the jacket and she claimed she wore it in. "Ma'am, I see the tag." I got it scanned and said we needed to put it in a bag...

The manager was finally tired of her nonsense and herded her toward the front, giving her the hard sell on getting a credit card and opening accounts with us.

And then she ended up in my line because she couldn't duck him.

Oh, and kid 1 and I re-covered one of the kitchen chairs. The other can wait a while because, whew, that was an effort.

So that's my budget. And a reminder that things like stuffing mix, spices, boxed mashed potatoes, jarred gravy, and other holiday staples will be appearing in your clearance sections over the next 2 weeks. Go forth and stockpile.

It's not a huge meal, but t doesn't need to be for three people.

Also, I could do about the same thing with the $2 markdown Walmart birds, but the Sam's birds are a bit bigger and prettier.

If I do stumble over a turkey priced so low I can't say no, I'll likely cook it either ahead of time, or save it for cooking until after the holiday and just store it for later meals.