Icy Cold Days + Sam's Place (once is enough)

Brr.. It was cold btw 15-18Jan! There were ice everywhere as it was raining intermittently during the few days. You can basically skate from place to place provided you don't fall on ur butt. I couldn't wear the new shoes that i bought from San Marcos cos the shoes doesn't have any grip. Oh my, I fell down once at night, luckily i was wearing so much clothes, I didn't hurt myself at all. :P

Bcos of the weather which makes it dangerous to drive, sch only started on Thurs! Supposed to start on Tues, hee gt 2 extra days of holiday. Four of us went to Sam's Place on Saturaday. It is a supermarket that sells stuff in bulk. They also sell furniture, electronics (like 40" plasma TV, fridge, mattresses) but I bought my favourite food-chocolates! Wahaha I bought a 30 pack chocolates which cost abt US15. Cheap right considering that the vending machines sell those btw .75-1.25 for each bar of chocolate. And I bought 12 Cinnamon Rolls! I was so excited when I saw those. But its really sweet, cos there's a layer of frosted sugar on top of the cinnamon roll. So this can last my sweeth tooth for at least 1 month. Haha. To balance my diet, I bought Apples! Again, it is only sold in bulk. There's abt 12 apples, I'm only a quarter way through. Hopefully the apples don't rot that fast in cold weather.

Yea, talking abt Sam's Place.. Must mention it was the most memorable shopping trip so far in my life. First: The place is big, everything seems cheaper so we excitedly chose our groceries. But when we were abt to pay at the cashier.... Let me re-enact the encounter:

Cashier:" Good afternn! How are you today?"
Soo Whee:"Good! Thank you."
Cashier:"Are you a Sam's Club member?"
Soo Whee:"Uh, nope..."
Cashier:"Oh really, Hmm....... You need to be a member to make purchases here."
ALL OF US - STUNNED.

Me:" How do we become a member? Is there any fees?"
You can sign up at the counter there. It will cost abt US40 bucks per card"
Eugene:"Can we just pay by cash? Its our first time here.. We didn't know abt this.."
Cashier:"Eh.. Well, let me make a call... *Ring Ring* Sorry. You have to be a member of Sam's Club to buy things here."
ALL OF US - Shocked + discussing what to do..

Discussion: This place is not v accessible - there's no bus shop nearby, we walked abt 15 mins to reach there from the Post Oak Mall. Share the membership card? Not worth it. Are we gg to come again? Nah, not very likely.

To cut it short, the manager came... :" We are very sorry. But why don't you all sign up with us?" "No, sorry we are only students here for half a year. We'll put back everything. Sorry abt it" THEN the manager relented! "OkOk i'll let you all off this time, just once. But you all have to pay by cash." Phew.

Then came the 2nd shocker: There are no plastic bags. After scanning the items, the cashier puts everything back into the trolley. !!!! How are we gg to carry back? OMG. We were the only ones in the supermarket who doesn't have a vehicle. Ron found some boxes and we just dump everything into our bags or into the boxes. And we lug those along the highway, past some fields + petrol kiosks, inside the shopping mall before we reach the busstop. OMG. Its so embarrassing.