Case Lot Sale

What is a case lot sale, some of you may ask. Well...it is as it sounds. Case lot sales are held about once a month under a giant white tent in the commissary parking lot on Clear Creek Road. That's the grocery store for those of you not married to the military. They have amazing deals on a variety of grocery and household goods, and you don't actually have to buy an entire case of an item although you can if you want. We now have 18 rolls of toilet paper and 8 rolls of select-a-size paper towels. Obviously, that's a totally reasonable supply for a family of 2 and 1/2. Penny counts as 1/2 because although she does not use toilet paper she does cause a need for paper towel usage. Anyway, I also got cases of pop (yes, POP) for less than $4 each and 3 bags of chips for the price of one. Throw in 6 boxes of Jiffy corn bread mix, some body wash, and 2 giant sized bottled of lemon-lime Gatorade and I considered my first case lot sale a successful one. However, my experience had its downsides. First off, everyone was driving giant down tiny aisles with boxes that were poorly stacked, with their 8 children in tow. I swear everyone in the Army has 8 children so that's typical. Note: I love all children, but I especially like well behaved children with manners, and they seem to be in short supply on Ft Hood. And I guess the rules of the road obviously do NOT apply to the case lot sale because I was "side swiped" and "read ended" at least three times each. Between the large family in front of me who could not decide between a case of family sized bags of Cheetos or a case of family sized bags of Doritos (as if any family needs 6 family sized bags of chips) and the retired couple behind me figuring out the unit price with a large print calculator, I thought about just giving up and heading inside the comissary where things weren't as cheap but it was nice and cool and calm. But I braved the crowds, and $53 later I had a trunk load full of groceries fromy my first case lot sale.