Rolling bags and strollers indeed get in the way too often. The aisles are generally filled with people who have what I call a "Walmart Syndrome." They just wander along in their own little worlds and stop without thinking in the middle of walkways or block the aisles as they stop to chat with a friend. A little common sense and courtesy would go a long way, wouldn't it?
All that aside, I actually think I've convinced my wife that she needs to go with me this year. We will have only day, but I can probably find enough "stuff" to get me and my bank card into some trouble. Ha! Ha! We'll park our car in one of the outlying parking lots and take the Metro to the George R. Brown Convention Center. I won't have to pay to park the car, and I know that anything I purchase I will have to carry around with me. That in itself will prevent buying big items. That's my story, anyway, and I'm sticking to it.