Do you Do This: Call Store before Shopping?

I'm looking for a skirt that I saw online to wear this weekend. So instead of driving to the store, to later find that they don't have it, I typically like to call the store and ask an associate if they can help me out and see if it's there. I actually just did this a few seconds ago..jeje and I'm glad I did because they didn't have it. I was able to find another store that did. Is it just me....or do you do this as well? Or do you just rather go to the store?