What's in a name?
Why the hell didn’t anyone tell me about Big Lots before? That place is a goldmine for us po‘ folks. I’m sure I’ve been in there a couple of times before — though what I bought, I can’t remember — but I had absolutely no recollection of how cheap stuff is in there. It’s as good as Dollar Tree (where everything is $1, duh!), but with way more stuff. It’s like a cheap Wal-Mart with less attitude.
Connor and I spent about 45 minutes inside Big Lots today, killing time, waiting for Stacey to get done with work and come pick us up. (I dropped my car off to have the windows tinted — for Connor…I swear.)
I have realized that I am a total sucker for cheap crap. Even if it’s an item I have no use for, it’s difficult for me to walk away from it if it can be had for a ridiculously small amount of cash.
“Uh, I don’t really need a gallon of cooking lard —actually as a vegetarian I shouldn’t even be considering this — but it’s only a dollar-fifty! What to do?”
When I first moved out on my own, I developed a real problem with the dollar store, and I now have to stick to a strict list when I’m in there. It looks like Big Lots will get the same treatment. But, I can say with confidence that I’ll not be purchasing the Speedo brand of bottled water that I saw. That’s wrong on so many levels, I don’t know where to start.
Connor and I spent about 45 minutes inside Big Lots today, killing time, waiting for Stacey to get done with work and come pick us up. (I dropped my car off to have the windows tinted — for Connor…I swear.)
I have realized that I am a total sucker for cheap crap. Even if it’s an item I have no use for, it’s difficult for me to walk away from it if it can be had for a ridiculously small amount of cash.
“Uh, I don’t really need a gallon of cooking lard —actually as a vegetarian I shouldn’t even be considering this — but it’s only a dollar-fifty! What to do?”
When I first moved out on my own, I developed a real problem with the dollar store, and I now have to stick to a strict list when I’m in there. It looks like Big Lots will get the same treatment. But, I can say with confidence that I’ll not be purchasing the Speedo brand of bottled water that I saw. That’s wrong on so many levels, I don’t know where to start.
posted by Carter at 11:02 PM
4 Comments:
i am also a huge sucker for cheap stuff. i really can't control it. it's worse now that target has a "dollar spot" section right when you walk in the door. genius, i tell you.
Go to NY and you'll enjoy Cheap Johns. Another great goldmine of a store.
you tellin' me you never went into the Big Lots in downtown Duluth where the Winn-Dixie used to be? Of course, I guess it would have been called Grande Porciones after about 1996...
don't bad mouth that winn-dixie... that was my first job. on second thought, you can bad mouth it all you want. that place was so dirty.
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