LIVING LIFE

Whenever I feel like shopping for no particular reason, I go the closest “dollar store.” In reality, some of these businesses are actually dollar twenty-five cent stores, but the increase is hardly a deterrent.

It aways amazes me that even though I enter these stores with absolutely no need to buy anything, I manage to leave with at least 15 items. Apparently, I need five years worth of assorted wrapping paper, and dozens of large disposable aluminum lasagne pans (just in case I decide to make dinner for our forty closest friends).

In spite of the many times that countless unnecessary items have found their way into my shopping cart, one recent trip to the “dollar store” was memorable. My favorite antiperspirant had been discontinued and I could not find it anywhere. As I walked down the aisles, I spotted my long lost product on a shelf. I am pretty sure that very few people have ever exhibited that level of excitement at a discount store. Finding those twenty-five (yes, I bought 25) bright blue containers made me feel like I won a lottery, albeit a highly unusual lottery.

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