What Can Be Better Than The 99 Cent Store?
It took me a while to get with the program. At first, when I saw the brightly lit 99 Cent stores, I thought, wow how can they put so much junk under one roof? Then, I made a few sojourns into the place with a friend. Crowded with shoppers, the narrow aisles turned me off. If claustrophobia is the price I have to pay to get these discounts, it isn’t worth it, I thought. Then, on my way back from an early morning errand, I stopped in, again. Hardly any people got in my way, and the few folks who were there seemed to be restocking the shelves. Finally, I could see what was on them. Dog food: two cans for a buck. Okay, that’s pretty good. Triple-bladed disposable razors: four to a pack. Ninety-nine cents! How can you beat that? Shaving gel, which is usually $1.99: just ninety-nine cents! I ended up with a full hand basket of goodies and I think the grand total came to seventeen bucks, and change. Hold it; did the cashier say SEVENTY bucks? No, seventeen. It probably came to no more than ha
