Tuesday, April 1, 2008

"What does a green line mean? Sort of pregnant?"

I went to the Dollar Tree today to research a story on grocery shopping at discount stores. (Unfortunately, it wasn't my idea, I saw a wire story about the same thing, but I'm localizing it and the guy's in Kansas, so I figure it's kosher.) Anyway, they have some great stuff there! Lots of cleaning products and shampoo, not to mention the candy. And they had oyster crackers! My all time favorite snack. So I had to buy a bag.

Standing in the checkout line, I was looking around at the impulse purchases hanging by the register. Gum, batteries, disposable razors ... pregnancy test.

Right. That's a good idea. The ONE time you don't want to bargain shop, I'd say. The result's probably in Chinese characters.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

did you get a dollar-store toothbrush to go with the dollar-store cavity you'll get from eating the dollar-store oyster crackers? I can't stop thinking about that...every time I eat simple carbs I have to brush my teeth now...

Anonymous said...

Don't forget the dollar-store toothpaste contaminated with antifreeze ...