Family Dollar

Elite '09

214

340

Angie M.

Chicago, IL

7/3/2009

Oh, hey. Did you hear we're in the middle of a recession? Yeah, me too! Which means that even the gainfully employed folks are trying to pinch a few pennies when possible. Guess what? Dollar stores suddenly became socially acceptable places to buy household stuff.

Now, I wouldn't buy my undies or shoes here or anything, but Family Dollar sells items like cleaning supplies, light bulbs, clothing hangers, toothpaste, etc. at an absolute fraction of the cost of Target and CVS.

Duh, you know that, right? So why the hell don't we go to the dollar store? The "creepy" factor, I'm guessing.

Interestingly enough, Family Dollar on Chicago Ave. manages to be relatively clean, semi-organized and even has a decidedly non-scary clientele. Sure, there are missing tiles on the floor, which is also kind of caving in a bit near the Tupperware aisle, they're frugal with the air conditioning and there's only one cashier, but I'd like to think these things happen because they're keeping the overhead low to deliver cheapie goods. And I can deal with that.

I walked out with three enormous bags of stuff for about $13. Can't beat it. And they take credit cards!

Double bonus: No weird smell. You know what I'm talking about, all dollar stores have that slightly icky smell of must, dust and old Christmas decorations. Not the case at this Family Dollar!

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