Dollar Store

I went to a Dollar Store yesterday. There are thousands of those all across the U.S., being stores that sell everything imaginable for $1. The phase sometimes heard in a Dollar Store is "Thank God For China!" Hehe This is not an religious affirmation so much as it is a declaration of admission that if not for China, Dollar Stores could not exist. You see, most of the merchandise is manufactured for the American companies in China, either by Chinese companies or American subsidiary companies operating in China.
Since wages and other business costs are so low in China, the one dollar bucket that would cost $5 in any other store is an example of the attraction of Americans to those stores. There seems to be one anywhere a person sets foot, and the Dollar Stores are always busy. On the whose the quality of merchandise is good, even if it is priced so low. The variety of household, food, decorative...whatever item you could image..on had is endless. I won't attempt to describe what is in a Dollar Store.
Instead I will tell you about what I went to buy there yesterday. I went to buy "junk". Hehe But it's fun junk, in this case seasonal junk. The Halloween merchandise there is perfect for decorating the house. I bought, several one meter sized Halloween Pumpkin, Dracula and Frankenstein hanging decorations (mesh bodies with the head of the character to be hung from trees in my yard), 20 Halloween decorated pencils to give out Halloween night with trick or treat candies, a bag of novelty Halloween trinkets to also hand out, two ceramic Halloween pumpkins, "scary" Halloween gel stickers for windows, a Halloween candy dish, and two pairs of cute Halloween socks for Jane (Jane and one of her friends will be trend setters and will wear them to school Halloween day). A dollar each, about $12 total. I know this merchandise is silly, but given that I am a Halloween fanatic, I think a mere $12 is well spent to indulge my passion and stir the Halloween spirit. These decorations will be good additions to the Halloween displays we will use this year. So "Thank God For China", and keep sending me all that cheap junk I so dearly love.............
If you think I am weird about Halloween, rethink. There was a strange Halloween style event in St. Paul. Minnesota yesterday. Police said a man who robbed a woman of her keys and cell phone then took off her shoes and licked her toes. Ugh....that guy really is a monster. Commander Kevin Casper said the attack was "weird sexual behavior." The 24-year-old woman was leaving work when the 27-year-old man approached her and demanded her keys and cell phone. After that he removed her shoes and licked himself into ecstasy. Police say the woman was not hurt and arrested him a few minutes later several clocks from the licking point. After the licked lady identified the toe licker and police were able to recover her keys and phone the licker was taken into custody. The man is in custody and has not yet been formally charged. I guess they are not sure how criminal toe licking is. But one things is certain. Not many prisoners will ask to be that guy's cell mate