Diary of a SubUrban Housewife

Does It Get Any Better Than This?

After shoe stores (which should go without mentioning frankly) probably my two favorite kinds of stores are hardware and office supply stores.

Big "warehouse-type" hardware stores are OK, but it's the mom and pop ones that I really love. You don't see that kind of store much these days (at least not in Los Angeles), alas. When I was little I used to go to the hardware store with my dad. There were all sorts of gadgets and doo dads that fascinated me. I didn't know what half the stuff was but I loved it.

Then there are office supply stores. I know what all the stuff is, and it's stuff I love to have. Not big things like desks, chairs, or computer stuff. No, it's the little stuff. It's the pens, pencils, fancy paper clips, post-its, and bins of things. I love bins of things.

Tonight Chuck and I stopped at Staples so I could pick up a calendar. Of course I perused the pen aisle and picked up some groovy lavendar mechanical pencils, because, really, who doesn't need those? I also got some erasers for Zoe.

We then proceeded to the checkout. But, on the way to the checkout there was a bin the I totally missed. A bin filled with things so fabulous, that when Chuck called my attention to its contents, I could not believe I did not hear the angel music as I walked past it. I approached the bin and heard it.

Laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.

Because, lo, what was this bin filled with? MINI SHARPIES. Yes, the magical, mystical marker of markers has gotten better.

I know, you're saying to yourself that this is not possible. But ha, it is. Because not only are they MINI SHARPIES, but they are mini Sharpies in fabulous fashion colors. And they have little key chain attachments on them. How fabulous is that?

They are so fabulous I had to have four:

See how compact they are compared to a regular Sharpie?

No need to thank me, after all, I didn't invent them,

Posted by beth at April 21, 2005 08:42 PM