The A. C. Moore arts supply store near me is closing in April. No warning. I walked up to the cashier with two glass cases and my coupon and the elderly woman sadly pointed to the sign above the register informing us that store will no longer honor their coupons. I was speechless. Finally I stuttered, but if I spend $5 and you scan this I get a $10 gift certificate.
She just shook her head. I could sense those behind me getting restless, so I slunk away carrying the pieces, which I was going to paint, back to their shelf. I tried to gather myself in the parking lot, all the while processing how my life will change. I will have to drive 15 minutes on a highway to reach the next closest store, possible getting stuck in traffic or sliding off the road in bad weather.
Nothing is forever. I wanted to hug that cashier and offer sympathy. But she will get unemployment. Someday soon I will return and walk every inch of my beloved store, even the craft and yarn section. Not the scarves though. Scarves have no business in an art supply mecca.
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Thursday, January 29, 2015
Sunday, April 21, 2013
Easing Into It
Art supply stores can be intimidating. Places like A.C. Moore and Michaels are bursting with color, fabric, wood, glass, scarves, feathers, all kinds of crafts do dads. Tiny canvas, humongous canvas, brushes of all sizes, books on creating every conceivable object, so many ways to put art on a surface, to construct and beautify and explore.
There are t-shirts, bags, caps, aprons, laundry bags, all waiting for decoration. Glass bowls and containers of all shapes screaming, color my insides. Just walking the aisles unleashes one's creative juices.
One should prepare for the overwhelming imbalance of women to men. The men's room at these places are the cleanest on this planet because hardly any men use them.
Best of all are the weekly coupons--40, 50, even 55% off. Spend $30, get $10 off. Accumulate 200 points on your plastic scan card and you get a $10 certificate. I got a $70 wood three shelf bookcase for less than $20 using a couple of coupons.
Plus they stock two shades of magenta.
If more people knew about this there would be less violence in the world. Unless you and some woman spot the same wooden birdhouse and there's only one left.
There are t-shirts, bags, caps, aprons, laundry bags, all waiting for decoration. Glass bowls and containers of all shapes screaming, color my insides. Just walking the aisles unleashes one's creative juices.
One should prepare for the overwhelming imbalance of women to men. The men's room at these places are the cleanest on this planet because hardly any men use them.
Best of all are the weekly coupons--40, 50, even 55% off. Spend $30, get $10 off. Accumulate 200 points on your plastic scan card and you get a $10 certificate. I got a $70 wood three shelf bookcase for less than $20 using a couple of coupons.
Plus they stock two shades of magenta.
If more people knew about this there would be less violence in the world. Unless you and some woman spot the same wooden birdhouse and there's only one left.
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