Big Lots - of Fun!
Why do I like Big Lots? It has a lot to do with the time of my visit; end of day when I am craving something sickeningly sweet. Lots of something sweet. Definitely a candy attraction to Big Lots.
They have aisles of weird old lady candy like Spearmint Leaves, Spice Drops, Orange Slices, Circus Peanuts, even rejected "Jelly Bellies" marketed as "Belly Flops", a giant bag full of errors like 50 beans that fused into a single giant gray blob or totally bizarre flavor fails. You do have to be selective though, recently I bought the world's oldest most stale box of "Good n Plenty's" because they had been marked down to 25 cents. Completely inedible but I still felt like I got a good deal on my sugar fix!
A good selection of international foods can also be found here, they must buy out failed grocery stores or something.
Other surprise at the Lots, furniture! Who knew? They actually have a lot of nice stuff. I hate to admit we have a bit of buyer's remorse over our lovely IKEA sofa, it's nice and all, but when you sink into an overstuffed Big Lots couch with reclining everything complete with cupholders. . .oh man!
This is a pretty big location with furniture, mattresses, and all the other regular departments of a full size store.
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