Michaels

This is where I go to when I want to buy something I’d expect to find at a giant arts and crafts store but fail. I went in looking for some polyester-​friendly fabric dye. They only had the kind for cotton, etc. Fine. Whatever Michaels.
Still, for some odd reason, I ended up impulse purchasing three bandanas. Apparently I’m collecting bandanas now. Thanks Michaels.
When I was all ready to go, the cashier asked if I had found what I needed. I said no. She didn’t respond (or care — and why should she?). Then she politely asked for my email, because, well that’s what corporate is having all the cashiers at Michaels do these days. I declined to share my email. Then a 3 foot long receipt and my three dinky rags were handed to me in a giant plastic bag. They could probably save a lot of money by cutting back on paper and plastic and in turn give all the cashiers a raise — but why would they ever do that?
So what did I learn? There’s a reason all the big box retailers are dying off — they never have what you’re looking for. I should’ve just just ordered my fabric dye off of Amazon for $ 3 in first place. Which reminds me…

My wife needed to stop by here a couple days ago when we were out running errands on a Sunday.
Everything was clean and organized and easy to find.
I didn’t really see any sales associates in the aisle’s but its possible that they were all busy helping other customers.
After we found what we needed, we went up to the registers and there was surprisingly a long line, but the line moved really fast and my wife and I were in and out in about 10 minutes.
Overall, its a great place to get the craftsy stuff and I think we’ll be coming back.