Shopping

My mom’s water broke with me in a department store called McAlpin’s. She liked to joke it was because I wanted out to shop — an activity she and I shared with enthusiasm!

A dozen eggs, $10.99

The price of eggs

March 15, 2025

 JOANN Going Out of Business storefront

A deficit of notions

March 14, 2025

 Trump Store closing in Cincinnati

BIG Sale Store Closing

March 13, 2025

Shoreditch

March 1, 2025

 A long line of boxes with flowers at Target for Valentine's Day

Valentine’s Day approaches

February 12, 2025

 Cardboard standee of Travis Kelce in a Lowes jersey holding a phone with a QR code to download the Lowes app

Found the birdseed without an app

January 20, 2025

 Animal Crackers on a shelf at a CVS

The animals escaped their cages, but not their captors

December 5, 2024

 Crafty Supermarket Sign

15 years of Crafty Supermarket

November 30, 2024

 Christmas bulb display at a hardware store

Holiday lights

November 12, 2024

Went to Spencer’s at the dying mall

October 17, 2024

 Spirit Halloween

A shuttered strip mall near you

October 13, 2024

 Escalators

I never changed the channel when The Cure came on MTV

September 25, 2024

Finally liked a pawpaw at the City Flea

September 21, 2024

 Thermoses

A new and potentially dangerous destination

September 7, 2024

 Flair serving tray

Looking for old lamps but finding other flair

September 4, 2024

 American themed fabric

Tell me everything you see

August 18, 2024

 Flag store

Raise it briskly

August 12, 2024

 Man takes selfie in furniture store mirror

Designer Looks

August 9, 2024

 Target red bollard

The celebration of everyday things

July 9, 2024

 Smiley face frisbee

The joy it could bring

July 6, 2024

 Doozy

A doozy, plus tomato soap

June 17, 2024

 Me riding a bike (photo by Wendy)

Now the proud owner of an electric bicycle

June 12, 2024

 Graphic artworks on a cinder brick wall

Art installation between the appliance warehouse and vape store plus a nail in the coffin of the mall

April 20, 2024

 A bunch of vehicle models on shelves

I might take up watching scale model building

April 13, 2024

 Cart full of Shop Vac and Air Mover at a Home Depot

Our basement flooded

April 2, 2024

 Man browses records

New record store

March 14, 2024

 Garbage bags

Garbage content

March 3, 2024

 The Goody section of the store

Goody

February 18, 2024

 Anthurium andraeanum at Costco

Nutritional information liberator

February 4, 2024

 Canon Selphy CP1500 Printer

Digging this little photo printer

January 28, 2024

 Man selects yogurt at Whole Foods Market

I couldn’t find raisins

January 7, 2024

 Christmas tree in the middle of a mall that isn't doing very well

One can hope

December 22, 2023

 Feet in foot bath

My left foot

December 15, 2023

 Shop window with holiday decorations

A few holiday markets

December 3, 2023

 Parking lot light fixture decorated like a Christmas tree

Parking lot Christmas decorations

November 27, 2023

 Mrs. Meyers hand soaps fill the shelves of an ACE Hardware Store

It feels like social media!

November 15, 2023

 A person browses the dairy section at Trader Joes

A really fine time to go to Trader Joes…

November 1, 2023

 Best Buy store in Eastgate, Ohio

Popped in for a memory card

October 3, 2023

 iPhone 15 Pro Max

Consumering

September 23, 2023

 Self checkouts at grocery store

Checkout business

September 10, 2023

 A blue cap that says Thinking across the brim

Put on a thinking cap

August 15, 2023

 Person checks grocery list on phone while in a Costco

A list of things not to buy at Costco

August 6, 2023

 The aisle of Cheez-Its

The selection of Cheez-Its is way bigger than jelly

August 5, 2023

 Sunny D with Vodka

Private equity corrodes nostalgia

June 20, 2023

 Construction of a Kohl’s department store

Future Kohl’s and JOANN Fabric

June 12, 2023

 Garden Center with hanging baskets and annuals

A tiny bit terrifying and entirely exciting gamble

May 21, 2023

 Bed Bath & Beyond store

Future gym or something

May 1, 2023

 Cassaluna branded shams and bedspread on shelf at Target

A sham

April 13, 2023

 Fabric swatches on a couch

A big no

February 19, 2023

 Recycling bins at a Target store

New underwear

January 26, 2023

 The food court at Costco

Makes me want a hot dog real bad

January 18, 2023

 2023 Valentine's Day candy aisle at Kroger

Microwaveable stuffed animals

January 16, 2023

 Hand holding a vertical oriented mouse

A Vertical Mouse

January 7, 2023

 Fern Holiday Market poster in the window of a plant and homeware store

Fern College Hill Holiday Market

December 4, 2022

 Toilet seat covers and rugs with Christmas Tree decorations and Santa Claus

Deck the stalls

November 7, 2022

 Colorful samples of frames (for framing art)

Framing things up

October 24, 2022

 Exterior of Hierophany & Hedge storefront in Covington, Kentucky

Hierophany & Hedge

September 24, 2022

 Topical magazines that have taken over the displays of tabloids at a grocery store checkou

Elizabeth II

September 17, 2022

 A list of items to pick up at the grocery store for movie night left behind on tomatoes

Found movie night shopping list

August 29, 2022

 HVAC and radio controls of a Mazda CX-50

Mazda’s reluctance to touch screens

August 23, 2022