Curly Sue wrote:

On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 05:35:02 GMT, "Gregory Morrow"
wrote:

I like shopping at this place (used to be Cost Plus World Market, now it's
just World Market). Before Christmas I used one of these 40% off sale
coupons to get my mom a nice big pannetone. This past Sunday the local
paper (_Chicago Trib_) had their flyer with another one of the 40% off
coupons. Just picked up some olio and balsamico. I just checked and it's
also available online (click the link below, I've also included the fine
print), they'll also have their flyer w/coupon in the store.

I enjoy nozing around the place, they have all sorts of little food - ish
nicks and nacks. Lots of good food items at decent prices, e.g. condiments,
olio, coffees, balsamico, teas, spices, chocolate, LOTS of imports, etc.
Glasses, dinnerware, festive decorating items, kitchen stuff, you name it.
Even if you only have a coupla bux to spend you can always find a little
something. to buy...

Yeah. I was in San Diego last year and found a few things to buy at
the World Market there. Fortunately I was limited to buying what I
could carry


If you poke around you can find some 'interesting' finds, e.g. nice
wooden blinds, picture frames, etc. Glasses and dishware you can get
on the cheap if you find them on sale. They've got really nice gift
wrap, bags, etc., especially cheap after the holidays. Their prices on
some Asian condiments were not higher than my local Pilipino corner
store (which is cheap). Lotsa condiment items are cheaper than at my
supermarket (Treasure Island in Chicago)...some of the imported
condiment items are cheaper at ethnic stores but then you have to take
the time and expense to travel to these places. A big bag of ground
black pepper was like three bucks, miles cheaper than at the
stupormarkets. World Market is just down the way a few blocks, it's
never crowded, and on several ocassions when I've been super - nice
(yes, I CAN be, you know!) they've even combined discounts (manager -
approved, not anything large, but hey). It's a handy place to have
when you need a few items and don't feel like making a big shopping
trip...

They have lotsa smaller sizes of things, you can put together a nice
gift basket for not much money...

The store (at least this one) is fairly clean and well - organised,
which is a big plus after shopping at places like the local Linens 'n
Things, etc...

Some of their household stuff reminds me of the olde daze of Pier One,
when that place could be a reasonably cheap source of such things.
Pier One seems to have gone really upscale, besides which the one in my
nabe has closed...

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Best
Greg