"jmcquown" wrote in message ...

On 10/25/2013 1:22 PM, Cheri wrote:
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
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>> On 10/25/2013 12:33 PM, Cheri wrote:
>>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
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>>>> What comes to mind when you think of a "Blue Plate Special"?
>>>>
>>>> To me it conjurs up images of an old-style diner with something like
>>>> meat loaf and mashed potatoes and perhaps another vegetable side or
>>>> two.
>>>>
>> (snipped self)
>>>>
>>>> So, Blue Plate Special? Please tell me what you think of as a Blue
>>>> Plate Special.
>>>>
>>>> Jill
>>>
>>>
>>> I think of Woolworth's in the old days of fine counter dining. ;-)
>>>
>>> Cheri
>>
>> Ah, Woolworth's! LOL I'd forgotten! When I worked at JC Penney I'd
>> often walk a few shops down the mall to eat lunch at Woolworth's.
>>
>> Then I'd peruse the store and buy a silly trinket. I still have a
>> necklace I bought there around 1979... it was macramé. (Remember
>> macramé? Big thing in the 1970's.) The necklace has three dangling
>> seashells. The shells were cleanly sliced through to reveal the
>> lovely colours inside. You just tie it behind your neck. It can be
>> worn long or as a choker. I still wear that $1 necklace from
>> Woolworth's.
>>
>> Jill
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>
> I used to love Woolworths when I was young. I could always find a
> treasure...and who could ever forget Evening in Paris in the little blue
> bottle.
>
> Cheri

Oh yes! I, too, perused the perfume and cosmetics aisle. On my lunch
breaks. I think that's where I bought my first bottle of Tabu.

Jill

AHHH Tabu. I wore that for years. Still have some. My Grandmother wore
April in Paris. She lived in Paris Ontario, and I was born there. When we
went to the "city" we would go to Woolworth's....Sharon in Canada