Cinnaminni Goodness

Yesterday we were early for Kae's dentist appointment so we decided to pop into the Dollar General store that shares the dentist parking lot. I'm not a huge fan of Dollar General, and don't let the name fool you, they are not a dollar store, but I digress. We've strolled through it a few times before, it's a cheap place for school supplies and teenager make-up, that sort of thing. Right now Dollar General, like most retail stores, has out all of their Halloween stuff plus like 4 mini-aisles of Christmas stuff. As we were strolling through there was this wonderfull smell of cinnamon right in the center of the store... not some sweetened over-powering scent (you know how I am with the smells), but this delicios smell like someone just crushed up a cinnamon stick.

It was the second time in the store that I had noticed the scent, so I knew right where to look, at the small cardboard box of brooms sitting right in the middle of the store. After 2 or 3 passes I had Kae pick one out of the box and we bought one (only $5!). We put it in the living room last night when we came home and Kae and I both think it makes the house smell like Christmas. I need to find some kind of dark, red-ish ribbon for it I think, make it a little more decorative, but other than that it's staying in the livingroom until the last whif of cinnamon is gone. If you happen to pass a Dollar General in your travels just stop in and look for them, you'll be glad you did.