Welcome to Something for Nothing

Is it weird that I love to go and visit an office supply store? Well, I admit it. I love walking down the aisles of office supply stores. Office Max or Staples, it doesn’t really matter. I just love seeing all the new stuff. As you walk down the aisles you have that fresh paper smell in the air. It’s fantastic. What can I say? I love getting new office supplies.

I think that this all started back in high school when I was on the debate team. There are two essential items as a debater. Stacks of evidence (Translation: Reams of Paper) and pens. Don’t think I did this mansy pansy debate where you get up and philosophize about something. I did policy debate where you would speed read (we called it spewing) as much evidence as you could get out in the alloted time. Well, if someone is spewing evidence then you better have a high quality pen to record what they say, because you have to respond to it. It’s all my debate coach Dave’s fault for getting me into office supplies. That’s when I bought my first box of pens. They were the nice one where the ink just rolls off the tip. Oh yeah.

Don’t get me wrong. I don’t go overboard and I’m not stupid. You won’t catch me paying extra for designer personal checks or something like that. No No! I only buy cheap checks. In fact, the cheaper the better. I’m so cheap with checks I use the blank ones they give you when you open a bank account.

However, I have my weaknesses. Pens. Sticky Notes. Dry erase markers. Pens. Paper. File Folders. Pens.