More Sad News - RIP JoAnn's

[megaskunk]

I'm really sad to hear that all JoAnns are going to be closing. Like, I literally grew up in JoAnn's when my dad was manager there. I have memories of spending the afternoon watching ALF tapes and doing craft kits in the breakroom while my dad was working. I already mourned those specific stores closing a couple of years ago when they closed them to merge them into the new super big store in Bohemia. I honestly still get a little choked up seeing the empty stores (since nothing else has permanently moved in yet) where I spent so much time. But now even the new store will be shutting its doors. When we went last month the store was already in bad shape. Empty shelves and just boxes of stuff in the aisles. It was really depressing. I was hopeful they could get their shit together though. It's true I can just go to Michael's for a lot of stuff, but it's not the same. Michael's doesn't have fabric. There's nowhere really around here for a large selection of fabric. And I feel like JoAnn's had a bigger yarn section too. I feel like overall JoAnn's just had more of what I usually need than Michael's. I think of Michael's more for art supplies and decorations than craft supplies. And even if I want to support local businesses like Sew What's New, they have a fun selection of fabrics, but still not the biggest. It just sucks. It sucks on a personal level and just from a consumer level. I'm going to have to go stock up on stuff before they shut the doors for good.

I'm also kinda sad because so far Charlie and Bo (my parents' new dog) are not really getting along. I don't like having to be on edge the whole time being there, and I feel bad for Charlie that he can't have a good time, since he loves my parents and he likes zooming around their house. Hopefully things will get better with time

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[lostforestxx]

Like I said, hopefully Michael's can start stocking fabric in some of their larger stores. We can chunk out the one in Medford since it's pretty big and nice.

Not to be a drama queen but I feel like slowly, every single one store chain that we like is closing, or is in danger of closing. Toys R Us, Path Mark, AC Moore, JoAnnes, Party City... Tbqh, Gamestop is probably next.

[megaskunk]

It does feel like a lot of places we like are closing, not even just big chains, but local places too. It's a real bummer. I know we joke when stuff like that happens that it's our fault for not going enough but at the same time, it's like, we can only do so much, we're not rich.