Twelve years ago I was freezing at work and ran to a nearby TJ Maxx to find a sweater or something to get me through the day.

I bought a thick wool cardigan, made in Italy. It was so warm and had a collar to cover my neck and sturdy buttons down the front and probably cost $30.

I still wear the cardigan all the time. It was an excellent TJ Maxx find.

Remember the commercials?
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TJ MAXX!

Anonymous wrote:The secret to TJMaxx is going at opening time. Otherwise it gets so busy and claustrophobic.

This.
I also shop with an open mind and give rude or nasty humans zero energy.

For some reason, in my local TJ Maxx, people love to shop there while sick. I don't understand it - there is absolutely nothing anyone has to buy there.

The last time I was there, a woman was in the housewares section coughed, threw up, wiped her mouth and kept shopping! I was effing disgusted and got the heck out of there.

Anonymous wrote:OP, I learned real fast that I could download an app that will play annoying noises to dogs so I play that app when I’m walking around the TJ Maxx and the dogs go nuts and the owners have to get them the heck out of there. Oh man, I laugh till I cry. It is so darn funny.

OMG I love you. This is hysterical and absolutely what those nut job owners deserve.

I’m a dog lover btw.

Anonymous wrote:The worst is the bathrooms- there's always some man blowing it up. Like who stops by TJ Maxx to take a poo? They look you straight in the eye when they come out like no shame. Jeez/

My sister makes funky comments about me being a bag lady, but THIS is the reason that I carry a homemade alcohol spray for sanitizing, a mild travel-sized air freshener, some sheets of newspaper, several paper towels, and handsoap in my handbag. Toilet paper is see-through at so many places, these days. If I MUST use the facilities, I have to spray that bad boy DOWN and deodorize because of people like that guy. I like to leave the restroom stall fresh, or at least not stinkin! And my mom likes to refresh after leaving the restroom, so I started doing that years ago. I do not want to leave a bathroom smelling like toilet water--or worse.