Practically free

One of our biggest obsessions is stationery. Cards, note pads, letter paper, stickers, envelopes – we heart it all. The brighter the colors and cuter the designs, the better. If you can put our initials on it, score another point! The only thing we love half as much is adorable tableware. So imagine our total elation upon finding the Inviting Company warehouse sale today.

This adventure starts off seedy – like all good shopping trips – and ends with a high. We’ve been known to go deep into the Memphis ghettos and high into Chinatown for sought-after merchandise. So a little trek into Prothro Junction didn’t seem unreasonable. This may have been our most profitable shop run yet.

Inviting Company – which is stocked in most local stationery retailers including the Crown Hallmark Stores – hawks its overstocked goods every few months at their warehouse on Bethany Road. We made quite the haul and are contemplating a sequel visit.

We got:
• 30 packages of designer napkins and plates for various upcoming parties, showers and cookouts
• 20 pages of initial bi-fold cards to give to friends as gifts
• a stack of scrapbooking papers, also for gifts
• various witty cards to mark graduations, new home purchases and birthdays.


We paid:
$10.25 . For all of it. Seriously.

We were lightheaded just shopping. It was practically like getting a buzz on your lunch hour. Fantastic shopping releases major endorphins.

So get your trunk to Prothro Junction this weekend. Sale runs Friday 10-4 and Saturday 9-3 a.m. There are boxes and boxes of fantastic goods for sale. Napkins and plates are 25 cents per package or $2.50 per box of more than 10. Card stock, scrap materials and stationery are $2 a pound.



Tip: Bring Your own big bag and plan in advance. Lines are long and they only accept cash and check. And you'll definitely be dodging lots of stay-at-home moms with strollers in tow.