Anxiety

Why I Love/Hate Flagstaff

After this summer, coming back to Flagstaff was actually starting to seem appealing. We missed all of our restaurants, doing our own shopping, and the crisp mountain air. We even toyed with the idea that if we were both offered nice jobs here, we may even be willing to stay...

Now, a week into living here, that idea is definitely back on hold for me. While dreaming about New Jersey Pizza, Monsoon, and pizookie, I forgot that those were the only things that really appealed to me about the city. Everything else is just so limited!

For example, Steve and I needed a toilet brush and a lamp shade. It didn't even cross our mind that items like this would be hard to find. However, since our Target is being remodeled, the stock is low, and these two items were nowhere to be found! Now in a city, you would be minorly inconvenienced by having to go to the other Target that's maybe 3 miles away instead of one. But in Flagstaff, there is no other Target!

We discussed the options... We could risk our sanity and our lives by going to Walmart, or we could try to support local businesses. That's what Flagstaff is about, right? So Steve and I headed over to a store called The Lite Company, only to discover that it was closed on Sunday. Trying our best to be understanding, we decided to come back the next day. When we approached the friendly salesperson, she informed us that they did not sell lampshades. Apparently, they didn't want to "have a bunch of lamps with no shades." Rather than even trying to argue with that logic, we left the store.

We are still looking for a local toilet brush store. In the mean time, keep Target's quick recovery in your thoughts, or it could be a long school year.

posted by Rachel at 2:51 PM