This Saturday was the opening of the Antigonish Staples, the latest addition to the growing Antigonish commercial area, next to the Atlantic Superstore, Home Depot, and Wal-Mart. Dad wanted to go to the Wal-Mart and since the Staples is within walking distance, we decided to go take a peak, even though we knew what we'd find when we got there.
Well, the place was packed, to say the least. It felt like all 4000 or so people in Antigonish had all piled in there for the opening day, so that they could be the first to buy their special pen and wheely chair. We dared not venture more then a few steps inside, but our trip was not a complete was of time. There were many freebies, and we left after our ten seconds in the store, without spending a single cent, with three 500 page printer paper blocks, two different road atlases, and plenty of timbits and Tim Horton's coffee if we had wanted it.