The Blue Light is Back
The following program is brought to you by Kmart with limited commercial interruptions. Of course, you will be interrupted the rest of the time by the musings and opinions of the VintageGent-ette. Now that people are turning around and looking for the economical frugalness of yesteryear, Kmart Bluelight Specials are back. In fact, this very Saturday, August 1st, there will be a wide selection of specials in the store and on the web.
When I was a kid, I so wanted to press the button and make the blue light flash. I haven’t seen that since the 70s (or early 80s in the “old” Kmart), and don’t know why I wanted to do that. I think because perhaps I thought it was law enforcement-like. The police let you sit in their car on the day they came to the first grade class to let you know they were the good guys, but they didn’t let you mess with the lights. Actually, the Kmart Blue Light seemed to come on automatically, without the assistance or employment of an official light “turner on-er.” The light may have gone out then, but the actual Blue Light specials went the way of the leopard print hat in 1991.
I admit that I haven’t been to Kmart in quite awhile, but I do remember it being a good place to pick up some basics for short money. The whole allure of a possible flashy light does make me curious about it, and it is causing me to plan to wander in. I won’t know if there is actually a Blue Light that will flash to give us that warm and fuzzy retro feeling until I show up and take a look around on Saturday.
I found out that I can get updates sent to me via Twitter. If I follow @kmartdealsnnews on Twitter, I’ll get specials and deals tweeted to me. How lazy can you get? I won’t even have to look at the flier. Maybe I’ll ask the person who is tweeting if the light will actually be there.
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