That's right. Sock Mansard. Located on Jefferson Avenue just minutes from Interstate 44, St. Louis' newest 99 cent sock store offers so much more than socks. You can also get a sno cone or a used piece of furniture or a lawnmower or a bicycle. In other words, "Sock it to me" sells junk it found in the alley or stolen stuff hotter than a St. Louis July day. Who knows if the socks are legit; I guess they could be if you got a great deal on a truck full of socks. I just have a hard time believing this is a legitimate business model and that there could be profits on the sale of 99 cent socks. There are so many good businesses have a hard time surviving and yet I am to believe one selling 99 cent socks is still going strong? Probably a front for the stolen goods or fluorescent paint or sno cone fraud or something else.
Sock it to Me definitely gets the badmansard award for sketchiest mansard.
You know who is not sketchy but super cute? Mimi. She turned 4 this weekend which mandated a Saturday family party followed today by a kid party at the children's garden in the Botanical Garden. Great party place, especially when so many of the kids live near the garden anyway. We went early before the heat set in and the crowds showed up. They ran around, had fun, stayed cool in the water and put on a puppet show. And who knew, but the town square in the children's garden is called Mimi's. It was meant to be.
