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Home Depot

Orange
440 Boston Post Rd
799-1900

Stratford   
75 East Main St.
386-9815  

Derby   
117 Main Street
734-1371

Bridgeport  
656 Reservoir Ave.
372-7299

Fairfield   
541 Kings Hwy Cut-Off
254-3888


Lowes

Orange   
50 Boston Post Rd.
891-2038

New Haven   
115 Foxon Blvd
468-3068
Christmas Tree Shops has bargains for your house,
your friends, your mouth, your head. Closeouts and
staples. 200 Indian River Road. Orange. 795-0060.
XPect Discounts is great if you want to stock up on
name-brand toiletries or foods, but don't particularly care
which brand you get, because the selection is constantly
changing. You won't go hungry after visiting Xpect, but it
probably won't be your only grocery store. Lots of
closeouts on household items, seasonal stuff and clothing,
too. Also full-service pharmacy. High Street at Boston Post
Road. 878-2403. Pharmacy: 877-7828
Tweeter  is the place for you, if your tastes in technology
have moved beyond Circuit City and Radio Shack. Audio and
video, for car, home and carrying around. Home theater and
whole-house systems, too. Only the good stuff. Few discounts,
except for the closeout table and a few special events, and for
important customers who get the AVID card. Friendly, patient
people who know what they're talking about. 1712 Boston Post
Road. 877-4644. HURRY: Tweeter will be closing in May, a
victim to falling prices of flat-panel TVs.
Carpet & Tile by the Mile.
Nearby, with a very big selection of
carpet and tile. Wood flooring, too.
High quality work. Neat & clean.
Very nice people. 554 Boston Post
Road. 882-0026.
Ocean State Job Lot has bargains on almost everything.
Food, household goods, office supplies, clothing, rugs, seeds,
books, soda, software,  gardening tools, regular tools, books,
outdoor furniture, luggage, more. Look for newspaper ads. 545
Bridgeport Avenue. (Kmart Shopping Center) 878-9547
Ikea is a great source for inexpensive and attractive furniture,
housewares, home decor, flooring, plants, artwork, storage,
lighting, food, fun. Fill your house and your belly.
450 Sargent Drive, New Haven. Exit 46 off I-95. 865-4532
White's Plumbing Supplies is a family-owned company in business
since 1921. They have every imaginable plumbing  and heating part and
tool, plus the experience to make sure you get the right stuff. White's also
has a huge selection of bathroom fixtures and cabinets, as well as kitchen
displays, and appliances ranging from washers to whirlpools. 582 Orange
Avenue (Route 1), West Haven. 934-9258
It's hard to live without Costco. If you can't save more than the
membership fee in one visit, your shopping license should be revoked.
Lots of stuff you need, and even more that you don't need but want. Get
glasses, hearing aids, photo processing, prepared foods, custom
cabinets, cars, travel tickets, business supplies, booze, tires, ladders,
gasoline, clothing, gifts, groceries, books, music, custom cakes, fresh
muffins, rotisserie chicken, cookies, lobsters, toys, computers, Ipods,
appliances, cameras, jewelry, artwork. Huge, constantly changing
selection. Free food samples. Extremely liberal return policy. This is
NOT the place to go if you only need one roll of paper towels or one jar
of spaghetti sauce, but you CAN get one slice of pizza. 1718 Boston
Post Road, Milford.  882-888. Store opens at 10AM, but gasoline is
available around 7AM.
Fastenal, as its name implies, specializes in fasteners: every imaginable
screw, bolt, nut, washer and gizmo used to attach something to
something else. It's also a great resource for tools, cleaning supplies,
ladders, snow shovels, brooms, abrasives, threaded rod, angle iron and
similar stuff that do-it-yourselfers crave. 230 Woodmont Road. 882-9069.
Now that the Milford Branch of Master Electric Supply has closed,
Grainger is probably the only local source of the weird light bulbs we
need for our kitchens and outdoor fixtures. Most customers are
maintenance people, electricians, plumbers or mechanics; but the
knowledgeable counter guys are also patient with homeowners who
need a weird light bulb or a long ladder or a furnace filter. Huge
selection of top-quality products, including tools, motors, cleaning
supplies. The company has been in business since 1927, and has
more than 600 branches. The Grainger catalog has more than 2,000
pages of goodies. 100 Research Drive. 877-888. Open 7 to 5, M-F.
PhoneGeeks.com does most of its business online, but they also sell
over-the-counter to anyone who walks in. This is a good place for
do-it-yourselfers to get any tools, supplies or equipment for installing
phones, a data network, or video. They also have phone systems,
headsets, emergency phones, test equipment, long-range cordless
phones,  music-on-hold, and much more. 230 Woodmont Road. 878-8383.
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