Pier 1 was such an absurd store. It was one of those places that you didn't go into with a particular purchase in mind and always left with something. I had a friend who bought a Buddha statue for around $500 there. It was a block cement Buddha that at the time was extremely common in Thailand and sold all over the place for something like $10-20.

Does Pier 1 still exist?

Perhaps it is just that time of year when everyone starts doing inventory on their belongings. I think that I am going to end up giving away more than half of my clothes and that is just fine by me.