
"Come on. I always browse the Mom and Pop stores before buying online."
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"Come on. I always browse the Mom and Pop stores before buying online."
Gen-Next Library
Early Adopter...Early Opt-Outer
'When I asked you to do research for your assignment, I meant the library not on Google!'
"You never told me your dad was so delightfully old-fashioned."
"First they came for the horoscope and the crossword and I did nothing. Then they came for the cartoonists and there was no-one left to satirise it."
'There's no delete key. You have to use the board eraser.'
'I don't like reading on screen, so I'm printing the internet to look at it later.'
"I put my faith in coal. Because there’s no fuel like an old fuel."
"Everybody meets online these days."
'Do you know what I miss? - Chalk talks!'
Old fashioned Christmas shopping
"'CPD'...stuff and nonsense, the old ways are fine for me, now pass me a hammer. I need to put this patient out!"
Peace on Earth
"I'd like to make a return."
'My battery is dead. How does it end?'
Mom & Pop General Store - Going Out of Business Slowly But Surely
'I wish you'd buy another hat!'
"Books are tricky. You can't text with a text book and you can't call with a phone book!"
I'm not buying a $25 set of boring hooded towels off a big box store baby shower registry. Mom fights the man! The local baby boutique will have a hipper selection. So true! Catch those adorable all-organic, artist-designed towels! Cute! And only $55 each! My pretentions are never cheap!
'It's like listening to the 1950s. You can hear the dentures whistling.'
How can you read that comic strip Blondie? Its about a kinder, simpler time. It's about ancient history. They do the same material over and over. Exactly. I can count on it. Not like your stupid Pearls and Get fuzzy. Oooh, look how angry and edgy they are. They're sooo clever! Your whole gig is being angry and edgy. Look, I'm setting Candorville on fire.
'Grandpa says that, in his day, he had to walk 20 miles in the snow just to steal music.'
'Oh darling, it is not an ibook, it is only a book.'
"Eugene is retro. He thinks everything was better in low-def and black and white."
'Lost your kindle in the cab? Try my outdated destined-for-extinction, low-priced print edition.'
"Sorry, I double-booked. This wouldn't happen if I had a computer - but they insist we do everything by hand."
"Actually, I'm sitting here reading a book—just to see if I can still do it."
Workers constructing barcodes
"I take it you've never had a bank account before?"
"It's your Grandpa's version of keeping up with technology...reading the papers online."
'My memory isn't what it used to be either. In fact, I can't remember when I went from 'Young Misses' to the 'All Shapes & Sizes' department.'
You've got mail...
"I would rather you not email me your answer!"
"Gracie, I'm proud of you for reading the newspaper."
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