DeKALB | Most businesses closed up shop early in anticipation of the blizzard Tuesday night, but some took advantage of the bad weather.

“I wish there was a blizzard every day,” said Chris Swanson, cashier at the Bottle Store. “We would get way more business.”

The Bottle Store, 1022 W. Lincoln Highway #1, along with other liquor stores in the area saw a larger crowd for a Tuesday night than normal.

“I want to say we were probably as busy as a Homecoming night,” said Mike Wigginton, manager at Thirsty Discount Liquor, 1039 W. Hillcrest Drive. “The snow didn’t keep anyone away, everyone was stocking up.” Not only were liquor stores surprised by the mass turnout, but so were customers.

“I went to Thirsty’s, and it took 20 minutes to get alcohol,” said Mallorie Tomasik, junior clinical laboratory science major. “It was that busy. I’ve never seen it that packed before.”

Lundeen’s Discount Liquor, 1030 Arcadia Drive, also saw a number of customers come by Tuesday night and Wednesday.

“I think we did great,” said Lundeen’s manager Tony Puleo. “It was like a weekend. We did pretty good [Wednesday] as well.”

Customers going into Lundeen’s had a hard time finding what they wanted Wednesday night.

“[Lundeen’s] was busier [Wednesday] night than they were on Tuesday night,” said senior psychology major Lauren Dylla. “They were out of the Jager bottles that were on sale. It was very depressing.”

Senior communication major Kelsey Skaggs also took advantage of the rare snow days.

“We were shoveling out our cars, and I found out from a friend that we weren’t going to have class [Thursday] and I screamed,” Skaggs said. “We went and got liquor twice and started to celebrate. I don’t have class on Fridays, so it was a five-day weekend for me.”

Just like other businesses, liquor stores were getting calls asking if they were open.

“We kept getting calls asking if we were closed,” Swanson said. “We stayed open until one. We haven’t seen as much business [Wednesday] because I think a lot of people are still snowed in.”