This week’s news that roughly 120 Sears and Kmart stores will shutter following a disappointing holiday season for Sears Holdings Corp. left me reflecting on how my shopping habits have changed over the years. And wondering what the last thing I bought at a Sears was.

According to data from the company, quarter-to-date sales were down 6% at domestic Sears locations and 4.4% at Kmart stores. For the disastrous Sears numbers, the company pointed to a drop in consumer electronics and home appliance sales.

“Given our performance and the difficult economic environment, especially for big-ticket items, we intend to implement a series of actions to reduce on-going expenses, adjust our asset base, and accelerate the transformation of our business model,” said CEO Lou D’Ambrosio. “These actions will better enable us to focus our investments on serving our customers and members through integrated retail.” A list of the affected locations has yet to be released.

Without that list, it’s hard to predict how successfully the vacant stores will be reabsorbed into the market. Though in some markets, like Ohio, vacant Borders locations were turned around fairly quickly by owner/manager DDR Corp.

However, some predict that Sears will only continue to destroy shareholder value as the company continues to try to come up with an answer to online retailers. And Standard & Poors seems to agree, putting the company on notice for a potential downgrade of its credit rating Wednesday.

But back to more pressing matters: my shopping habits. To be fair, Sears is not really my milieu. When I read about the closings my mind wandered to the Lee jeans my mother bought me in middle school and then to the Jaclyn Smith Collection, which, yes, I do realize is at Kmart. I can’t remember the last thing I bought there myself.

Checking the departments listed on the Sears’ website reveals that I’d do little to raise the company’s sagging sales. Truthfully, hadn’t I moved to New York City from Virginia to escape this lifestyle? My electronic gadgets tend to come from Apple, I don’t own a car or a lawn and my apartment wouldn’t fit a NordicTrack treadmill.

Sears stores closings will be a real hardship for the communities where those stores are located mainly, I believe, because of the people who will lose jobs. But as people flow back into metropolitan areas to live and shoppers turn to the Internet for their needs, do we really need ready access to log splitters and leaf mulchers?