Dotty, Horace, and the kids go to Market Utopia, a gigantic shopping center that's just been built. While the others shop, Horace falls asleep and has a nightmare about shopping in a store that's so big it crosses state lines.; Horace receives a telegram saying he's won $25,000 first grand prize in the Slippery Soap Limerick Contest. He is immediately besieged by salesmen and people wanting donations for their charities.; Horace's boss, Mr. Jerkimer, asks him to buy an emerald brooch for Mr. Jerkimer's wife birthday. Horace gets the brooch, but accidentally puts it in an envelope containing bids for a city contract. The police come and arrest Horace and Mr. Jerkimer, thinking the brooch was a bribe for the city engineer.; The dog Pepper gets snobbish when Taffy buys him a doggie sweater.; Horace has to repair the garage doors after Dotty keeps hitting them with the car.; Every member of the household has their own piggy bank--even Horace.