Jodie

As the store's display designer, it is Jodie's responsibility to set up all the various displays throughout there. Depending on what the special is for that day, she could be found setting up displays of hats, school supplies, flowers, camping equipment, board games, sports equipment, shoes, eyeglasses, and more. Once, she even made the children's department look like a wild west saloon. It's a job that certainly requires a large amount of energy and creativity.

Besides her official duties in the store, Jodie is also friends to Jeff, Sam, and Muffy, and has a strong sense of loyalty towards them, shown on a number of occasions, such as in Christmas Part 1, when she decides against spending Christmas Eve with her family to spend it in the store with Jeff, and most importantly in the flashback episode Jodie where, after being offered a job as the supervisor at another store and considering all the things related to it, she ultimately chose not to take it in part because she would have to leave behind her friends at the store.

Jodie to also the only one of the four main characters to have changed her appearance over the course of the series. She has sported many different hairstyles, and four different uniforms. The first uniform is the one that is seen in the opening credits, but was only used in the two pilot episodes - Hats and Snow. This one featured a brown jacket and pants, with red and yellow trim.

The second uniform, seen in all 1981 and 1982 episodes, as well as in flashback segments of Our Story Part 1 and 2, is styled as a jumpsuit. It is pink, has a zipper front, short sleeves with red trim, a red collar, a red belt, and a red pocket on the front.

The third uniform, introduced in 1983, and used in episodes made in 1983, 1984, and 1985, made Jodie's appearance a bit more upscale, replacing the jumpsuit with a two-piece outfit. The pink-and-red color scheme is retains, the red pocket on the front changes sides and styles and the buttons, collar, and cuffs are red. It also had two red slits one the back of the top, most likely to allow a greater range of motion. Additionally, as an odd twist, illustrations of Jodie in 1986 and 1987 episodes show it, and not the one actually used in those two years.

The fourth uniform, used in 1986 and 1987, contained a bit more pink than previous ones. It sports two pink pockets, pink buttons, a red collar, and red cuffs. It has no slits on the back of the top. Jodie wears two different belts with it. In 1986 episodes, she wears a very wide one, while in 1987 episodes, she sports a much smaller one with this uniform.