The kids love a trip to the Dollar Store.  You know, those bastions of consumer nirvana that have you thanking your lucky stars that you popped in today.  Who knew that they would be featuring Phil Simms' latest book?  For a dollar?!  Give me two and I'll scratch a name off of my Christmas gift list. Surely one of my gift receivers would love to read about Jim Nantz's hair plugs.

Our last trip to the Dollar Store was going to be a quick grab and dash.  We needed birthday cards and wrapping paper for two upcoming birthdays.  The Hallmark people are great, but I'm not paying $4.00 for a card that will be read once (maybe) and then thrown away. Call me cheap, but at least it's not a torn out piece of spiral notebook paper with your name written in pencil.  It's got an envelope and everything. Be thankful. 

At the last second, Nukegirl reminded me that we were out of Dora the Explorer band-aids.  Since we were near the Health and Beauty supplies, I figured; why not? I opted for the 110 count box (10 bonus bandages-FREE!) that had four different sizes.  I figured that my yield from this box would be about 75%; or approximately 82 ½ band-aids.  Not bad for a buck.  After all; they were Dollar Store band-aids.

Crustaceans, Aisle 9.

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Weaselmomma - worldofweasels.blogspot.com IP:67.xxx.xxx.xxx | 2008-07-18 05:46:07 Good Stuff. But what's wrong with seafood from Kansas????LOL Reply 0   0

matt - http://www.redsparks.com/playp IP:207.xxx.xxx.xxx | 2008-07-18 09:36:19 You are so right....especially about the batteries. I bought a pack of 60 AA's there once. The package claimed that they would power a device for 12 hours. What I didn't realize was that the whole package lasted 24 hours....you do the math. Reply 0   0

Formerly Fun IP:71.xxx.xxx.xxx | 2008-07-20 15:21:38 See, you are forgetting how to alternate the purpose of stuff you find at the dollar store. Take the seafood for instance. You don't eat it, you use it as an emetic so if the kids or the dog gets into some poison, there you go. The Dora bandaids while no good as bandaids are great repurposed as children's stickers. With the faulty adhesive, when my little girl sticks them all over our antique armoire, they'll just fall right off. Snack cakes, chocolate syrup, makeup? These can make terrific craft supplies. The jewelry? Makes a great birthday gift for coworkers you don't like. Reply 0   0

deb'm IP:66.xxx.xxx.xxx | 2008-08-14 07:37:14 i prefer the 99 cent store. that's some quality stuff there. Reply 0   0

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