I love bargain-hunting. Not because I love shopping, but because a) I’m cheap, and b) I’m broke, and c) I have a combination of Scottish and Dutch blood that predetermined this for me. Dollar stores are their own special sort of fun. Some are better than others: The ones that call themselves “dollar stores” but sell cups for $4 each are useless. My favourite dollar store is the one near Sassymonkey’s house, because it really does sell everything for a dollar, and because it is two huge floors of awesomeness. Now, of course, part of the fun of the dollar store is the amazing amounts of crap that can be found. Things that make you wonder whether anybody would actually spend a whole dollar on it. But for things like kitchen and cleaning supplies, they can be really hard to beat.
The only thing that worries me sometimes is whether all the things that show up in dollar stores are actually safety tested the way they should be. Consumer Reports says that “defective goods often find their way to dollar stores and other deep discounters.” So things likely to be ingested or with the potential to give off fumes in the microwave, etc., I tend to stay away from.
