I found and/or was reminded of a couple of great things available at the dollar store recently:
--Did you know that you can get reading glasses for a dollar (well, plus tax) at the dollar store? Seems to me that I saw a "Twilight Zone" episode many years ago where there was a gentleman who only wanted to read books, and something catastrophic happened for some reason, so he was left with all these books with all this time to read them and then....enter omnious music....he broke his glasses.
And there was no way to get another pair. Or something like that. I may have remembered it all wrong since it was sooooo long ago, but the point is still there.
The guy probably wished he had an extra pair (or more) of glasses for just such an emergency. I bet he would have considered glasses to be a bargain even in the days of regularly filmed black and white TV programs if he could have bought some for only $1.00. (plus tax). Anyway, the highest prescription I saw available was 3.50, so it seems like it is a pretty good opportunity to stock up in case a pair gets broken...
--There were these really really small battery operated "tealight candles" at 3/$1 (yeah, yeah, plus tax :). I couldn't resist buying a package, and when I say they are tiny, I mean they are really tiny. But light is light and I plan on opening them soon. They do say they are supposed to last for 60 hours, so that's pretty good....
Would love to hear any other great finds people have found...you never know what you may have thought of that others have not... :)
