My sweet spot is right between used and cheap.

[susandennis]

Seattle Recreative is north of downtown. Not close and not far away. I'd forgotten that there is a Dollar Store very near there. I had a lovely shop at the used/reuse craft shop. I found some fabrics and some knitting needles I wanted and just a wonderful look around. It was great fun. On the way home, on a whim I stopped at the Dollar Store which was even more fun.

I spent two hours wandering around both stores mostly looking at cool shit. I spent a total of $60 and $20 of that was a donation. I bought $40 worth of stuff and got about $120 worth of joy and satisfaction with the process.

Yesterday I spent $5 on toothpaste at Safeway. They had the exact same thing at the Dollar Store for, you guessed it, $1. Lesson learned.

I had plenty enough stamina for the venture so that was very comforting.

I also had a thought about swimming. I think next week, I'm going to maybe only swim for 30 minutes and see if my lungs like that better.

The Mariners game is on and my best announcers are back.

Today is good.

Comments

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

Yay!

[richaarde.livejournal.com]

I'm not usually too keen about buying things like toothpaste or medications at dollar stores. Lots of times, they're counterfeit products. I'm as stingy as they come, but for some things it's just not worth it.

[stainsteelrat.livejournal.com]

Is the dollar store charity based? We have pound shops here, but I've yet to come across one connected to a charity.

[susandennis]

No, not this one. It's actually a franchise based in Canada. There are several for profit dollar store chains in the states. Junk and more junk — everything $1. It's fabulous.

[letmesaythis.livejournal.com]

I'm not a big baseball fan but your baseball season joy somehow makes me quite happy!

My favorite toothpaste, Ultrabrite, is sold in full size at Dollar Tree and when I go in for my teeth destroying treats I always pick up a couple of tubes of Ultrabrite.

[susandennis]

totally excellent plan there at Dollar Tree and you are in for a whole lotta happy in coming baseball months :)