What's in my cart at The Dollar Store

It's been awhile since I did a What's in my cart at The Dollar Store post.

I know you have all been dying to know what I have been buying while I have been shopping there.

Oh, you haven't?  

Well, that's too bad!

My son's Boy Scout troop recently had a cake auction fundraiser.

I bought a plastic platter and was quite pleased with how easy it was to use.

Many scouts cut up foam board or a box as a base for their cakes, 

I spent $1 and none of my time and provided the winning bidder a reusable platter.  

Double win!

I still love my silver plate chalkboard sign I made last year.

I picked up a few so that I could make more.

I have never been a fabric softener user.

Ever.

But there is something about having growing {stinky} children and a dog, that creates a need to eliminate odors.  I've been mixing half water, half liquid fabric softener to create my own febreeze in a squirt bottle.

It works.

Occasionally I add it to the laundry and my daughter gushes over how much she loves the smell.

We don't get out much.

I don't buy a lot of food at the dollar store, but occasionally there are deals to be had.

For instance, these marshmallows.

I used them as a topping on the aforementioned Boy Scout cake auction s'mores bars that my son and I made.  And only because when we first made the recipe and toasted the marshmallows in the broiler, they caught on fire {like blow it out before it burns the house down fire}.  We had to scrape off the burnt marshmallows {that I paid $1.49 for the bag for at Target} and ran to the Dollar Store hoping they would come through.  

Spoiler alert. They did.

I seemed to have misplaced all of my microfiber cleaning towels so when I wandered down the cleaning aisle, I picked up this 2 pack of white towels.

A typical trip for me to the dollar store requires wandering down every.single.aisle, so while I was going down the automotive aisle, I saw these much larger microfiber cleaning towels.

If you think I still got the smaller white kitchen towels, you would be wrong.

I did not.

My teenage son would be shocked to know that the underwear that he is currently wearing came from the dollar store.

I guess it's better than coming used from a garage sale.

I snatched up a few pairs of these Starter brand boxer briefs and the jury is still out 

{I keep forgetting to ask him about his skives}

so I don't know if they are worth the buy or not.

The pickings were slim though.

You had your choice of small or 2XL.

I found myself in need of a bandana

{don't we all every so often?}

and I am glad I held out to see what the dollar store's selection was.

Hobby Lobby had 1 bandana for $1, but the dollar store had 3 for $1.

I needed a nail file.

I bought a 4 pack.

That is all.

And finally, my last purchase was a stock up of Styrofoam balls and cones.

I use these for crafts all the time and they can get quite expensive at a "normal" craft store.

I used the cones last year to make twine wrapped carrots

and I used the balls to make snowmen.

Stock up, it's a great price and worth adding to your stash of craft supplies.

That's what was in my cart

Have you snatched up any winners at the dollar store lately?