263- LOVE THEM DOLLAR STORES?.....

This sociologist admits to slipping into those "dollar stores" out and about my town, whenever I see one. I realize that enough clunky products exists, but it's FUN, never knowing when an item will jump out from a shelf and yell, "Buy me! Take me home!" Be careful, though.
1) Shampoos and conditioners...many tests on these products have concluded that there is little difference between "dollar store" ones and the fancy expensive ones! By the way, do you buy a shampoo or conditioner according to the exciting fragrancies?
2) Cheeses...nope!...contain high concentrations of veggie oil!
3) Kitchen utensils...good deals!...the stores always have a wide variety of them on the wall, like pizza cutters, funnels, whisks and gadgets. Only problem? We have a tendacy to stock up and use a gadget once, and they accumulate in a counter drawer...right?
4) Batteries...nope!...carbon-zinc in most of them drain the energy quickly, making you use too many of them...here's where quality brands that you are familiar with DO last for some time!
5) Those cute pieces of jewelry? NOPE!, you know their origin, with the possibility of LEAD...too many of those "pieces" slip through the checkers on the docks and get on our shelves!
6) Household cleaners...if you check the ingredient labels, you'll discover that they contain, often, the same ones in the brand names..as your grandma used to say, "If they work, use 'em!"
7) Toothpaste...be very careful....
8) Party favors, like popular gift wrap supplies....go for them! It's your individual creative wrapping skills that counts! Bargains on boxes of facial TISSUES, too!
9) Oh mi ga!...stay away from the el cheapo electrical supplies!...too many are duds and possibly dangerous!
10) And THE BEST "dollar store" purchases? SPICES..they're a good deal and usually are assigned the same cooking status as those expensives ones imported from the Far East!!!