Station Du Dollar

I have a love-​hate relationship with dollar stores. I love roaming the aisles, picking up a basket full of goodies, getting to the cash and bring able to pay for everything with a 20 $ bill. I love that. It’s good retail therapy. I often find at least a few things I need or like enough to want and it’s inexpensive.
That said, I hate dollar stores. I often buy useless crap. I end up with things, just stuff, and find myself questioning my choices when I get home but don’t have the luxury (or gumption) to return a 1 $ item. Mostly, I hate that everything is imported. Everything is from China, and may or may not contain dangerous chemicals or whatnot. Uck!
This particular Station du Dollar often has items I don’t see in other dollar stores. It has a fairly large floor plan, with a deluge of kitchen items that come in handy for those last minute — I don’t have cheesecloth — moments.
I bought lamps here! Yes, LAMPs! The kind you’d see, possibly at Ikea. I still use them today. But of course, I diverted from their intended use, instead, I hang them from the ceiling (I have a dollar store extension cord held to the ceiling with a dollar store screw-​in hook).