Dollar Tree

I’ve never been to Dollar Tree before, but I’m so glad I checked it out. They have so many things to buy for $ 1. Kitchen utensils, ziploc bags, bathroom products, snacks, cleaning supplies, party supplies, hair accessories… You name it! Too bad at home we already bought a lot of our household products back home in Hawai’i or else I would’ve bought them here! It would’ve saved us a LOT of money.
We ended up spending $ 23, which of course is 23 items! If we would have bought these items anywhere else it probably would total up to double that amount. The 8×8 baking pan alone costs $ 7.99 at Ross!
The quality of their products seem okay. I didn’t see anything wrong with them. Perhaps they are cheaply made? I guess only time will tell how the items hold up, but so far so good! I can’t wait to shop here again.

You’re seeing that I wrote a review for Dollar Tree and you’re not even stopping to read it. Do it. Read on. Seriously.
So, I like to organize. I like the whole «everything has a place and everything in its place» way of life. Mostly, I like it in theory and can’t always pull it off, but I try. This week is Spring Break and I knew my plan for the week was to CLEAN ALL THE THINGS! While looking around for different organizing tips, I keep finding sites and pinterest boards where people are now using items from dollar stores for decorating and organizing. I was apprehensive because the last dollar store I remember walking into felt like I had walked into one of Dante’s levels of hell. Still, I walked in, list in hand, really to tackle the chaos, screaming children and piles of merchandise. This place isn’t like this at all! Seriously, two employees even asked me if I needed any help. Friendly employees at a dollar store, what kind of magic is this? I found the baskets, bins, and jars I was looking for and yes, they were only one dollar each! I would have easily spent a whole lot more for these same types of items at some place like the container store. While I can’t vouch for other items sold here (I didn’t try any food or cosmetics, etc), this place is good for what I was buying.

Let’s see, what can you buy for $ 1? Pretty much anything. Literally. You can buy pregnancy tests (not sure how accurate that would be) to marijuana drug testing.
I get a lot of things for holiday gifts for my work here. Yes, I’m a gifter, but I don’t like spending a lot of money. I don’t know if I would personally buy certain things here, but hey, whatever you need they have it.
The only down side is there is usually only one register open and a long line. I feel like they are usually understaffed which is a bummer because I don’t like to wait behind screaming babies.

I love Dollar Tree. I can wander around in these store and buy $ 5.00 worth of junque (thats boutique junk in case you didn’t know). Theres always something I didn’t know I needed to take home.
However yesterday I actually had a reason… I buy my reading glasses at the dollar store instead of paying $ 50.00 at the Optical Store or $ 19.00 for 3 pair at Costco. A buck a piece for average reading glasses. Thats hard to beat.
I know that, if they haven’t stocked the stand of glasses recently there might not be many glasses on it. Ask the manager and she pulls out the big box of glasses and lets you go thru them yourself. Isn’t that great? It’s great for me at least.
I also picked up «Holiday Cards» for a dollar, wrapping paper, tissue paper. lots of it. and a couple of candles.
Then I wandered thru the food department and picked up spaghetti sauce, potato chips, munchies for grand daughter, and a couple other things. I ended up with a full basket and spent $ 15.00.
The Dollar Tree is great. Especially this one where the manager is so very accommodating to the customers.

Some people shy away from shopping here, maybe it’s because some of the products are not up to their quality.
This location is much larger and cleaner than the other Dollar Trees in the area.
That maybe true, but there are some decent items you can purchase from here as well — such as aluminum foil, trash bags, bleach and other cleaning supplies, plastic bags, gift wrap, disposable cutlery, balloons and some school supplies.
AND it’s only $ 1 (I’m glad there’s no tax here! *whew*)
Granted, you get what you pay for. But overall, it’s cheap and I’m not complaining! =)

When I think of dollar stores I honestly think the worst thoughts but this one is kept pretty nice with good staff and a really amazing selection of stuff for cheap. I have been amazed at some of the stuff I have found here.

It’s the Dollar Tree. They sell things for a dollar. Pretty basic thing and hard to get wrong.
The service is always good and I appreciate their supply of food/​drinks. Cheaper than Safeway but not as cheap as the neighboring Grocery Outlet. They also have some surprisingly retro candy like Fun Dip, Snowcaps, Nerds, etc.
Of course not everything is a deal. Their 2 for $ 1 hangers are the same quality as the Target 12 for $ 1.49 hangers but they do offer home basics like toilet brushes and cleaning buckets for $ 1. I’ve never met anyone who needs fancy schmancy toilet brushes so this place gets points for offering something so necessary at such a great price.

For a dollar store this one is pretty good. A lot of their selection is pretty predictably dollar quality, but in the dishes aisle they have some amazingly cheap deals, i just got a pint glass with cute fruits on it for $ 1.
Also, Giant box of Rainbow Nerds for $ 1!
Three awesome sunglasses for only $ 1 each!!! Where can you beat that?
Yay.

Big selection of actually good stuff that I find hard only costs a dollar. Unlike all the other dollar stores I’ve seen, this place actually has some good stuff, which makes one pause for a moment and wonder why. At least it isn’t being sold out of the back of a van, parking lot or in someones yard. I actually didn’t purchase anything because there wasn’t anything that I had to have. Just wondered into the store because it recently opened and wanted to see what it was like. It does have a big selection of food, canned and frozen. Makes one wonder about the quality. Hard to believe a person can get anything for a buck these days but this store proves me wrong. Not like this is the first time.