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In reply to the discussion: The Truth About Those Dollar Stores [View all]Jilly_in_VA
(10,045 posts)I stayed in furnished apartments for my 13 week assignments. These places were furnished right down to the forks and bedsheets, and I carried a box of spices and some odds and ends with me, but they always forgot something I knew I needed, so as soon as I set up and took an inventory of the place, my first stops would be the grocery store and the local Dollar Tree. I knew I'd find what I needed at one or the other. And thank all the gods for the Dollar Tree then, because having to pay full price for something I would likely leave behind would be silly. Now I visit them on odd occasions (they are in the same strip mall with a grocery and the locally owned Ace Hardware) for pens and pencils, notebooks, greeting cards, socks for me and for the homeless shelter, cat toys for the shelter, baby blankets likewise, etc.