Frames
You don’t need to spend a fortune on a frame to make your photos and paintings stand out. Isn’t that what the painting itself is for? So why not go light on your wallet for the frames?
Dollar Tree carries a lovely selection of different types, materials, and sizes of frames, all for just one dollar.
Reusable Shopping Bags
If you haven’t jumped on the “save the planet” bandwagon yet, you should, since single-use plastic is terrible for the environment. Enter: reusable shopping (tote) bags. You can store these bad boys in your trunk and take them with you wherever you’re doing your shopping, and you can rest easy knowing that you’re doing your part to reduce plastic waste.
Plus, they’re good for carrying other stuff, too, and handy to have around in general.
Socks
If you’re like most of us, you probably lose socks in the laundry quite frequently. At this point, it’s sort of just expected that the sock gnome will come and scarf one of them down every now and then, forcing us to buy more socks (or walk around mismatched.) Luckily, you don’t have to spend a ton of money every time this happens.
After all, it’s not like you need cashmere socks, right? Dollar Tree offers two and three packs of regular white socks alongside some cuter, printed pairs that cost $1/each.
Chewing Gum
Like most other types of candy, chewing gum is something you should add to your next dollar store shopping list.
They’ve got all different types and sizes, including Wrigley’s, Eclipse, Dentyne Ice, Juicy Fruit, and Dubble Bubble.
Coffee Filters
You’ll probably notice that coffee hasn’t been on our list, and that’s because the dollar store definitely isn’t the place to buy coffee. It is, however, the perfect place to buy coffee filters, which you can find the standard, 150-pack sizes of for $1.
At most stores, this would run you at least $1.50-$2, so you may not be saving a ton of money, but why not save it where you can?