In 1971, former Vice President and then-Senator Hubert H. Humphrey sponsored a piece of legislation known as Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). Originally launched as a limited two-year pilot program, it has since expanded to a large, nationwide operation, known today as the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants,…
Dollar Tree is a fascinating store to walk through. I mean, everything is a dollar $1.25. Sure, at that price you know things aren’t going to be of the highest quality, but there’s still a part of you that goes, “wow, they really tried to make something and sell it…
This post contains affiliate links. One of the great shocks of my childhood was going to see Transformers: The Movie in theaters in the summer of 1986. Like many kids from the era, I’d grown up watching Transformers on television, which means I’d also grown up acquiring a lot of…
On April 14, 2022, Dollar Tree issued a recall for over 1 million hot glue guns due to fire and burn hazards. The Crafter’s Square Glue Gun were sold in the United States and Canada. Both Dollar Tree and its subsidiary Family Dollar sold the glue guns at different times…
This post contains affiliate links. I love animals. I have about a thousand animal figures, and when I saw these animal figures in Dollar Tree, I thought they might be worth getting. I got two of the sets, one of them the 10-Pack Farm Animals, and one the 10-Pack Dogs/Cats….
A while back, I found myself in a dollar store when I stumbled upon a collection of frozen sandwiches. They were labeled Fast Bites, and they were priced at $1 each. I’m not unfamiliar with the idea of microwaveable frozen sandwiches; my family sometimes gets a case of the White…
This post contains affiliate links. If there is a pizza for the person who is pinching pennies, it just might come from Totino’s. The company sells cheap eats all around, the most famous being a little 10-ounce pizza. Despite the pizza’s small price tag — currently $1.50 at Walmart —…
This post contains affiliate links. I remember when LED bulbs first came out in the late 2000s. At the time, old school incandescent bulbs were being phased out by government regulations, and companies were looking for more efficient substitutes. The two big contenders at the time were compact fluorescent lights…
Dollar Tree has a few products that are good for those days when you need a grab-and-go breakfast or a quick on-the-go snack. They sell their own private label version of Pop Tarts, or for something with a little less sugar, you can buy a Dollar Tree imitation of name…
Gift cards are the ultimate present for people who are hard to buy for. Maybe your intended recipient is someone who “has everything.” Perhaps, you have an upcoming workplace gift exchange, or maybe you’re buying for a neighbor or teacher and you don’t know the person well enough to be…
