Family Dollar finds

Last week I was meeting with a lady from a Facebook yard-sale site. Do you have those? Most cities have some version of at least one. Mine has at least 30. Christian ones, under $5, kids stuff only, adult stuff only, cars and vehicle stuff, pets and pet stuff. You name it, it's got a site. These are also great places to sell things you're not using anymore to get a bit of extra money. I was meeting with this particular lady to purchase my Grandmother's Christmas present. Since I was meeting with her right after I got off work I was super early arriving. I didn't feel like sitting in my car the whole time and noticed that there was a big banner at the Family Dollar store across the parking lot. "Take an extra 75% off of already discounted items" Ok, so my interest was piqued. You never know what you're going to find with things like that!

Here are my finds!

 Bacon bowls! These also make bread bowls. I've been wanting one of these for a while. It was marked at $5 which means I paid $1.25

Bullet by Laurel K. Hamilton. This is one of my favorite authors. I have an autographed copy of the book before this one. It was marked at $3 so I paid $.75 for a hardback book to add to my collection!

My client I work with on a daily basis has to have thickened liquids. It's not fun and can be frustrating for her especially since the only cup she had that allowed her to take smaller drinks was a child's Sesame Street sippy cup. A 77 yr old woman doesn't want to have to take a sippy cup with her whenever she leaves the house. So I bought her these. The twin pack is what she uses on a daily basis and she loves them. They were marked $1 for the two pack, I paid $.25! The two bigger green ones were also marked $1 each so that's another $.50. The big white one with the red cap was marked $1.25. I bought it for my client as well but she didn't like it so I brought it back home for Alex to use on field trips. With the 75% off it I paid $.32. 

Lemonade Peeps! I love all things lemon and add in marshmallow and I'm in heaven! These are awesome! They were marked at $1 each so I paid $.25 each.

This is actually the only item I paid full price for. This three pack was $1. Full price. What?! I mean, sure they're not amazing quality but they do what I need them to. I used the spatula last night making pancakes. 

So, let's add that all together! $1 for the kitchen tools. $1 for four packs of peeps. $1.07 for all of the water bottles. $.75 for the book and $1.25 for the bacon bowls. Guys, that's just a little over $5! I couldn't be happier! The cashier laughed and said, you can't go wrong with that! She also said that items that are left over will be getting another reduction to 90% off next week! Holy cow. That's pretty awesome.