#dollar store practices

[alwaysbewoke]

#regulatory enforcement #warehouse conditions #dollar store practices #corporate accountability #public health concerns #food safety regulations #corporate fines #health inspections #family Dollar #family Dollar store

[bamsara]

If my drawing hand becomes incapacitated by RSI I will simply teach my other hand how to draw so I can take turns

#sara shush #need a dollar store alphabet book to practice

[keepchangingandneverstop]

Day 359 - This is already slowly collapsing under it's own weight and is going to crack like hell as it dries but. It Malroth.

#dqb2 #malroth #might redo with regular sculpey later but it was good practice at least? #it’s dollar store air dry clay. and many many toothpicks as support

[incorrect-ikevamp-quotes]

Mozart: Coca Cola can remove rust from metal, imagine what it’s doing to your body.

Dazai: Pfff, getting rid of the rust, idiot.

Mozart: THAT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS!

Arthur: Hmm... I've been drinking soda and my body's rust free... not sure where you're getting your facts from...

#ikevamp #ikemen vampire #ikevamp incorrect quotes #ikevamp mozart #ikevamp dazai #ikevamp arthur #honestly this is all i imagine when mozart tells mc of like 'im sorry i was late dazai/leonardo wouldn't stop talking' #they're just inflicting psychic dmg on this prodigy for entertainment but also. for to love their good solitary boy #i lowkey love that mozart has such boomer energy sometimes tho #he got that vine energy of like 'look dad!! it's the good kush!!!' #'this is the dollar store how good can it be.' #ever practical LMFAO #source: incorrect quote generator

[daddopenguin]

Rift Crystals, Ferrystones, and character edit is not exclusive to the online store you can get it in game if you actually bothered to fucking play and do shit! It's been like that since Dogma 1!

#dragon's dogma #dragon's dogma 2 #yes I don't agree on the micros #considering most devs make you pay like thirty fucking dollars #but these are obtainable items in game #fact check before you throw a fit #also dirt cheap on the store #doesn't excuse the practice #but it's easily ignorable

[venacoeurva]

Well the snap decision to buy orange juice was a good idea and ideal foresight considering I caught another cold so now I can make "Goddamnit I'm sick again'' sparkling water + orange juice virgin mimosa-esque things

#also i got a frosted honey bun that had entirely too much frosting like the machine must have fucked up #It was either that one or one that was practically flattened #wild times in the local dollar store. truly the height of excitement #vena vents #not art #At least I know why my costochondritis flared up again

[rindemption]

I've been wanting to pick up fiber crafts for a while, y'know, the dopamine from making something by hand. I got myself some cheap knitting needles and yarn and I'm finally learning to knit :FireElmo: I refuse to show it because it's so bad, but I did it! Only a few rows, but I got the basics down

#i plan on picking up crocheting too but i haven't stumbled across a hook yet #I'm not going out of my way to get supplies this early in the game #the needles are plastic and from the dollar store and the yarn i was gifted years ago #none of it's good enough to actually make clothes or anything out of #but that means I'm comfortable fucking it up because i didn't waste money on good stuff just to practice with

[squibo]

Sketch paintings 2 days ago

#a mix of watercolor dollar general acrylic paints and daiso watercolor paint but is actually gouache #it’s the greens where I used the dollar store paints more #painting #sckechbook #practice #warmups

[transgaysex]

i am so fucking hungry everypony

#wind howls #i had 2 slices of ham before i left the house and on my way back i got a couple pastries and boba #but its not good practice (plus risky with covid) to eat on the metro/bus so they are in my backpack . unopened. uneaten. #and now im and the pharmacy to get new meds (pills ?! havent had pills prescribed to me since 2018 !!!) and i cant eat here either #and after that i am going to the dollar store next door for a couple items i need . beloveds i am starving #i am going to eat like i havent been fed in a Decade when i get home. im hungry and my legs are sleepy tired.

[lexalovesbooks]

Damnit I went to the fabric store and bought a bunch of fabrics for my bookbinding class but I forgot to buy one to practice sewing on :(

#it’s been a really long time since i sewed anything i meant to get something to practice on before i tried my dress-jumpsuit experiment #ughhhh that little fabric quarters i got were pretty cheap. only like two dollars each but the store is wayyyy to far away for me to drive #there again any time soon rip #i mean. not that far. but father than i typically want to drive for One Thing

[bigfishthemusical]

just saw a guy saying that you should always stretch your own canvases because the ones from the store suck and then he proceeded to stretch his own canvas the worst I’ve ever seen in my life.

#see the thing about stretching canvases is that it’s actually a bit quite hard to do really well when you don’t have a wood shop and don’t #do it right. like an amateur stretched canvas will be only slightly cheaper than a store bought one and probably not as good. #it takes a good bit of practice. is best done with two people and takes a very specific process to do it right. #also it’s physically demanding. I used to help my mom stretch all her canvases but we literally cannot do it anymore cause neither of us has #the knees to kneel down long enough to get one stretched properly. like buying them is honestly usually only dollars more #and there’s a lot of things you can do to make store light ones better. #ok sorry. the video made me quite annoyed

[ambrwolf-art]

A recreation? of Fallen Angel by Alexandre Cabanel, oil on what i think is recycled cardstock scrap

I cant get it to photograph well ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

#fallen angel #alexandre cabanel #oil painting #angelcore #angelkin #maybe? #i got a pack of scrap paper at the dollar store and decided to start practicing on it but i have no idea what its made of lmao #i usually use acrylic and i cant decide if i love or hate how long oil takes to dry

[marklikely]

i bought some stuff to make a custom doll :~)

#its gonna be on a dollar store mermaid doll. for practice #gonna give her a different face. and maybe a new shirt #avpost #i think ill use the same one for practice if/when i start doing hair replacement #but for now its just the face and clothes

[sky-bee42]

one of my roommates will sometimes ask me to stop singing so she can sleep which is totally reasonable and valid. But when she does she's like "Could you use one of the practice rooms?" which does actually considerably irritate me, bc when I'm in my room I'm always just singing along to my music I listen to for fun and I don't need to be singing all the time, I would vastly prefer her asking me to just shut the fuck up and I get she's like "here's an alternative to the you making noise in our room issue" but if I were actually rehearsing music for school, I would have gone over to one of the music buildings and gotten a practice room. It's quiet hours anyways, I don't mind getting told to just shut up if you need to go to sleep like....

#we have only ever had one real conversation and that was her first day moved in #the only times after that she has said a WORD to me are to ask if I noticed weird smells. if i could go sing in a practice room. #and to ask me for money for the dollar store broom she bought (which my parents had already bought if she bothered to look) #whenever i even see her in our room she looks like a spooked animal or like she hates me

[swagyna]

you can't tell, but i am laughing maniacally.

#we were at a craft store when i was like 'actually. i want coloring books to practice different art techniques on.' #then remembered these existed at dollar tree #i IMMEDIATELY dragged my friends to the car in search of one #my plan is to scan the pics. clean them up in a photo editor. then print them on thicker paper meant for watercolor and alcohol markers. #im SOOOOO excited yo

[inkskinned]

you're in the habit of denying yourself things.

if someone asked you directly, you would say that you love a little treat. you like iced coffee and getting the cookie. you drink juice out of a fancy cup sometimes, and often do use your candles until they gutter out helplessly.

but you hesitate about buying the 20 dollar hand mixer because, like. you could just use your arms. you weren't raised rich. you don't get to just spend the 20 dollars (remember when that could cover lunch?), at least - you don't spend that without agonizing over it first, trying to figure out the cost-benefits like you are defending yourself in front of a jury. yes, this rice cooker could seriously help you. but you do know how to make stovetop rice and it really isn't that hard. how many pies or brownies would you actually make, in order to make that hand mixer worthwhile?

what's wild is that if the money was for a friend, it would already be spent. you'd fork over 40 without blinking an eye, just to make them happy. the difference is that it's for you, so you need to justify it.

and it sneaks in. you ration yourself without meaning to - you don't finish the pint of ice cream, even though you want to. the next time you go to the store, you say ah, i really shouldn't, and then you walk away. you save little bits of your precious things - just in case. sometimes you even go so far as putting that one thing in your shopping cart. and then just leaving it there, because maybe-one-day, but not right now, there's other stuff going on.

you do self-care, of course. but you don't do it more than like, 3 days in a row. after that it just feels a little bit over-the-edge. like. you can't live in decadence, the economy is so bad right now, kid.

so you don't buy the rice cooker. you can-and-will spend the time over the stove. you can withstand the little sorrows. denial and discipline are practically synonyms. and you're not spoiled.

it's just - it's not always a rice cooker. sometimes it is a person or a job or a hug. sometimes it is asking for help. sometimes it is the summer and your college degree. sometimes it is looking down at scabbed knees and feeling a strange kind of falling, like you can't even recognize the girl you used to be. sometimes it is your handprint looking unsteady.

sometimes it is tuesday, and you didn't get fired, and you want to celebrate. but what is it you like, even? you search around your little heart and come up empty. you're so used to denying that all your desires draw a blank.

oh fuck. see, this is the perfect opportunity. if you had a mixer, you'd make a cake.

#warm up #this isn't good #writeblr #this is complicated by the fact i can't stand up too long or i fuckken pass out and <3 hit my damn head <3 #but i did take a deep breath and buy myself the stupid rice cooker #and!!! a very cheap sushi kit!!! i have been wanting to try making sushi for literally YEARS #the kit was only like 15 dollars!!!! and i haven't purchased it bc?!!??!?!?!?!!? #..... i didn't get the mixer tho that felt. like a lot. like too much. #on my list is a kitchenaid. one day when i get a check and i have paid off my student debt #and medical debt #i will put that first little bit of cash #into a kitchenaid 5qt stand mixer (with attachments) #i really do just go into their refurbished section and stare lustily at each option #but yeah i feel guilty about the rice cooker even tho i know for a fact this damn thing is gonna be a lifesaver #oh shit also fuck i forgot to mention . poached eggs