Your Fall Dollar Store Shopping List

Hand Sanitizer

If you're hoping to avoid those brutal winter colds, what's a better buy than hand sanitizer? At dollar store prices you can buy a bottle for yourself and one to put in your kids' lunchboxes to keep those school germs at bay. Brand name Purell hand sanitizer costs $4.87 for 237 mL bottle with a pump, while the dollar store brand comes in a 236 mL pump bottle for $3.87 less.

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Next: Band-Aids

Band-Aids

According to Alexander, she spent years trying to find affordable band-aids that were also of relatively good quality. "I had all but given up when I discovered Medi-Care at my local dollar store," she said. The larger, patch type band-aids are 20 cents each at the dollar store, while brand-name ones are about 33 cents each.

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Next: School Lunch

School Lunch

Though packing lunch for your kids every day may be a pain, it does not have to be a pain for your wallet. Places like the 99-cent Only Store make it easy to shop for groceries on a budget by stocking a wide variety of food items, including fresh produce. According to Anderson, the grocery stores sell Jell-O brand instant puddings for $1.19 a package. The dollar store has Neilson instant pudding mix at 2 packages for $1, a savings of $1.38 on two packages. Family Dollar is also featuring four-pack Kraft Handi-Snacks or four-pack Kool-aid Gels for $1 each.
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Lunch Bags and Backpacks

How about a lunch bag to pack that school lunch in? Alexander reports that Family Dollar is featuring Disney backpacks or lunch bags at $6 each. Meanwhile, Dollar General is offering licensed lunch boxes in assorted styles for $5 each and backpacks in assorted styles for $8 each.

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Next: Warm Socks

Warm Socks

As the weather gets colder, you will probably be looking for something to keep your feet warm and toasty. Look no further than your local dollar store. According to Alexander, socks are one item of clothing that you can save a lot of money on by shopping at a dollar store. Dollar Tree is featuring kids and adult sizes in solids and patterns for $1 a pair and the 99-cent Only Store has sport socks for 99 cents a pair.

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Next: Hearty Fall Meal

Hearty Fall Meal

On a chilly fall night, nothing feels better than a stomach full of a warm, homecooked meal. So how about a nice bowl of spaghetti? A 23 oz. can of Primo spaghetti sauce that sells for $1 at the dollar store, costs $1.49 at the grocery store. For a dollar, you can also get Hunts Manwich in the 14 oz. tin which sells for $1.79 at the supermarket, and two 10 oz cans of Heinz tomato soup.

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Next: Dorm Rooms and Apartments

Dorms and Apartments

With the fall also comes move-in day for your college students. And before move-in day comes the inevitable dorm room shopping excursion. But shopping for supplies doesn't have to break the bank. Alexander reports that you can find everything from dishes and silverware, to trash cans and cleaning supplies at your local dollar store.

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Next: School Supplies

School Supplies

Has your child lost all the family's pens and notebooks over the summer? Don't worry, they're painless to replace, if you know where to shop. Staples has 200-page exercise books for $1.96 each compared to the dollar store's 140-page notebook for $1. That means you're paying 96 cents more for an extra 60 pages at Staples (and probably paying for better quality paper as well). You decide.

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Next: Battery-Operated Cell Phone Charger

Battery-Operated Cell Phone Charger

Once the school year starts, you'll be on the go all day long, chauffering kids to and from soccer practice and piano lessons. But how will charge your cell phone? Easy -- a battery-operated cell phone charger. Alexander reports that comes in two different models, one that powers most Sprint, Samsung, Sanyo and LG phones and one that powers most Motorola and Nokia phones. Each one comes with four different adapters and you can try each of the different plugs from the back of the package before you plunk down your dollar.
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Next: Laser-Pointer Key Chain

Laser-Pointer Key Chain

Got a big presentation this fall? A laser-pointer key chain may just make it easier to get your point across clearly to your boss and coworkers. And at $1 a pop, why not buy one?

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Next: Garbage Bags

Garbage Bags

Once autumn starts, the leaves fall so fast and hard you might need garbage bags to gather them all up. You're in luck -- according to Alexander, twelve 20 x 22" garbage bags cost 8 cents per bag at Dollarama. The same size garbage bag is sold at Costco for $11.49 for 100 bags or 11 cents each.

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Next: Lip Balm

Lip Balm

Crisp fall weather can also bring painful chapped lips, which can easily be prevented by lip balm. You could buy a tube of Blistex at Wal-mart for $2.43 -- or you could always get a tube of Lypsyl at Dollarama for $1. It's up to you.

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Make the Most of Your Warehouse Club Trip

For a bargain on everything from dog food to diamonds, head to a warehouse club. These clubs limit their margins to between 11% and 14%, compared with 25% to 30% at supermarkets, according to Michael Clayman, editor of Warehouse Club Focus.

But you won't save much money if you get sidetracked by the bling and the flat-screen TVs. Here's how to make the most of a trip to the warehouse.

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