Desert Companion - August 2017

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END NOTE Stick it to Big Eyeshadow with this subversively inexpensive coloring kit

I, CHARTICUS

I’D BUY THAT FOR A DOLLAR

B Y

Finally, a friend who won’t judge us

In dark times, a clip-on light is a good investment

D E S E RT C O M PA N I O N S TA F F

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ugust 8 is National Dollar Day, as declared by whomever is in charge of making modern life ridiculous. Supposedly, it marks the 1786 establishment of the U.S. monetary system — and is there a more purely American way to honor that achievement than to set out on a quest to see how many funky items we could buy for a buck each? No, there is not. So we fanned out across the valley, and returned with these cut-rate treasures.

DOLLAR TREE

Hours of I-don’twannagrow-up fun!

Let there be kitschy, inspirational, low-cost light

FAMILY DOLLAR BROADACRES MARKETPLACE

Your bracelet game will be strong

Trendy-bar soap dish? We’re in! Now, can you fill it with bourbon?

Unleash your inner David Foster Wallace ­— you know you have one — with these cheap bandanas

MORE FANTASTIC DEALS

REBAR

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