I'm torn on this one. I needed to find some party gifts for game winners at Grace's upcoming birthday party. And being a single-income household, I needed to find cheap options. So I headed over to one of the many local dollar stores. If you've never been to one, at least in this one it was true that EVERYTHING cost a dollar. I found what I needed - kites and a jump rope, all for a dollar apiece. So six dollars and fifty cents or so later I came out with more than enough gifts.
But the entire time I'm walking through the store my skin was crawling, and all I could think in my head was "recall, recall, recall." From what I can tell, a LOT of recalled kid's products tend to come from dollar stores. How else can this stuff be so darn cheap, unless it's made in some overseas factory with little to no oversight, with god knows what level of lead in the paint? I keep telling myself that at least at 6-years old these kids won't be sticking any of this stuff in their mouth. Maybe it will all break the first time they try to use it and I'll be in the clear.
Ick - I think I just can't bring myself to do that one again. I guess I'll make myself pay more in the future and get it at Target (and probably still get stuck with a recall notice).
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