I’m going tonight at the dumpster of a local discount drug store. Every year around the beginning of the school year they throw away a massive amount of every kind of marker, crayons, sparkly glue, washable/erasable pens, glitter this and that, paper, etc. If a package gets opened just slightly they throw it out. And unlike w*lm*rt and other chains they don’t crush all their garbage so no one else can use it, they just throw it in the dumpster.

I rarely buy stuff like washable markers because they are so expensive, but will certainly use them if I get them for free. Our craft drawer is running meager, the other day t-bop was scrounging for paper and most of the markers are all dried out with crispy tips, so I’m gonna go dumpster diving for more. Last year I got a big old bag’s worth of stuff. Other people in the area have got hip to this so I may not get that much this year. We’ll see.

How about you, when was the last time you went dumpster diving? (and for the uninitiated, here’s what dumpster diving is all about, and yes it is usually considered legal!

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