have you been to an 'everything is 99cents' store lately?

its the grocery section of the everything is 99cents store that is interesting. the rest of the store is mostly random cheap socks and household items. i was amazed at the number of truely random things that i found in the grocery section. also at the number of horrifying food items available for purchase. however, there were a couple of gems to be found. in particular this cute fella:

i also found a can of mangos. so with my can of mangos and my mango syrup, we made mango pancakes this weekend. i guess i'm a really cheap date. andrew and i had a great time on less than $2.