I think I have located all the random little packages of dots... and I've added puffy stickers to the mix, too... I don't have many of those so they should go in with tiny embellishments like dots. But... good grief... I have WAY too many!! But now that they're all in one place, I can flip through and add them to layouts easily.
In the sorting and searching, I've also emptied out several of the big plastic totes that I had tossed things into during storm preparation. I'm getting those emptied out and finding actual storage places for the things I need to have handy. I think I've come to another conclusion, too... while I don't want to part with them, I don't use my CS stamps often enough for them to be taking up space in my cabinets in the scrap room. They may wind up going into the plastic totes (they're all unmounted now.. and on page protectors) and put under the table. Then I'll have lots of room on my cabinet shelves to better store the things I need out of hiding.
buy the dots that match a paper collection, so if I'm working with that collection it's easy enough to grab the matching pack of enamel dots from the bin, or an assortment that works with whatever theme I'm scrapping.