Just the other day after stopping for breakfast & doing some Christmas (Yule) shopping for the grandchildren, the Hubs said "What would you like to do now"? I am sure my eyes got big & round. So I kinda shyly asked if he wouldn't mind hitting some of the Thrift Shops in the area. Knowing this is one of my favorite things to do, he readily agreed! Also I want to add that this was done without moaning or eye rolling. Hey, I will give credit where credit is due. We hit three different Thrift Stores in the area. Nothing struck my fancy or yelled out to me. Heck nothing even fell off a shelf & tripped me. We went back to the house & I headed out to try one more place. While walking up to the Thrift Store from the parking lot I saw a huge table out front with a big sign that said "everything $.50. I got excited but all for nothing. Not one item on that table was meant for me. After going over the entire store twice I stumbled upon these.
The wooden A will surely get put to use since it is the first letter of our last name. The two smaller boxes were nestled into the larger one. I figured I could find a new life for these boxes & they even had label brackets attached & .........there was some purple in the designs. The store was running 30% off your purchase day so this stuff ended up costing me $1.15.
Now on Sunday I went to the grocery store armed with a list & $70.00 to spend. I got everything on the list plus fixings for 2 extra meals with my total only coming to $46.00. (didn't have to get too many meat items since the freezer had a nice little supply already) Plus I got 2 sets of Wilton Halloween cookie cutters for $.68 each. The original price of the cutters was $2.75 each.
On my way home happy with myself for still having $'s left over I came upon a yard sale! Florida is great for year round yard sales. Being that it was Sunday & maybe the ladies wanted to go in & watch football, they were eager to sell things on the cheap (just my price if you know what I'm saying)
First I found these small shelves that just scream for a redo. Marked at $.50 each they were mine for a quarter apiece.
Next I stumbled upon this wreath form & some decorative do dads. The fake pine was at one time priced at $7.99! The price was still on it. When I enquired on the price if this grab bag of future door hangings one of the ladies said it was mine for a dollar. Nough said ....it was then mine.
My Quality Inspector (Ramses) hard at work.
After unloading my goodies so far at the pay table to be bagged up I spotted this basket of some plastic grapes & unfinished fruit. I lifted it from its spot on the table, looked at my cashier lady & raised my right eyebrow in question. "$.50 for that" was her reply. I put "that" in my arms.
Last but not least I found the cutest candy cane looking Christmas tree candles. Repeated the the lift & the eyebrow raising. The answer to my look was $.50 each. What the heck, they were cute & they had to be mine.
My pleasant yard sale Hostess wrapped my goodies for me, accepted my three one dollar bills & back in the car I went. The ice cream had not even started to melt. So, groceries , yard sale bargains & $21.00 left over. I was a happy,happy person. Best of all was the fact that my husband did not even shake his head over my yard sale finds. He liked them all & even wondered allowed about how the shelves would look once it redid them.
I am thankful for Thrift Shops, yard sales & marked down Wilton cookie cutters.
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