Thursday, June 3, 2010

thrifty thursday


It's been almost a month since my last trip.
I had a bunch of errands
so I didn't plan to shop long.
I ended up spending almost an hour and a half
at the Salvation Army!

I am just tickled with today's finds!
~
I thought this pillowcase would be perfect for a slip for Lily!

I love the extra detail on the hem.
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I could not believe my good fortune;
these gorgeous vintage sheets
here
in NW Arkansas!!
I had decided all the really good ones lived elsewhere...

When I was checking out
the gal told me the linens were half-off.
I had her charge me for one more and ran back to get this gaudy thing

I don't know why I like it
but I do.
Those red flowers are about 10 or 11 inches across!
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My favorite purchase
though
was this case
for
$1

or maybe it was these....

$1.50 for both of them!
I was so glad TJ wasn't with me;
we'd have had a fight on our hands for sure.
~
They had two totally awesome ugly vintage chairs
that I had to leave there;
no room in the inn.
maybe Lana can go snatch them up....
~
All together
I got
1 skirt to use as fabric
another skirt (perhaps wool?)
that looks like it should fit a dear friend of mine quite nicely
a pair of jammies for Lex'
almost 4 yards of floral knit fabric
3 sheets
1 pillowcase
8 glasses for the freezer, for milk - yum!
5 board things - not sure what they are
but I plan to use them as lap desks for the kids
a fabulous sturdy basket - with liner
a large square jar for ribbons for my sewing nook
sandals
the suitcase that makes me giddy just looking at it
and
those incredible card catalog steel boxes
for
- get this -
eleven dollars and fifty cents!!!

I don't know if I should believe this or not
but
my mother swears
that I was once mortified
because someone complimented an outfit
and she told them we'd got it at the thrift shop for $2.
~
sorry, Mom!

4 comments:

  1. Whoo-hoo :)

    I love the shoes! The sheet is great too, those flowers are AWESOME!!!

    You did good, I never seem to do as well on my trips...
    well, our changing table was $10.00. That was a great find...

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  2. This is the best I've done in a long time! the glasses AND the sheets were half off. shoes were buy 1 get 1 half off, but I only found one pair, so she just let me have them for half off anyways.
    She told me 50 cents each on the boards, then said, "oh, how 'bout a quarter?"
    and the other stuff was all priced remarkably cheap for SA for some reason....

    you really ought to go check out the chairs (one of them you probably wouldn't want - no place for it - the other, you might... it'd need to be recovered probably) and that TV hutch thing.... love you, Sweetie

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  3. Yeah, we were gonna go at lunch time to look at that tv thing and it just all fell to bits. THe plan, not the tv thing ;)

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  4. My oh my, what a good day for you!

    Guess what? FSM is getting a SAVERS! Fabulous thrift store we had in CO. So when you're in my neck of the woods you'll have to check it out....but stop by and pick me up first, ok?

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