Saturday, May 28, 2016

Spoils of War


One benefit (although the spousal unit doesn’t think so) of hiyaku-ing off with the Red Cross is that if I do happen to get a day off, and if I can get my hands on a car, I can wile away a hot, humid, rainy afternoon hitting the local thrift stores*.

Proof that the Lord loveth a cheerful shopper, there was a large Goodwill store about six blocks from the DRO.  I came home with a purple barkcloth Hawaiian floweredy shirt, a beautiful leather cross-body satchel, and four bags of sock yarn.

Edited to add:  I of course had a legitimate reason for shopping at Goodwill; I needed a travel coffee mug, as DST (the disaster technology peeps) were getting tired of me knocking over my morning cup of joe in the cardboard cup. 

8 comments:

PepperReed said...

Great Haul! Thrift stores are great if you've got some time to spare and don't have a particular thing in mind, you can find all sorts of good stuff.

FUZZARELLY said...

A day well spent!

Bunnykins said...

Good haul! Nothing like a good used/"antique"/thrift/second hand store. Nothing like finding an overlooked gem.

Kathleen C. said...

Four bags of sock yarn?! I want to shop at that thrift store! (The majority of our home and wardrobes come from two of our local places.)

Lady Anne said...

I did happen to notice that you never mentioned the travel mug in your haul. We refer to our local thrift store to the "Neiman Marcus of Edgewood".

Shay said...

I got the mug, too. 99cents.

Shay said...

Kathleen, the best part was that all but two skeins were Paton Kroy.

Sam said...

We call The Salvation Army Store "Chez Sal" - which is where my sisters and I got most of our high school wardrobes. Plus going to these stores keeps people employed and junk out of the landfill. Keep shopping!