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.
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:
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.
A day well spent!
Good haul! Nothing like a good used/"antique"/thrift/second hand store. Nothing like finding an overlooked gem.
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.)
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".
I got the mug, too. 99cents.
Kathleen, the best part was that all but two skeins were Paton Kroy.
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!
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