1. The biggest find of the day, for sure, was a spare pair of frames (seen up top). I looked down at the jewelry display and was surprised to have a pair of glasses that looked nearly identical to the pair I've been wearing forever (no, seriously, I've had the same frames since my freshmen year of college!) staring up at me. I have been desperately wanting to go in and get a new pair of lenses put in my glasses as after six and some odd years my lenses are pretty scratched on my current pair, but my spare pair of glasses is currently held together by surgical tape and I wasn't relishing having to wear them while my good pair was in the shop getting new lenses put in, or worse, having to buy a new pair of glasses.
The frames, after discount (they were on sale 25% off), were 2.25 and are high quality (I did try them on and no, the prescription is no where near mine...it was worth a shot though). I'm very very happy with them :). Now I just need to save up a little money, go in and get an eye exam and get new lenses put into the new pair of glasses. Then I can finally replace my old lenses in these glasses AND have a good pair of back of glasses in case I need them. Life is good!
I also found some various things for my daughter for Christmas. Some "fancy" hair clips and a leotard for ballet in her size with the tags still on it on sale for 1.50. Still on the hunt for a tutu in her size (I don't have materials to make one, so I'm KIND of hoping I'll stumble into one cheap so I don't have to worry about it), but feeling good about what I've found so far.
All said and done I got out of the store for under 20.00 and felt great about my finds for the day.
Have you found anything neat lately?
And EDIT: Apparently my daughter actually has a tutu. I completely forgot she had one *laugh*. My sister-in-law had bought her one that was way too big years ago and I'd put it in her dresser drawer with other "too big for you" clothes in it figuring we'd pull it out at a later date. She found it in her dresser about, oh, ten minutes after I posted this and came dancing out in it and some other clothing that made quite an ensemble. But, yeah, she actually has a tutu. That saves me time and money, so woohoo for that :).
My brother was up this weekend, visiting of our Canadian Thanksgiving. I had made homemade bread for the weekend, using my bread maker to make the dough. He decided he really needed to get a bread maker too, but he is on a really tight budget. So we went to one of our local thrift stores and found several to choose from. Most were quite filthy, but we found one not too bad and confirmed it did turn on while there. It only cost $8, but the machine didn't have a manual with it. So when we got home, we looked up the manual on line and printed the 37 pages off so he had a reference on how to work it, including recipes. After a thorough cleaning, we gave it a try and it worked!
ReplyDeleteHe also bought a crock pot ($12 I think) and some shirts for himself. My brother is a very big man, so he was thrilled when he found clothes in his size, one being brand new. One shirts was $7 and the other was $8. New shirts in his size normally cost a minimum of $40, so these were a huge score for him and his tight budget! All told, he spent about $40 on everything.
Nice!!! I have had no luck buying bread makers at the thrift stores. I bought two throughout the years and neither one of them did more than turn on, so I'm thrilled to hear that his worked! I finally bought myself one brand new, which was pricey but worth it.
DeleteNow a days I make bread in an hour using a recipe that calls for instant yeast, so yeah...the bread maker doesn't get much use anymore *laugh*.
We have big men in my husband's family too, so I totally get the not being able to find clothes in their size thing. One day, the way my son is growing, he's going to be one of those guys. He's in a size 10 right now and he JUST turned seven. He's huge!!!
I haven't been to the Thrift store in a very long time; but, I really enjoy looking at your treasures when you go. I love seeing your bargains when you find them, and then later on after you have repurposed them or used them in your daily life. Those glasses are a wonderful find.
ReplyDeleteYeah, glasses frames were on my list of "I one day pray to find" and was amazed I actually found some. In all my years of thrift store shopping that was a first for me :).
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