Thrift Finds: July 2016

I go shopping at either GoodWill, thrift store(s), or yard sales at least once a week. 90% of the time, I don't find a whole lot, but there is always something interesting, like leopard print tube dresses in size XXXL or soviet-era children's books with communist propaganda (Why, yes! I did buy that one!). There are a couple tricks to doing this and not getting carried away.

Lately, mostly I've been shopping at Good Will.
My rules at GoodWill are:

1. Only buy children's clothes if they are $3 or less (you can almost always find items size newborn to 5T new at Kohls for $3 and change, so there's that)
2. Only buy things that are part of the "Color Of The Week" (this means 50%) unless its something really special AND really cheap (again, I like my $3 rule)
3. Bring your Club GoodWill card
4. Check the GoodWill Facebook Page for any additional deals (this one is for our local ones)
5. Buy any and all books you want or think others would want

These rules have served me solidly in getting even more excellent deals.

Recently at Good Will, I have had really good luck finding nice quality games. I intend to use these for our family's "Thriftmas" exchange with a family my sister and I grew up with.I know you're saying "BUT IT IS JULY!" Yes, it is. It can also be really hard to find the right thing for the right people when you're pressured, so when I see something that works for $3, it goes in our big closet. (Sidenote: we also give "normal" presents of new things, the thriftmas thing is just because we all thrift as a hobby).

the larger games were $1.80 each on color sale, the smaller game was 76 cents! All three games have all the pieces/cards and we tested the gameplay out and (especially the vampire one) they were pretty fun!

I also bought these scissors at "full price" (wow, $1 each, how racey!) because my pinking shears met an Unfortunate and Unspeakable Accident related to unapproved Man Job use "because they were on the coffee table." Right...anyway, these will work for awhile anyway.

These retail for about $2 a piece, but I don't think they were ever used. Yes, I needed both pairs.

I also bought some clothes that have already been put away, but next time I'll keep them handy and take pictures. Happy Hunting!