A journal of my favorite things, My family, thrifting, crafting, upcycling, vintage, decorating and other fun stuff!!!
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Thrifty Treasures
We have two thrift stores in our area. My favorite the Rescue Mission which I have dubbed "Ye Favorite Thrift" and the Salvation Army which has some nice stuff is clean and well organized. However the prices are high and the staff is as a rule not very nice. There are employees that are individually nice but the store policies are awful and that turns a lot of people off. Nine times out of ten I find goodies at "Ye Favorite Thrift" I find it almost impossible not to. Even though you usually have to dig through bins and the store is old looking, the staff is awesome!!! If something is not priced they will make up one right there on the spot, if you think that something is marked to high they will mark it down, they will help you search for stuff and will alert you to stuff that they think that you may be interested in.
Those are the opposite policies of the Salvation Army. stop in there when I get a chance however because I do find nice things sometimes and occasionally a good deal. Recently was one of those trips.
Tea cup and saucer for $.80, metal scrolly thingy $3.99, candle stick $.99,, Two stamp in up sets $2.50 each, hobnail milk glass $1.50, picture frame $.50, and very very ugly topiary (so ugly in person the pictures don't capture the ugliness) $2.00 each (they no longer look like this). In fact the only things that are going to stay as is are the tea cup and saucer and the milk glass, I have also already used one of the stamp sets.
Michelle
Saturday, January 30, 2010
My very first post!!!
I am really excited to start this new "project". I have been following many blogs since first discovering them this past June. I am totally not a computer person but I like to learn as I go. And I really want to be able to post all my thrifty finds and re dos!!!!!!!! So here I go............. This is our new baby Dominic. he was born on 8/18/09 (sorry the picture is so fuzzy our camera is in need of replacing.) He was 18 days late!!!! The whole month of August is a blur. :) No pun intended!!! This makes seven children for us. Hence the name of my blog. Well that i part of the reason the rest is an inside joke between my husband me and our oldest Daughter. Regina is 17 and a senior in high school, Anna is next she is 11 and in the 5 th grade. Then there is Jimmy he is in 3rd grade and is 9. Then there is Anthony, the look at me kid. He is in the 1st. grade and is 7. The blond is Andrew(we have no idea where the blond hair came from) he is in pre-k and is 5. Theresa our baby princess is 3 and she stays home with mommy and baby Dominic. I wish I knew how to move the pictures around so that they were between my words:( Well this is the gang and I hope to get to know a bunch of the wonderful women around the blogisphere.
Michelle
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