Tag: thrift stores
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February 21, 2008 10:08 AM EST --
The Goodwill Store
by Marilyn Mackenzie
The first time I shopped at a Goodwill Store or Salvation Army Store was when my son was about eleven years old. He wanted some "old guy funky . . . more
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June 25, 2008 11:44 PM EDT --
I've never been one to shop at thrift stores. For starters, I've never been able to hack the smell of them. All those many different people smells mingled together to form one human . . . more
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April 21, 2008 01:40 PM EDT --
Two years five months back, I came to this beautiful country for the first time.That time I was in Stamford, Connecticut. I saw many donation centers there and before leaving for Los Angeles, . . . more
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July 19, 2007 06:07 AM EDT --
Greeting cards have gotten so expensive and my husband has a large family and lots of birthday cards to send out. So I look for nice birthday cards at thrift shops, when they have them. Just got a whole . . . more
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March 06, 2008 04:43 PM EST --
Goodwill receives a billion pounds of clothing every year. Unfortunately, they end up using less than half of the clothing that they receive. Clothing is cheap and the cost of sorting, cleaning, . . . more
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September 09, 2008 07:06 PM EDT --
Just when I thought I had enough books to catch up on, I end up finding more at my favorite thrift store, Value Village. Altogether, I found 5 books, which if you buy 4 you get one for free.
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June 22, 2006 10:59 AM EDT --
I just got back from the thrift store and looky what I found!!!! I cleaned just enough to get to the engraving.... then had to do a rubbing to see what it said!
THIS IS OLD! . . . more
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September 12, 2006 11:53 AM EDT --
One evening I was wearing a dress that only cost $4.99.
It was so beautiful, I'm sure they must have miss-priced it.
I wore it with great confidence to a special Fundraising Dinner. . . . more
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February 19, 2007 05:51 PM EST --
For many of us who love expensive clothes by great designers like Marc Jacobs, Chanel, Michael Kors and many others. But fine it much easier to love these great designs, then to be able . . . more
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March 24, 2008 12:29 PM EDT --
Hosting a yard sale is a lot of work, and you may as well make sure that you get paid for your efforts. While the saying is true that "one man's trash is another man's treasure," take . . . more
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April 11, 2008 11:12 PM EDT --
I shopped my closet for Disabilities Thrift Shop of Lake City.
Here are the items I found to donate:
A pink skirt that is brand new and never worn.
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March 01, 2007 10:14 AM EST --
I love thrift stores. Here where I live in Ohio, there is one in particular I love it is called Volunteer's of America. I know they have stores in Columbus and in Circleville. . . . more
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March 17, 2008 11:24 AM EDT --
There's still snow in the yard, but my crocus and tulips are beginning to poke up through the ground, letting me know that spring is finally on its way! As folks begin their spring cleaning, lots . . . more
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February 22, 2007 01:36 AM EST --
The worst thing that ever happened to thrift stores was some idiot deciding to tell them that some of their old, used stuff was, well, old. Old somehow translated into vintage, and after that it was a . . . more
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October 22, 2007 09:59 AM EDT --
It is so chilly today, that I am thinking of Christmas rather than Halloween or Thanksgiving... We recently got an ad from a local store and of course they are completely stocked up on Christmas . . . more
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September 08, 2007 07:22 PM EDT --
Woke up early to get the kids to their monthly supervised visitation with their biological father. He gets 5 hours with them. It's been 6 years, but this never gets any easier . . . more
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August 07, 2008 06:05 PM EDT --
This week my son has been attending a camp for special kids, so I have been taking advantage of the "free time" I have and go looking for what I consider to be treasures.
Yesterday, . . . more
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June 17, 2008 03:15 PM EDT --
I am shopping for my son's upcoming birthday and trying to get some great deals in the clearance section for Christmas...
I have noticed many times all the versions of Monopoly around... . . . more
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October 22, 2007 09:19 PM EDT --
After weeks of hectic schedules, homework, soccer, scouts, and the who is sick this week game, I have let our bedroom go from untidy to unbearable... Too tired to do much, I kept the kitchen, living . . . more
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October 09, 2007 06:33 PM EDT --
I have my odd little quirky things that I do that make no sense to anyone, in an honest effort to save money...
I am guilty of taking the packets of ketchup from the fast food joint and emptying them . . . more
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