Thrift Store Thursday—9/3

Last Friday I had a doctor’s appt in another part of town, so I scoped out some thrift stores in that area. I had been to one of them once before and hadn’t found anything, but on that day I found these three items.

The cheese dome, to make a mini cakestand, was $1.81. I regularly see these at Goodwill for $3-4, so that was a good deal. The covered jar was also $1.81 (I'm not planning to keep the red things in it), and the little thing was $.40. I don’t know what the thing is, but I thought it could be used like a tiny cloche--when I find something tiny to display under it.

When I pulled out of the parking lot, there, directly across the street, was another United Volunteers (the other UV is my favorite thrift store, and the closest to home).

There, I found the footed glass thing for $.80. I’m planning to use it with a vase filler, but now I’m wondering if it’s really a some kind of drinking vessel. **I have been informed that it is actually a hurricane from Southern Living at Home...score! Now I love it!

The little jar (about half the size of the first one) was $.60, the basket was $2.40, and the dominoes were $1.41. I was specifically looking for more dominoes to finish filling a jar.

A quick trip to Goodwill on Tuesday yielded an identical jar (the small one), and yet another cheese dome (sans the wooden board), for $1 each.

My total thus far being $11.23, I had decided that I was done thrifting for the week. I kind of had it in my head to keep it to around $10/wk, unless I found something really great that I’ve got on my list that would naturally cost more, like a coffee table.

But Wednesday is 25% off day at my United Volunteers, and since I was out, I decided to just pop in. And I popped out with this.

It’s hard to tell from this photo, but it is actually a bedskirt. I just laid it on top of Pinkerbelle’s bed to take the picture. Look at the cute ball fringe!

Unfortunately, Pink’s mattress is full-size, while the bedskirt is only a twin. But don’t worry, I have other plans for it. Oh, and I paid $7.45 for it, so that makes my weekly total $18.67. Things really do add up, don’t they?

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