Tuesday Testimonials.....

Thrifty - To use money and other resources carefully and not wastefully:

In the current economy or lack there of, I'd like to promote a little thing called Thrift shopping.

Rummage sales, garage sales, yard sales, Goodwill stores, Salvation army......any of these places can give you a treasure trove of items for sometimes pennies. As the saying goes....One man's trash is another man's treasure.

           My new friend Amy over at A is for Ampersand writes a weekly blog post called $5 Thrifty Thursdays where she posts pictures of her weekly thrift store finds as well as of those sent to her by other Thrifties like her. Inspired by her promotion of thriftiness I decided to show off my own thrifty purchases from over the years.....

                                                       

Example #1 - Our church has a yearly lawn fete and one of the biggest draws is something called Attic Treasures (or as Hubby says Trash and Treasures.) People drop off unwanted items (bedding, books, jewelery, bags, dishes, toys, decorations, sports equipment, electronics, etc) and these wonderful volunteers organize and price every single item. My favorite section is the books. The cost starts out at $.50 for softcover and $1.00 for hardcover. One thing you need is patience and strong arms. Patience to sort through boxes and boxes looking for something that catches your eye and strong arms to carry all the items. One of the best parts of the sale, is that on the final day they sell you a paper bag for $2, and however many books you can fit in it are yours. This is a small stack of the 32 books I picked up over the course of the 3 days...

                                        

                                                            

Example #2 - How cute are these glass canisters that I also picked up at last year's sale? $.25/piece. The one with the coffee design I actually found at this year's sale for $.50. They look so cute on my counter and now I don't have extra boxes crammed in the cabinets.

                        

                        

Example #3 - Also from Trash and Treasures this year........this shelf that Hubby hung by our backdoor. Now he has a place to hang his hats, the garage door opener and to dump all of the stuff from his pockets at the end of the day (instead of on the kitchen island....thank you Hubby....luv you)

                                   

Example #4 - Clothing is another item that you can luck out on.

This shirt came from a church rummage sale a few years back. 

In this case I believe I paid $5 for a grocery bag and again whatever I could fit in it was mine.

                                  

These 3 skirts came from a consignment shop (another great place to find amazing deals.)
The gray one is a fully lined wool skirt - great for winter. I believe I paid about $5 for it at a Goodwill.

The middle one - well how do you not love some plaid?
The blue flowered one I paid $7 for. It was from Express, still had the price tag on it (!) and trust me when I say the original price was NOT $7.

Example #5 - This next item is one of my favorite finds and it also came from the Trash and Treasures sale this year.
A Nine West Bag that was in perfect condition for $4.
It's the perfect size to fit my mini laptop, a notebook, a book (have to have one with you always), a makeup bag, wallet, cell phone, umbrella and keys.

Are there any other Thrifties out there like us who are willing to come forward and share? Instead of bragging about how much we paid for something, let's be proud of how much we got for so little!


~Adrienne

PS........

Check out Amy's page too - she has some great ideas and she even has her own shop through Etsy called MonocledLop