Thrifting

I took time out last Saturday morning to go thrifting alone. That's really the only way to do it, people.

Here are a few of my Found Items.

I found this awesome blue scarf- now the nicest one I have, and I have a lot of them- it's OH so soft. And a few strands of beads. I needed them.


And I found these matching pillar stands. Very Anthropologie-esque.


And a beautiful conch. We have another, larger, one I also found while thrifting one day.


And I found this sturdy trivet.


And a clipboard I now have on the wall by the door so it can be all useful again.


And I found this wonderful green bowl. My big spender purchase (see below).


And I of course came home with some books- we get SO MANY books thrifting, especially for our school library. I KICK MYSELF regularly for selling back so many of my books in college (I majored in English) so whenever I find classics like these, they are familiar, and I'm happy to grab them up. I also found a neat children's book from 1950 with fantastic illustrations and stories about the seasons, and 2 primers both published in 1900. They may actually be worth something. But I just think they're neat.

I also picked up a blanket that will be great for early morning photo shoots when the grass is wet.



Altogether I visited 4 stores.

I spent $24.93.

$10.23 was in books alone.

And my lovely green bowl was a whopping $6.00.

Meaning save for the books and bowl I spend about $8 on the rest.

This is why thrift stores should have some sort of warning label. You can get addicted.

By the way, last fall I got two vintage cameras for a quarter each and just recently put them out. I'd bought them just before I put out our Christmas decorations, so I didn't do it at the time. I like them.