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My Great Haul - OT
I shopped a few garage sales this weekend and did exceptionally well.
Check out the list of purchase - 49 items - then try to guess how much I spent. Reply with your guess before checking my figure below: Two down comforters, one brand new, one slightly used Two 100% cotton duvet covers, both brand new Over-the-door hanging metal rack with six shelves, like new Hanging closet shoe storage, space for 12 pairs, brand new Two coffee mugs Medium size bamboo basket, brand new Medium glass storage jar, brand new "The Corn is Green" movie with Bette Davis, like new David Selznik's "Since You Went Away" movie, like new "Total Control" by David Baldacci (paperback) "Valley of Silence" 5-CD AudioBook, like new (for Dave's blind Aunt Toni) Pure silk dinner/party dress, new with tag Two 2-piece 100% rayon summer dresses, like new 3 pairs blue jeans, like new 2 pair khaki pants, like new 1 pair stretch knit gym pants 2 pairs lightweight cotton pedal-pushers, like new 7 pairs cotton shorts, all but one new or like new 2-piece summer shorts/blouse set, 100% cotton, like new Pure silk copper-colored blouse, flawless Wool cardigan sweater with pockets, like new 4 cotton knit blouses, like new Pure rayon blouse Men's 100% cotton Western shirt, like new (for Dave) Two cotton knit men's shirts (for Dave) Women's 100% cotton Western shirt, like new 100% cotton flannel winter nightgown 100% cotton seersucker housedress Fleece jacket, snowflake pattern Crocheted black handbag Denim handbag 49 items....not a lot of money.... well worth the time.... ....feeling somewhat guilty for getting this much stuff for so little.... ....people don't realize the value of their cast-offs? Well, how much was it all, already??? Too bad I found nothing for the cats... There was a nice large litterbox, but it didn't have a handle on top.... Any one of at least a dozen of the items above would have cost more than the total amount I spent on them all: $38. Thirty-eight dollars!! |
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My Great Haul - OT
On Jun 12, 12:04*pm, "Pat" wrote:
$38. Thirty-eight dollars!! Bargains are always nice- I think my local clothes shop hates me sometimes- they have loads of lovely stuff and I often go in, look at things, hold them against myself etc and just when they think they have a sale I put it back on the rail I know that a month or so later when the new collections come in (And I have no problem with being a collection or so behind) they'll all be in the sale and then I can select some of them. My piece de resistance is a stunning charcoal grey printed corduoy jacket that was £60 and I got it in the sales for £7.50 But I'd say you did damn well there! Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs |
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My Great Haul - OT
hopitus wrote
One of my fun outings is to spend the day hitting all three thrift shops, all benefitting good causes. I have to travel to Springfield - 60 miles away - to find more than one thrift store in a town. And all of them around here regardless of which town try to gouge shoppers. Many do not have dressing rooms. I shop them anyway when I can, and a few months ago happened to find a really nice hunter green flannel lined western canvas shirt for $1.25. At the yard sales, most people are fine with you going in to try stuff on. I tried on most of the clothes I bought this time. Actually, the only clothes I don't get for dirt cheap at garage sales or thrift stores are underwear and socks, and shoes sometimes. And maybe the odd hat. |
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My Great Haul - OT
hopitus wrote: Your bargains are admirable. I don't stop at garage sales because I do much better at my local thrift shops, where I can try on expensive shoes (name brand sneaks costing over a hundred, for example) for hours without any disappointed looks that you get from the garage sale givers. My friends all love garage sales and good for them....and you. One of my fun outings is to spend the day hitting all three thrift shops, all benefitting good causes. I don't care in the least if the stuff I buy or try on is from someone who died, LOL. I don't mind second-hand furniture and appliances - I just have a weird prejudice against clothing someone else has worn before! I think it's because my Mom was on a tight budget, didn't have much time to sew, and saw nothing wrong with buying used clothing that had been worn by larger classmates of mine. (If she'd bought it at a thrift store, it might have been okay, but clothes everyone RECOGNIZED as having belonged to someone else?) Unfortunately, I was in public grade school long before the jeans-and-T-shirt days. Little girls wore dresses to school (and not uniforms unless you went to Catholic school). |
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My Great Haul - OT
On Jun 12, 12:38*pm, hopitus wrote:
my fun outings is to spend the day hitting all three thrift shops, all benefitting good causes. I assume "thrift shops" are what we in the UK call "charity shops" i.e. they raise money for a good cause- my mum after my dad died volunteered to work in a charity shop run to raise money for the local hospice and she did that until 5-6 weeks before she died. I got loads of stuff from her because if the volunteers were sorting out donations and saw anything they liked- they simply paid for it....alas you have to remember this is my mum.....she'd regularly present ,me with something ghastly saying "I thought this would do for you" and somehow I'd end up giving her the couple of quid she'd paid for it but back then I wasn't making a lot of money so I had to put up with it- they were mostly stuff I could wear for work like blouses and plain skirts and jackets anyway...the thought mum would have given me something pretty to wear is very unthinkable.... It left me with a dislike of charity shops until the last couple of years ie.. round about the time I was sheltering from the rain in the Scope shop at Lewisham and found 2 blouses that I knew for a fact (Because I'd seen them and coveted them already in Evans) were £20 each and they wanted a fiver each! That shop has since yielded several other bargains Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs |
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My Great Haul - OT
On 6/12/2011 6:48 PM, Lesley Madigan wrote:
On Jun 12, 12:38 pm, wrote: my fun outings is to spend the day hitting all three thrift shops, all benefitting good causes. I assume "thrift shops" are what we in the UK call "charity shops" i.e. they raise money for a good cause- my mum after my dad died volunteered to work in a charity shop run to raise money for the local hospice and she did that until 5-6 weeks before she died. I got loads of stuff from her because if the volunteers were sorting out donations and saw anything they liked- they simply paid for it....alas you have to remember this is my mum.....she'd regularly present ,me with something ghastly saying "I thought this would do for you" and somehow I'd end up giving her the couple of quid she'd paid for it but back then I wasn't making a lot of money so I had to put up with it- they were mostly stuff I could wear for work like blouses and plain skirts and jackets anyway...the thought mum would have given me something pretty to wear is very unthinkable.... It left me with a dislike of charity shops until the last couple of years ie.. round about the time I was sheltering from the rain in the Scope shop at Lewisham and found 2 blouses that I knew for a fact (Because I'd seen them and coveted them already in Evans) were £20 each and they wanted a fiver each! That shop has since yielded several other bargains I'm a great fan of thrift shops, and have gotten some great bargains. As you say, they usually accept donations to sell to raise money for a good cause. We also have a small regional chain that calls itself a 'Thrift Boutique' which is a business that sells off mostly brand new discards, probably from US businesses, to judge by the brand names. One of our clothing chain used a local branch as the store they sent almost all their unsold clothing from the entire region to sell off cheap, cheap, cheap. Both of those are also good places to shop. I used to avoid buying shoes, thinking that they'd be 'broken in' to someone else's feet, but I've noticed that they sometimes have ones that don't appear to have been worn at all - for $5!! -- Cheryl P. |
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My Great Haul - OT
Pat wrote:
I shopped a few garage sales this weekend and did exceptionally well. Check out the list of purchase - 49 items - then try to guess how much I spent. Reply with your guess before checking my figure below: Two down comforters, one brand new, one slightly used Two 100% cotton duvet covers, both brand new Over-the-door hanging metal rack with six shelves, like new Hanging closet shoe storage, space for 12 pairs, brand new Two coffee mugs Medium size bamboo basket, brand new Medium glass storage jar, brand new "The Corn is Green" movie with Bette Davis, like new David Selznik's "Since You Went Away" movie, like new "Total Control" by David Baldacci (paperback) "Valley of Silence" 5-CD AudioBook, like new (for Dave's blind Aunt Toni) Pure silk dinner/party dress, new with tag Two 2-piece 100% rayon summer dresses, like new 3 pairs blue jeans, like new 2 pair khaki pants, like new 1 pair stretch knit gym pants 2 pairs lightweight cotton pedal-pushers, like new 7 pairs cotton shorts, all but one new or like new 2-piece summer shorts/blouse set, 100% cotton, like new Pure silk copper-colored blouse, flawless Wool cardigan sweater with pockets, like new 4 cotton knit blouses, like new Pure rayon blouse Men's 100% cotton Western shirt, like new (for Dave) Two cotton knit men's shirts (for Dave) Women's 100% cotton Western shirt, like new 100% cotton flannel winter nightgown 100% cotton seersucker housedress Fleece jacket, snowflake pattern Crocheted black handbag Denim handbag 49 items....not a lot of money.... well worth the time.... ...feeling somewhat guilty for getting this much stuff for so little.... ...people don't realize the value of their cast-offs? Well, how much was it all, already??? Too bad I found nothing for the cats... There was a nice large litterbox, but it didn't have a handle on top.... Any one of at least a dozen of the items above would have cost more than the total amount I spent on them all: $38. Thirty-eight dollars!! UNBELIEVABLE!!! MLB |
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My Great Haul - OT
Pat wrote:
I shopped a few garage sales this weekend and did exceptionally well. Check out the list of purchase - 49 items - then try to guess how much I spent. Reply with your guess before checking my figure below: [snip list] Any one of at least a dozen of the items above would have cost more than the total amount I spent on them all: Thirty-eight dollars!! That's fabulous! Not only did you hit the jackpot, bargain-wise, but participating in things like yard sales, donating items to thrift stores, or freecycle, etc, means that perfectly good stuff isn't being thrown out to rot in some landfill. Good going! I particularly envy the copper silk blouse. Joyce -- I'm in favor of animal liberation. Why? Because I'm an animal. -- Edward Abbey |
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My Great Haul - OT
I just found two more cotton blouses that should have been included in the
original list! They were in a different part of the house. So make that 51 items instead of 49. |
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My Great Haul - OT
On Jun 12, 2:04*pm, "Pat" wrote:
snipped ...people don't realize the value of their cast-offs? snipped I think people definitely *realize* the value of their cast-offs. They obviously know what they paid for high-end clothing, etc. This is just my opinion/ rant, having just had a garage sale a month ago. The object of a garage sale( or ours anyway) is 1) Get rid of excess stuff and (2) Make a little $$$ in the process. My stuff was smothering me. After watching an episode or two of "Hoarders", I got real about it. My house was nothing like "Hoarders" of course, but it's a small house and there is only a finite amount of stuff you can keep accumulating. How many clothes did I really need? I don't work. Social functions that require formal wear are pretty much just a couple of Christmas parties a year. I have a washer and dryer. But I had two closets so packed with clothes they couldn't hang freely without wrinkling. Many didn't fit. I had boxes and boxes of my grandmother's, and father's stuff. I didn't need any of it but felt too guilty to get rid of it. Then I realized.....what was *I* keeping it for? To burden my kids with a bunch of crap *they* would feel too guilty to get rid of? When I looked at an object, if it made me sad, I got rid of it. In fact, if it made me feel anything but happy, out it went. If I hadn't read it/listened to it/worn it/ cooked with it/ in two years, out it went. Furniture that really had no purpose went. I had a free-for-all event for kids and family members before the Big Sale. I still stop at garage sales often, and even buy clothes on e-bay. (I am a weird size that's hard to find in stores). I love the idea of recycling, and I would never throw away *anyting* that someone else can use. But my new policy is: When a new article of clothing comes into the house, a piece of clothing in the closet has to go. If I buy something non-consumable, something of equal mass has to go. I love the end result. I'm happier, the house is *much* easier to keep tidy, and choosing something to wear is far easier. I don't have a hundred pieces of Gladware come down on my head when I open a cabinet. Now I actually know where everything is when I need it! I organized all my photos, and for the things that were really sentimental to me, I bought "bankers boxes", labeled them, and stacked them in the closet. When it was all said and done, there really wasn't that much that I found I loved so dearly I couldn't part with. Sorry for the long rant to a simple question. You did good with your purchases! Sounds like you got some very high-end stuff, but unless you haggled the owners to death, stop feeling guilty! They were probably people who just wanted the stuff gone. Look at the "Storage Unit" business -- it is *booming*. Makes you wonder about all of us and our "stuff". Sherry |
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