Thrifty Thursday

I had a chance to check out some thrift stores in a town that I don't usually visit

thanks to my son needing to take the STAR test.

Since my boys attend online public school, I have to take them to a testing site for the state testing.

Anyway, while I was in the area, I found three thrift stores within driving distance.

The first two were ok, but I didn't find anything I wanted.

The third was called Tri City Churches Resale Shop, and boy, was it nice!
It was so clean, organized, and big.

I spotted this large, heavy, beautiful glass bowl.

It was marked $10, but I didn't want to spend that much.

Imagine my delight when I found out that housewares were half off that day!

Five dollars for this beautiful bowl. Can you believe it?

I also got this green wooden. . . thing.

I'm not sure what it is, but it looks old.

See the hardware cloth in it?
Any ideas about what it is?

I couldn't pass it up. Especially since it was half off.

The tag said it was $5.

I was thinking that I'd pay $2.50 for it which I felt was a fair price.

For some reason, the checker rang it up as fifty-eight cents!!!

Then I got half off of that!!!

I left paying less than $6 for these two items.

It was so worth my stop!!!

Anyway, did any of you come across any good finds this week?

Thanks for stopping by and God bless.

Do not be overcome by evil,
 but overcome evil with good.
Romans 12:21

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Thrifty Thursday #102

This week's trip to the thrift store didn't yield as many treasures as the last time I went

(see here and here),

but I'm pleased with what I found.

 

I got this small Pyrex mixing bowl for $5.

A good friend has me scouting for old mixing bowls.

I love when a friend asks me to keep an eye out for something while I'm thrifting. . . gives me an excuse to hit the thrift stores- and to spend somebody else's money:)

 

Do you know how excited I was when I spotted this tin covered trunk?

So stinkin' excited! Especially when I found out that it was ONLY THREE DOLLARS!!!

It's going to get painted and become my coffee table. We haven't had one for the last several months- I sold our old one and have been trying to find a replacement ever since.

Enter this soon to be trunk coffee table:)

 

Right after I saw the trunk, I found this awesome silver platter. It was $2. Normally I would probably have passed it up, but I justified this purchase thinking that it would look great on my new coffee table especially since my coffee table isn't going to cost much.

 

Happy Treasure Hunting! Thanks for stopping by and God bless.

 

My son, do not forget my law,

but let your heart keep my commands.

Pro. 3:1

 

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