I am happy to report that my sister and I had a wonderful day of thrift shopping. We also picked up Daughter and Baby Boy and lunched at our favorite Chinese place. Although they graciously passed on the thrift shopping.The darling knit and crochet bib was only .50 cents. Oh, and it doesn't REALLY have a heart on it, that's just a foam heart floating around on my dining room table.
I also found four patterns for 15 cents each. Two are very old stuffed animal patterns, with all of the pieces present. One is for a smocked toddlers dress. I know no toddlers, yet. Anyway, it would take me a long time to learn how to do it. And, one pattern for a Hollie Hobbie doll. I don't really know how I got that one, it must have been stuck between the others.
A 25 cent pink pig came home with me also. I don't even collect pigs. But, I guess I just felt like flagrantly wasting money yesterday.
Oh! And I found two paper bells, the kind that come folded flat and open up into three dementional wonders? I got two! Now I will have to retake the pictures of my plastic wedding party. The bells will work wonders for those, I think.
Books were another thing I did well in! I bought two for my church library. A hard copy of Frank Peretti's "Monster", and a copy of "A Grace Disguised" by Gerald Sittser - which is garishly marked in pink highlighter.
For myself I bought "Devotional Classics" edited by Richard Foster. I also found a hardcover copy of "The Cape Ann" by Faith Sullivan. I have wanted this book since I saw it in an illustration on the front of one of Mary Englebreit's magazines a loooong time ago. I think this will make nice summer reading, along with the C.S. Lewis biography I'm reading at night.
THGGM, the doler-outer of money in this home so generously gave me thirteen dollars for the day. Isn't he a kind and generous man? So, to have a really fabulous time I had to be thrifty. Lunch at our favorite Chinese place is always a bargain. I had the Chicken with Vegetables which comes with Egg Drop Soup, an Egg Roll and what in our family we have always referred to as a 'dacshound leg'. Since we are fairly regular customers and tip well, our favorite waiter gives us free crab cheese. All that, with tip, came to seven dollars.
Between the two thrift stores I spent $1.80 and just under $4.00.
I came home with treasure! Memories! And .33 cents.
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Indeed you are remarkable at making money go a long ways!! And having fun on next to nothing too!! I love the crocheted bib...I made one by another pattern when I knew I was to become a Nana...but then he was a boy and so somehow I still have the bib...for one of my daughter's children someday perhaps!!
I thought we called them chihuahua legs. I've been making an idiot of myself!
We do, but I couldn't spell it.
I cannot spell anything any more.
I am totally spell-check dependent, and many times so off that spell-check can't even help me.
Hi! I found your blog because of the KJV-influenced comment you left on "Actual Unretouched Photo." I do that too! Every so often the King's English just starts pouring out of me, especially if I'm trying to mildly encourage someone in another direction (o.k....rebuke!).
Anyway, I like your blog a lot. You find the greatest things. You must get there right before me, and that's why I've got NUTTIN'! ;)
You can't spell dachshund either.
I know. But spell-check could not help me. I wasn't even close.
I can spell Westie, but they have bigger legs.
Haha!! - Too funny how far you got that $13 to go!
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