Thrifty Mommy

Thrifting Experiences

by Karen on March 5th, 2007

Have you ever been out thrifting and just couldn’t find anything?  Last week, this happened to me.  My husband and I were out eating breakfast alone.  I was pretty excited by this because I don’t think we’ve had a breakfast date since the kids were born.  Anyway, I asked my hubby if we could stop at the Good Will down the street.

I was so excited.  I went into Good Will with high expectations.  I was expecting to find a bunch of kid’s clothes for $1 each.  I was really needing some winter clothes for my daughter since she is outgrowing almost everything.

Unfortunately, I was really disappointed at Good Will.  The children’s clothing rack said that the clothes were $3 each.  Come on, really?  Three dollars each?  I only give $3 for a new J. Khaki shirt at Belk.  I guess I wouldn’t really mind giving $3 if the clothes were in really good condition.

Since I didn’t find anything, I moved along to the rest of the store.  I stumbled upon some other things that were really overpriced.  I found 2 styrofoam coolers that were pretty old and beat up.  They were $4 each!  I could be wrong, but don’t those coolers only cost about $4 new?  I think my hubby and I were only in there for about 10 minutes.  I was so disappointed.

Fortunately, it was a beautiful day and I spotted a yard sale sign.  We stopped at the yard sale and I got a boy’s jacket for $1, a girl’s shirt with tags for $1, and a few other things.  I only spent $3.50.  I got a few good bargains, but not nearly what I was hoping to get that day.

Have you ever had a bad or disappointing thrifting experience?  Perhaps you’ve had a super deal day.  Tell us about it.

Picture from stretcher.com.

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