Thrift Store Thoughts

I recently happened upon a little link-in fun called Thrift Store Thursday.  Today is her last post and so I wanted to link in.  She features her Thrift Store finds and lets others share theirs too.  

I think thrift stores are great for a variety of reasons:

1-things cost less

2-they keep things out of the land fills

3-the treasure hunting aspect can be fun

4-there is more variety than the dollar store.

I have actually felt really fortunate to be able to find great educational tools at the thrift store every time I go.  Here are some books I found this week.  5 of them are Usborne, which are quite expensive to purchase.  But the four at the top were only 29 cents each and the hard back one at the bottom was $1.  The Artemis Fowl was 35 cents.

I recently found a couple of Scrabble games at the thrift store (one for $2 and one for $3) and we've had fun using the letters in our village.  I also made this personalized frame with them for my sister's wedding gift.

Holly said she is stopping her weekly link-in because she is spending too much money at the thrift store.  It's true.  While things are a lot less expensive there you really can nickel and dime yourself into debt if you aren't careful.  While the treasures are wonderful, I need to be more careful too :)  $1 can really add up when you spend a bunch of them!

Click on the Thrift Store Thursday photo above to see what others found.