I love to thrift. And, I most certainly did not get it from my mama. She swears it comes from my great-grandpa who owned a second-hand furniture store (I swoon) & my grandma who loved to garage sale. And, gave me my first taste of a good deal.
The lovely above is a planter I picked up at the Salvation Army Thrift Store on Saturday. I filled it with mini pumpkins & it is now gracing my bookshelves.
I also picked up this darling vase. For $1.99...hello!?!?! I gave it a good wash. And, I can guarantee you that NO ONE would walk in my house & say "Hey, you pick that up at the thrift store?" Unless they know me really well OR I volunteered the information...which I always do.
The thing I hear most is...how do you find things???
So, here is my first lesson in "thrifting".
You gotta go slow & look past all the C.R.A.P. because there is a L.O.T. of crap out there. You have to be willing to dig. And, if you think you want it...PUT IT IN YOUR CART!
I learned this lesson again the hard way last Saturday & missed out on the most beautiful landscape in oil with a frame to. die. for. because I waffled on a $7.99 price tag. Went back to get it five minutes later. And, it was gone.
To add insult to injury, I had to watch the silvered-hair fox purchase it because she happened to be ahead of me in the check out line. Gah! Go ahead and pour some salt in that BIG. GAPING. WOUND. And, now I walk past the perfect spot for that picture each day.
So, I guess that is your first FOUR lessons in "thrifting"...
1.) Go slow.
2.) Look past the C.R.A.P.
3.) Dig
4.) Put it in your cart now. Put it back later.
Now, for those of you "non-thrifters" out there. It's okay with us "thrifters". Cuz we don't want you pawing through our junk anyway. (wink wink)
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