I made it to the Super Cheap Thrift this morning, just as the Tent Sale was starting. The ladies on Tuesday had told me that they had a big storage unit full of things they needed to get rid of, so they needed to have a tent sale to clear it out. But, what they actually did was take a bunch of stuff out of the thrift and put it in the tent sale. Now they have room inside the store for the stuff from the storage building. So, there wasn't much in the tent sale that I hadn't already seen in the thrift. I did manage to buy 56 items which would have been a total of $14.00, but they only charged me $8.00. So, even on Super Cheap 25¢ day, the Super Cheap Thrift was even cheaper! I got a big stack of books, some new paintbrushes and some other less than exciting (yet useful) purchases that I didn't photograph. The Bean found a 29 book set on Crime and Punishment (He has a love of all things Forensic) plus six other books. So, that counted for 35 of my 56 items. And, to think, he didn't even want to go today.
What is a monkeybox?
When I was a little girl, we had a pet monkey named Amanda. My Dad worked in the produce business, so each night he brought home that days culls in a big box - spotty cucumbers, pithy apples, limp celery, moldy oranges and the like. We called it a monkeybox. It was really just trash, but my Mom would take each piece of fruit and trim it, pare it and cut it up to make a beautiful fruit platter for Amanda. Even though it was deemed trash by one, it still had life left in it and was good for the purpose we needed it. That's how I live my life - thrifting, yard saling, looking for another's trash to be my treasure.
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Thursday, July 23, 2009
The Big Tent Sale
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Shara scores again, folks! You got some neat stuff...and the price certainly cannot be beaten! I wanna see the zinnias in the pot...AND you & the Bean in the masks...next post maybe?? LOL Have a great weekend *elaine* {ps thanks for the sweet comment on my blog the other day...made me smile :o}
ReplyDeleteIs your Zinnia pot a Shawnee? Nice. FUN Halloween stuff!! Fall is coming 8-)
ReplyDeleteLove your vintage planter!
ReplyDeleteGreat finds as always!
ReplyDeleteI love hearing your thrifting stories and you always manage to find nice things.
ReplyDeleteI wish I could have seen the zinnias in that cute pink pot, and a picture of you and The Bean in those masks! I am NOT ready for Fall! It's been so unseasonably cool this summer, and I'm lovin' it!
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