tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15117059.post3722432402263142150..comments2024-03-06T14:31:44.299-06:00Comments on monkeybox: Shara Lee's Thrifty FindsSharahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10913201824588109760noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15117059.post-22323321662083095102008-12-15T13:00:00.000-06:002008-12-15T13:00:00.000-06:00I especially love the banded bowl you found--neat ...I especially love the banded bowl you found--neat find!! I also really enjoyed your description of the fabled (but VERY real) Arkansas hillbillies! I grew up in your area and it is very nice and quite affluent, which most people outside the Ozarks don't realize. I remember taking a trip after I had moved away from Arkansas--we drove from Milwaukee, WI to Murfreesboro to do the whole diamond-mining touristy thing. In a neighboring town was the closest grocery store, which stood still in time. Groceries on the shelves with experation dates from literally eight or more years ago. And in the parking lot, just to put the icing on the cake, was an OLD pick-up truck with an OLD bathtub in the back, full of the hillbilly children and dogs. (All the hillbilly adults were in the cab, and I presume, buying bags of marshmallows and spaghetti sauce that expired in 1989 inside the store....hehe). It was like something out of "Deliverance". <BR/>That's neat that your Habitat thrift lowered their prices--I'm sure they were hearing complaints and probably weren't clearing out old inventory. It's nice to hear that independent stores like that actually listen to their customers!Courtneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15322362533300429227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15117059.post-56268486200788657352008-12-13T17:00:00.000-06:002008-12-13T17:00:00.000-06:00Hi Shara Lee,I really love reading your story of y...Hi Shara Lee,<BR/><BR/>I really love reading your story of your thrifty rounds and your excellent finds, especially your discovery of the analee santa:-)<BR/><BR/>Thanks for a delightful read.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13644679678997492472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15117059.post-90950831753214574112008-12-13T08:31:00.000-06:002008-12-13T08:31:00.000-06:00Man, there is hardly any Christmas left in the thr...Man, there is hardly any Christmas left in the thrifts round here.<BR/><BR/>Everyone called me Sarah Lee. I hated that so much. (Nevermind that I am actually Sarah Lynn.)Sarah and Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00618358656098944111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15117059.post-3653385904177464852008-12-13T07:02:00.000-06:002008-12-13T07:02:00.000-06:00WONDERFUL FINDS!!! I agree... 'Tis the season fo...WONDERFUL FINDS!!! <BR/>I agree... 'Tis the season for "Mall/Store Hell"!!... but with a little Thrift Therapy like that, it's worth it!svelteSTUFFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18382308755141323232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15117059.post-76410995924546268032008-12-13T04:25:00.000-06:002008-12-13T04:25:00.000-06:00I went into my local thrift store yesterday, and I...I went into my local thrift store yesterday, and I thought of you! There were lots of xmas decs in baskets, and you always show some great finds for next to nothing! But here, a bag of 4 shiny balls, they wanted $8.00(au)! $8.00!! Can you believe it? We dont have anything as cheap as you have!! Soon it may be worth the trip over to your side of the world,to grab a bargain!Lol<BR/>SueAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05557071561070265063noreply@blogger.com