I Love thrift shopping, from the thrill of never knowing what those racks will reveal, to seeing things at amazing low prices, and finding some really cool things :) Today was one of those days, A good friend and I decided to hit up a couple of the local thrift shops to find pj tops for her, we didn't get any pj's but I walked away with some amazing finds for the kids.
batman pillow brand new for $2? yes please! Perfect for the boy's batman room I will be painting shortly!
little shoes for the new little man for next summer for 50 cents. I can't argue with that, it's an amazing deal
all the boys in our family were born in the summer or at the end of winter, so there's not too much warmer clothes in the newborn to 6 months sizes, the 3 shirts cost me a total of $4
I saw this onsie and fell in love with it. it fits in so well with our lifestyle and my husbands love of music, these two cost me $2
now us being huge Jays fans and my husband loves the retro logo, when I saw this I couldn't say no, The kid's won't fit into it for another year or so, but for $1.99 why not?
and the new baby needs a soccer(football) jersey, it's a shame they didn't have an Ireland jersey, but England works, well some family members might not agree but at least it's a team from the UK :)
2 pairs of paints for the little man $2
and I can never go into a thrift shop without finding at least some bigger clothes to cover my rapidly expanding belly so 3 tops for $3 is pretty good, and hopefully with my magic to shrink clothes I'll be able to shrink them after the baby is born.
I've been needing a new purse for ages now, all of mine are starting to fall apart. And I'm still stuck in the time where I could buy a good quality purse for less than $20, now it seems everywhere is charging and arm and a leg for purses, crap 5 years ago I bough a medium sized Guess purse for $25 and now the walmart brands are asking almost $40 or more! it's craziness! But I managed to find this purse, brand new with the strap protectors still on it for $5 so that will feed my thirst for purses for another month of two, until I need to get a new one again.
My husband complains I have too many purses, I've cut my collection into a sliver of what it used to be since me and him have been together, but I still held onto my favourites, and as of right now I think I have 15, which could be alot worse, there was a point before kids I was buying 15 purses every other week, and of course had to buy shoes to go with all the purses too, most of those I've gotten rid of too over the years....which is upsetting, I love my shoes even though I can't wear my heels right now.
hahah anyways I rambled on about my love of purses and shoes for a bit longer than I should have, but back to thrift shopping. It is amazing. In Canada we have a website called Kijiji.ca which is like the american's craiglist.com where people can post free classifieds to sell their things. 90% of the things in my house have come from that website, or from thrift shops. When we moved into our house I managed to get a 7 seater sectional with a pull out bed and 2 recliners for $40 and all that was wrong was a piece of fabric was cut from the back. I love this couch, it is the comfiest thing I have ever sat on. my other couches I got in a set for $30.
There have been many times where I hand my husband the money and tell him where to go, and he's cursing my name all the way home because of how heavy the items are. we bought a 61" old school rear projection tv for $20 that lasted us 8 months of great enjoyment. well minus the part of my husband and his friends having to move it.
anyways if your in Canada you should really check out kijiji.ca, you can find some amazing things there and it's a great place to sell your things. It's nice that a place like that exists where I'm able to spoil my kids where I otherwise wouldn't be able to. it's awesome :)
I am now off for the night and sorry for all the rambling I do today, but it's been a busy and tiring one.
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