Thrift Store Shopping

I’ll admit, I miss thrift store shopping!

It is just more challenging than ever with three little ones in tow. First of all, the thrift store is not the same as the grocery store, where you know what’s on every aisle and which items your store carries. . . Not to mention, if you do happen to find something that would make a great birthday present, you have to be sure you see it before the kids do, and then somehow you have to hide it from your child for the remainder of the trip.

The thrift store is also hit and miss, so shopping there can be a complete waste of time–or like finding hidden treasure!

This morning we had to make three stops, and since everyone was all loaded up and we were passing right by the thrift store, I decided to stop.

For Carissa, I found little brown shoes with pink bows.

For Micah, several things:

• Bob the Builder snowboots (might be too big for this year, or he might get two years’ wear out of them)
• 3T navy blue patriotic t-shirt for next summer
• 24-mo. TCP red-blue striped long-sleeve polo shirt
• Stride-Rite navy blue sneakers w velcro, Size 6W

For Mara:

• Minnie Mouse rainboots (I use them in snow too, with extra socks, if we don’t find snowboots)
• 5 pairs of possibly-new 4T underwear

For her birthday:

• A princess tiara (she will LOVE this!)
• Princess Belle nightgown, possibly nice enough for dress-up!

And then a few impulse purchases:

• For Mara: “Sully” from Monsters Inc., ridiculously overpriced at 50 cents, probably came out of a Happy Meal or something, but Mara’s on a Monsters Inc. kick right now. She asked the lady if they had any “Little Boo’s.” Ha ha!
• For Micah: Legos with wheels 🙂
• For me: a little black purse with a pink “S” monogrammed

I wasn’t really sure how much everything was going to cost. Yellow stickers were 1/2 price this week. And kids’ stuff was mostly $1. So I knew it couldn’t be too much.

The grand total was $10.82! I need to go to the thrift store more often!