It’s been a little while since I last stopped in at Goodwill, but this trip reminded me exactly why I love thrift store shopping.
I know I’ve professed my love for Goodwill jeans in words and photos before, but I have to share that for $23, I got all of this:
Finding jeans that fit my kids is a job and a half most of the time. If the jeans fit at the waist, the legs are too short. If the legs are right, the waist is too big.
And while a lot of jeans do come with adjustable waists, they start to look ridiculous if you have to cinch them in by several inches on both sides.
Even when I go shopping at a regular store, which should theoretically have all the sizes I need, it’s tough to find a pair that fits.
So, imagine how delighted I was to find 7 (!) pairs of jeans that fit my girls at Goodwill, all in one day.
Someone with children built like mine must have cleared out their closets recently or something.
I also found a cupcake tshirt for Sonia.
Aaaand we found a nearly brand new in the box game of Connect Four (from 1985, but still!). Our Connect Four stand has been broken for a while, so we were delighted to find this.
$5 and we are back in business.
I wasn’t positive that this was a great price for the game, but I looked it up when I got home and discovered that a new game of Connect Four costs $26. So, um, $5 was quite a deal.
The jeans? I already knew they were a steal. Even from a big box store, girls jeans are kind of expensive…at least $15-$20 a pair, in my experience.
That means 7 pairs of jeans would have cost me $105 brand new, even if I found them all for $15/pair.
So, I’m pretty darn pleased to have gotten a game, 7 pairs of jeans AND a shirt for $23. Whee!
Plus, I’m happy that we’re going to love and use things that someone else didn’t want anymore. Such a win-win situation.
Ooh, I should mention that lately, the donation receipts from Goodwill have had a 20% off of $20 coupon on the back, so don’t forget to check yours next time you donate. I don’t often spend $20 at Goodwill, but it was lovely to have the coupon this time around.
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Have you found anything good at the thrift store lately?
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Joshua’s 365 post: Something weird
Amanda
Thursday 9th of January 2014
I do almost all my clothes shopping at op shops (thrift shops), for the simple reason that I love designer labels but I refuse to pay designer prices. So I wait for some other sucker to pay $200 for a dress or shirt, wear it for a season, then I pick it up for $6 at the Salvos (what we call the Salvation Army here in Australia). My wardrobe is full of designer labels and I estimate I paid a maximum of $500 over the past three years for it all - that sounds like a lot, but it's important to me because I work in a corporate environment in a management role, where how I present myself is very important. I am complimented often about my clothes, often because I wear unique and stylish outfits and rarely wear the same outfit two weeks in a row.
For example, last week I was at Savers, which had a 50% off sale. I found a new Veronika Maine dress, with tags showing it was $285. Due to the 50% sale, I got it for $9. My find of the day was a Meredith shirt (a beautiful Australian label), new with tags showing it was $180, for $22.50. Sounds expensive at an op shop, but for the cost of a Target shirt, I got a brand new designer shirt. I found a bunch of other items as well, with my half price splurge totalling $96 but resulting in about $750 worth of designer gear. Score!
Sarah T
Friday 5th of April 2013
One of our little local places has kids' clothes for $1 most days, half off on Tuesdays. I walk out with a paper bag full of good toddler clothes for $10 fairly often. Shopping several sizes ahead at thrift stores for my son has saved me hundreds of dollars already, and he's not even 2.
Cyndi
Tuesday 26th of February 2013
Went to the local Goodwill to find a furniture project to use as a vanity for my daughter's room. I found a great wooden child's desk that I am now refinishing. We also found a framed picture for my other daughter' room.
Now, I'm hooked so we took a trip to another thrift store to look for a chair to go along with the vanity. Instead my one daughter found a denim vest, a denim skirt, a long crochet vest, and two really cute shirts - all for only $19.00.
I plan to go back to both stores soon.
patti kirk
Tuesday 26th of February 2013
I made a quick stop at Goodwill yesterday...looking for glass 1-qt baking dishes for peasant bread...didn't find the bowl shaped ones I was hoping for but did find a glass loaf pan that is smaller than the regular loaf pans I normally use...and that will work..I don't stop at Goodwill very often, maybe every couple of months or so (much less frequently now that I can get free books on my Kindle), but I've had some pretty amazing shopping trips. Do you use the rewards card?
Kristen
Tuesday 26th of February 2013
I wish mine had a rewards card! Alas, they do not.
Shelly
Monday 25th of February 2013
I absolutely love our local Good Will-- I go every other Saturday because it's half off! :) There is nothing wrong with shopping at the Good Will or local thrift shop, but for some reason many think there is. I wonder why? I wonder why people are so competitive and always worried about "image" and what people will think of where they purchased their clothes, rather than their character? Interesting topic! :) Thanks for sharing your post!