Finding bargains in Erie

So, I'm visiting Sue for a few days; something I have never done by myself! We had a nice little jaunt today checking out some stores here and there. I told her what I was looking for for Brenan so we went to a Salvation Army store in Erie.

One long sleeve onesie, one long sleeve and two short sleeve shirts:

One lined plaid flannel and one blue flannel:

Two onesies and one pair cordoroy pants:

One jean shorts and one cute little onesie outfit:

One pair of jeans, one cargo pants, two flannel pants:

Two pj's:

This one is from Great Auntie Sue:

All of these clothes were $32!!

THEN we went to another store that is like an indoor flea market. We were walking along and I saw a high chair that had $40 marked on it. We checked it out but started walking away. The woman loudly said, "I have some wiggle-room on the price of that high chair!" I asked, "How much wiggle room?" She said, "I'll sell it to you for $30." I said, "Okay!"

The top tray shown above comes off for a full regular tray, and that comes off for this:

There are multi-level height settings. We cleaned it all up and it looks great! What a fantastic deal hunting day!

Clothes for Sweet B

Jen sends the grandmothers a list of needed items.
I was at MCC Connections today and bought the following:

3 long sleeve onesies (one brand new)

3 pairs of pants

1 t-shirt

1 long sleeved body suit (new)

1 short sleeved body suit

Total Price: $16.75!!

WOOT!!

To the tune "The 12 days of Christmas".

On the 14th day of September my neighbors sold to me;
75 lbs. of potatoes,
8 or-ange carrots,
1 purple cauliflower,
1 or-ange squash,...a  n  d....
2 zoo-oo-chi-ee-ee-neeee!

Pretty good deal huh?  btw, That really is a squash, I asked the girl how her mother fixes it and she said, "we cut a lid into it, and put butter, salt, and sugar inside before we put it in the oven".  :-)

Wanted: throw rug.

http://www.homesteadweaver.com/purses_totes.htm

I need a kitchen throw rug.  I always have a paper towel on the floor to wipe up the frequent drops of water that I find around the sink,dishwasher,fridge,and range area, and that's not such a good look.  Now, you may notice the link says purses and totes, that's the way it always goes on the world wide web isn't it?  You start out searching for something specific, and one link leads to another...  But, back to the rug, I'd like a rug that is no more than 4' wide and no less than 3 1/2' ,that would cover the area between the kitchen sink and the range.  The perfect length would be 4'.  I like braided rugs.  A braided rug made of recycled material would be very nice.  Googling those words I eventually ended up at the above site.

At this site the material that caught my eye was the recycled plastic bag rugs, "wow, bet those are ugly", I thought.  Wrong!  I can't believe how pretty they are!  I happen to have hundreds of plastic bags, and the website provides instructions (horrible), and at least one link to other instructions (better), with a choice of weaving, crocheting, or knitting the rugs so a person with some talent (not a person like myself) could make their own rug.  I'm not saying that I want one of these type of rugs on my kitchen floor.  I may be suggesting that someone with sewing/crocheting talents (a person unlike myself) might see something at this site to give them ideas on how to make a little extra cash by making and selling some rugs, or purses (which are really cute, braided rug purses!).

Plastic bags were only one material, recycled blue jeans, corduroy, and t-shirts were also used.  I also have a box of blue jeans that I've kept for years intending to make a tablecloth with them.  Since I am "sewing challenged", this will probably never happen.  I think a rug made of these materials would feel better under my feet than plastic..

I used to crochet, I was never as good at it as others closely related to me, but who knows- maybe I'll give it a try this winter, or maybe the weaving....  Maybe.

Wardrobe Update

Jen suggested we have a blog where we can share our thrift store, garage sale, or just plain "look what I found!" treasures. I said I would get it going....so it's going.

I thought I'd share my most recent quest--a new wardrobe. In the spring I realized that I would need some new clothes (aka, a new style) once I left camp. Shorts/jeans and t-shirts will not cut it in any pastoral position I may have! So last month I started looking for some "grown up" clothes, as I called it.

My first few purchases came from MCC Connections, and then Goodwill. I do not remember how much I paid for these:

Four shirts, two dresses, one pair of dress pants, and two skirts.



My next purchase were these two dress jackets:

The grey one is new and the label says $54.98. I paid $4.99 from Goodwill. 

I paid $4.25 for the blue and white one!

Yesterday I went to the Salvation Army store on Whipple. It turned into a sad trip because 1) Donna wasn't with me, 2) I didn't know what Brenan needed, 3) I kept seeing things that I'd think "I should buy that for camp....oh wait...."  But it was a successful shopping trip because everything was 50% off!

So here are the results:

One dress jacket, two casual tops, three dress tops, two pair dress pants, one semi-casual pair of shorts, and one casual pair of pants. Can you guess how much I paid????

$28.95

For serious.

Cool huh?

And who can forget the dress that I wore to Donna and Tyler's wedding.....

Brand new with tags, exactly my size, the right colors for the wedding......all for less than $9.

Can't wait to hear about YOUR adventures!

Momma