Clothing

What $9.50 will buy you.

August 18, 2009

That is, if you happen to be shopping at Goodwill. New in package necklace: $3 Ruby Rox dress: $6.50 It’s such a pity, isn’t it? The way that frugal people can never have nice things. A crying shame, really. (large thanks to my son for once again exercising his photography skills so that I could [...]

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On letting the other person go first

June 23, 2009

(Note: The following post, which was in the works a while before my less-than-satisfactory Goodwill experience, may help to explain my surprise at the firm price on the buttonless shorts) I wrote a while ago about how I was slowly learning the art of haggling, which is not something I’m naturally good at. Well, I [...]

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A little Goodwill find

May 26, 2009

As you know, I’ve recently become a pretty big fan of Goodwill(due in part to Katy‘s influence). I’ve found lots of rockin’ stuff for the kids there, but I’ve also found a few things for me. While it is true that Goodwill has a lot of clothes I wouldn’t be caught dead in, there are [...]

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I love it when this happens.

May 7, 2009

I’ve recently finished the task of switching my children’s clothes around for the season change. I made a dreadful mess, and in the middle of it all, I definitely wanted to shut the door and quit dealing with the piles of clothes. I’m happy to report, though, that clothing mounds are no longer obscuring the [...]

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I thought this was kind of funny.

April 30, 2009

This past Sunday was unseasonably warm(actually, it was downright hot!), and so Joshua needed a short sleeved shirt for church. I dug through his closet and found a short sleeved white polo shirt that I’d bought a while ago on clearance(when I see clothes for a really great price, I buy them and store them [...]

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Savings I’m glad I can’t take advantage of

April 15, 2009

I’m really supposed to be doing a Wednesday Baking post today…but I forgot to do a Q&A on Monday, and so I just decided to scrap the regular features for this week(although food waste IS coming on Friday!), and get back on track next week. So, here’s today’s non-baking post; a list of deals/bargains I [...]