November Tag Sale, Thrift Shop and Bargains Thread

I was at a "fancy" second hand clothing store with my friend who I always go with last week. I found a navy jacket there (new with tag) and we sold them in the store. Do all our customers go there to unload their former purchases? I got the $120 jacket for $19.95. That sounds like a lot but it is designer (Frank Lyman) and it isn't a style to come and go but rather just a simple jacket that i will have for a number of years. (I dress very conservatively). Needless to say I was over the moon to get it because I sold the same thing for a LOT more! I wore it out for lunch today and it was perfect. Warm enough but not hot. Perfect. I also love it because it's navy!

It's called a BOSU ball. The name stands for "both side up" meaning you can use it either way for various exercises.


That sounds amazing. I hope we get to see photos.

Garage salinger with 2 dd who came to visit this weekend. We found an unadvertised estate sale that was being done by the family and they were selling everything really cheap. I'm not sure how much I paid for these but I only had $4 & some change and I came home with money and paid for the kid's stuff too. Everyone there was buzzing about how cheap they were selling everything.

A round Fiesta platter with deco design in cobalt! $1.50!
It matches the bowls I bought a few weeks ago. It almost makes up for the matching plates I didn't recognize and didn't buy then.

It doesn't have the dip bowl, il keep searching.

A Chanel skirt that fits perfectly for $30 at consignment. Marked down because the zipper needs to be replaced, which is costing all of $12 at the tailor. Yeah, Chanel=not ever in my budget unless it's this way...

There is a semi-famous Noah's Ark carver named Barry Grosscup. His stuff is awesome and if it's one of his creations it should be signed somewhere on it. His style is folk Artie. I have an Ark by him and an assortment of animals and they make me very happy.

Sandy

I spent the last two Saturday mornings at the motherlode of estate sales... it was exhausting, almost! The woman who owned the house was an ebay-er / hoarder. The first week / weekend of the sale was all stuff that came from a storage unit she had; the house was jam-packed!! There was so much vintage kitschy Christmas stuff it was overwhelming! I was looking for clothes, shoes, etc. (my usual) and I scored:

-- a pair of red Justin roper boots that fit me perfect
-- a 1970s kitschy Christmas ornament made with sequins / pins-- it's a gold / brown owl
-- a vintage woven picnic basket
-- three or four women's scarves, silk with hand-rolled edges
-- an assortment of little knickknacks that will be displayed in a vintage type tray
(one of the miniature items is a tiny wooden box with a set of 28 dominoes in-- the dominoes are each about 1/2 inch long)
-- an unused travel-edition Scrabble game
-- a number of pieces of women's clothing, maybe 5-7 ?? I don't remember how many.

all of the above for $30- the clothing was $3 per item; everything else was just sort of bundled together in the price.

The entire backyard was COVERED in cardboard boxes, stacked 5 - 7 boxes high. Those were all things that hadn't even been opened yet, and would be sold the second week, starting on Wednesday or Thursday, through Sunday.

Last Saturday I went back to go through the backyard boxes- I could have started my own ebay shopping / hoarding obsession, if I had bought everything I wanted to!! There were at least 4 boxes crammed full of 'ugly' Christmas sweaters, 1980s - 2000s vintage; I saw two or three boxes full of men's Hawaiian shirts; there were boxes full of men's clothing, all different sizes (shirts, jackets, pants, etc.); piles and piles of men's ties; box after box of women's clothing, all different types and sizes, some of it bona fide vintage, etc. It almost killed me to leave behind a vintage women's silk Japanese bed-jacket style kimono jacket and a box FULL of vintage ladies Pendleton wool suits- pants, skirts, blazers, etc. There were also boxes full of jeans, all brands and sizes. The backyard also had table after table piled up with holiday and Christmas decorations, all different kinds. I didn't even LOOK at any of that, lol.

Everything was being sold for $15 a box; whatever you could fit into a box! I only managed to look through probably maybe, 10 percent (??) of the boxes, because I would dig all the way to the bottom of the box, and most of the boxes I looked in, no one else had even opened yet.

my scores:

-- the BEST: a vintage 1950s - 60s Cyn Les (never heard of this brand) cashmere cardigan, fully lined with lace / netting, with a detachable fur (I think it's rabbit) collar !!! I had to rescue it from the chaos of the hoarding!! Unfortunately, it's a bit too large for me, so now I need to figure out what to do with it, lol. It absolutely needs to go to a good home, and not just the Goodwill store.

-- three 'broomstick' skirts (there were two boxes full) that will be nice for next summer
-- an acrylic / wool / angora pullover sweater by the Telluride Clothing Co. very pretty, tan and SW colors.
-- a vintage 1970s (?) cardigan with horse's heads knitted into the back and front- this is also just a bit too large for me, unfortunately.
-- an insulated Levis denim jacket, very good condition-- fits me perfectly!
-- one ladies Hawaiian shirt, very cute colorful design- made in Hawaii
-- a pair of capri pants, white denim with a blue toile design on (too small for me yet, but soon!)
-- a brand new Cabela's windbreaker-type jacket that doesn't look like it was ever worn...

I got all of this for $15, so basically $1 per item or less, by the time you add it all up.

I don't remember what else I picked up; it was just CRAZY. They were only open for 4 hours each day, and I didn't want to go back on Sunday- it was actually overwhelming, and I started to feel really sorry for the stuff, like I wanted to 'rescue' it if that makes any sense. It's really easy to see how someone could get into that type of a hoarding situation, though-- if I HAD rescued that clothing, I have NO IDEA what I would have done with any of it, so it's a good thing I didn't go back.

Oh, I also got a pair of black Cole Haan leather slip-on loafers the other day at Goodwill, for $3 (it was half-price day). They would have been $50-75 (or more) bought new, so that was a great score, too. They're just a TAD too small, but for $3 I figured I'd risk it.

whew!! I really should NOT go thrifting for a while, now, but it's a sickness!!

I went for a quick run through the GW today. I needed a large casserole for the T'Day dressing. I found exactly what I was looking for which was a 5 QT. Pyrex white casserole. It was marked $9.99 but I had a 25% off coupon. Those things are super expensive. I had one before but I broke the lid. The lid alone on EBay was $25. I also got a white dress top and a Ralph Lauren sweater, both for 50% off which was less than $4.00.

Friday is 50% day on most things at the GW, so I did a run through to scope out for Friday.

LOL at the 'hey, that's my dress!' comment!! The other day I was at 'my' Goodwill scrolling thru the long-sleeved shirts, and saw one that I thought looked a lot like one I thought I had in my dresser... then I realized it was one I donated to that store a couple weeks ago, lol!!