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Post by Merge on Aug 5, 2014 22:26:52 GMT
That's awesome! Don't worry, we won't tell your husband.
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Post by akathy on Aug 5, 2014 22:28:51 GMT
To make yourself feel less guilty could you find some other stuff to donate?
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Post by travelscrapper on Aug 5, 2014 22:32:03 GMT
This is awesome---I'm sure your not the 1st to do this!!
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Post by lucyg on Aug 5, 2014 22:33:56 GMT
Totally awesome story. Thank goodness they only cost you $5!
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Post by freecharlie on Aug 5, 2014 22:34:48 GMT
That is truly fantastic.
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Post by wandawoman on Aug 5, 2014 22:58:04 GMT
Sometimes you just know what you like and that's what you want. My mother-in-law donated some of FIL's old clothes to a church yard sale. He went by to see what was there and liked the pants he found, and bought all his old pants. She just gave up and let him keep them.
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Post by BarbaraUK on Aug 5, 2014 23:46:29 GMT
I haven't donated and then bought them back but have got quite a few Laura Ashley curtains that I made or items bought from their stores, some dating from when the company was first launched, hidden in the back of a cupboard !! Every time I think they should go when I declutter that cupboard I end up putting them back because I just can't bear to part with them!! So I understand why you did what you did with the valances!
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Post by J u l e e on Aug 5, 2014 23:53:27 GMT
That is priceless! I've sold things in garage sales (I can specifically remember some plastic drawer set things) that I ended up having to go to Target and buy again later. But I've never found my own things and bought them back!
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Post by back to *pea*ality on Aug 6, 2014 0:00:27 GMT
I loved Laura Ashley fabrics. I had a LA decorating book (wonder where it is).
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Post by MichyM on Aug 6, 2014 0:05:02 GMT
Your post made me laugh out loud, seriously! So, do you have a plan for them, or are they just happy being back in your home?
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Post by linda~lou on Aug 6, 2014 0:12:20 GMT
That is priceless! I've sold things in garage sales (I can specifically remember some plastic drawer set things) that I ended up having to go to Target and buy again later. But I've never found my own things and bought them back! This, or not so much selling them, forgetting I have them or not being able to find said item, so I buy it again. Then there's the time I sold a Coach to a friend and decided sometime later that I really liked that bag, so I bought another one on eBay. Be thankful it was only $5 instead of $150!
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Post by cakatie on Aug 6, 2014 0:15:26 GMT
That is so funny! I donated a lamp once and then changed my mind and went back hoping it would still be there, but no such luck. Maybe I should try eBay too!
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Post by gloryjoy on Aug 6, 2014 0:19:17 GMT
Your post made me laugh out loud, seriously! So, do you have a plan for them, or are they just happy being back in your home? It made me laugh out loud too!
If you loved them that much then you were meant to find them.
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Post by karen on Aug 6, 2014 0:19:55 GMT
I totally get it. I am really nostalgic about a pair of red suede shoes that I gave away years ago. I would totally buy those back if I could find them again!
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Post by liya on Aug 6, 2014 0:20:13 GMT
I love this story...truly I do.
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Post by moosedogtoo on Aug 6, 2014 0:36:31 GMT
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Post by Memo on Aug 6, 2014 0:39:58 GMT
Hey, the money went to a good cause!
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Post by tiffanytwisted on Aug 6, 2014 0:45:03 GMT
Great story! I haven't bought back anything that I've donated, but I have definitely re-purchased things that I've given/thrown away. You get a from me!
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Post by dulcemama on Aug 6, 2014 0:46:59 GMT
I am failing at decluttering too but for different reasons. Whenever I drop off a donation, I find it necessary to go in and take a look around. I don't think I have ever left without buying anything.
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Post by aljack on Aug 6, 2014 0:50:44 GMT
Love this post!! I probably would have doe. The same thing! They were meant to be with you.
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Post by jj on Aug 6, 2014 0:51:34 GMT
Love Laura Ashley. I wish I still had my dresses. I do think I have one if the matching headbands around here! My wedding dress was even Laura ashley. I still have that one! I still think it is absolutely beautiful. I had to call many la wedding shops to find something close to my size. And then had it altered.
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Post by wholarmor on Aug 6, 2014 1:51:33 GMT
Did you dry clean them, or did the store? If the thrift store did, you just paid $5 for your curtains to be dry cleaned!
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Post by 2peafaithful on Aug 6, 2014 1:56:21 GMT
Cute story!
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Post by sakura on Aug 6, 2014 2:01:05 GMT
This thread is useless without pictures!!
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Post by aleighl55 on Aug 6, 2014 2:08:04 GMT
When we were moving a few months ago I donated a lot of Ds's toys, clothes, etc to the high school band's garage sale. Not thinking about it, we went to the garage sale. I had to drag ds away after he pointed out at least 10 things that he 'had at home." I did end up buying back a knit Angry Birds hat but I only spent 50 cents on it.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2014 2:11:52 GMT
That is awesome! I wrote a book and I'm pretty sure if I ever saw it for sale anywhere like a thrift shop, garage sale, etc, I'd have to buy it. Which is silly because I still have a box of them.
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Post by MichyM on Aug 6, 2014 4:58:29 GMT
Your post made me laugh out loud, seriously! So, do you have a plan for them, or are they just happy being back in your home? A plan? What's this "plan" you speak of? The navy blue paisley may well be made into a pillow. The other I'm not sure, but for now I'm just happy to have them back home! I hope you'll post pictures if/when you do something with them!
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Post by ~KellyAnn~ on Aug 6, 2014 5:24:22 GMT
I understand - really, I do!
After offering my brother and I first dibs, my parents donated a large load of miscellaneous items to a local St. Vincent de Paul store. I was shopping there a week later and saw a very crude, crooked end table that my dad made in shop class while in high school. It even has his signature underneath. Something came over me and I just couldn't leave it there! It doesn't match anything I own, (and it always lived in my parent's basement) but now it's next to my bed with my cpap machine, alarm clock and books. I'm so glad I bought it!
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Post by PLurker on Aug 6, 2014 5:51:43 GMT
LOL here too. I can relate. I donate to various places and more than once I've gone in somewhere and spotted something that made me think "ooh, I really like that!" just to realize yeah, I must cuz I've owned it before. At least my taste stays somewhat consistent! Don't recall buying back anything but it wouldn't surprise me.
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Post by PLurker on Aug 6, 2014 5:53:07 GMT
I understand - really, I do! After offering my brother and I first dibs, my parents donated a large load of miscellaneous items to a local St. Vincent de Paul store. I was shopping there a week later and saw a very crude, crooked end table that my dad made in shop class while in high school. It even has his signature underneath. Something came over me and I just couldn't leave it there! It doesn't match anything I own, (and it always lived in my parent's basement) but now it's next to my bed with my cpap machine, alarm clock and books. I'm so glad I bought it! Dad's work from high school. Forgiven. You HAD to buy that. I'd "make you" if I was with you!
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