I’ve been looking for a high quality leather purse with an over-the-shoulder strap. I knew I would find one at a thrift store if I was patient. And last week, I scored! I found this dark brown Coach bag. Did I ever show you the pillows I confiscated from my parents’ house? The blanket under [...]
Thanks to Tales from Bloggeritaville for hosting Thrifty Thursday. We went to a friend’s garage sale and found this peacock stained glass. It was cracked in quite a few places, but at $5, I thought I could use the magical glue gun to give the cracks some stability. We have two windows in the garage [...]
Have a great time checking out the posts at Bloggeritaville’s Thrifty Thursday. My little Miss Petrie had a big growth spurt in the past few weeks. She jumped 1 1/2 shoe sizes and is squarely in a size 3T now. She’s set to start preschool next month and I’ve been picking up clothes to get her [...]
My friend Denise has two girls. Her newest girl is just a few months old. Denise offered me several brand new baby girl outfits to “re-gift or whatever”. Isn’t that nice? So, I didn’t get these at a store, but they are second-hand! ;) Have a great time checking out the posts at Homebody [...]
I went to Goodwill this past weekend. There was tons of merchandise (probably from garage sales). Here’s the loot. These silver platters in leaf shapes were $5 total. One platter still had the original tags on it. The largest platter is about 13 inches long. The onesie ($.99) and Strawberry Shortcake lunch bag ($1.99) were [...]
In my effort to shop only when I am looking for something specific, I went to Goodwill looking for a basket. Thrift stores have the best deals on baskets. I have never seen one for more than about $7 and that was for a big, intricate basket. Of course, then I saw a few other [...]
I may be shunned for the following statement, but I’m attempting to stay out of the thrift stores unless I am looking for something specific. I have good reasons for abstaining, such as no room for more stuff! However, I did sneak in a recreational trip to the Goodwill and I found a couple of [...]
Don’t forget to leave a comment on this post to sign up for our Casa Petrie giveaway! When we moved into our home, we brought with us a faux-pine Walmart tv cabinet. It did the job, but was so wrong for the design direction we were headed. I was very inspired by the sideboards/buffets designers were using [...]
Thanks to Homebody Holly for hosting Thrift Store Thursday and Bloggeritaville for hosting Thrifty Thursday. I did quite a bit of thrift store shopping this week. I had $3 off of $10 coupons for both Savers and Thrift Town. I know, I’m such a big spender! At Savers- I got this cloche/baked goods cover for [...]
We were at Savers this week. They had two huge carts of brand new books. I imagine the books were from Costco or Sam’s Club. I’m always looking for books to give as gifts and I hit the jackpot with children’s books. These beautiful hardback books were $.69 each and buy 4 get the 5th [...]