Have you ever felt it? What you ask? The adrenaline rush of getting a great deal or acquiring something that you have been coveting?? Then the feeling of utopia when you get it? Ahhhhh...yea, you have; haven't you?!
OK...I'll admit it! Out loud! I'm an afterglow junkie!! Look, I don't drink alcohol or do drugs...no seriously! I have to have some sort of "hang-up"...come on!! LOL. I brag about it too...I know...I'm sooo bad.
I don't FREAK OUT if someone spills coffee on my clothes (most of the time it's me doing it) or if a plate or glass gets broken. I'm like, "Oh, please! I doubt I paid a quarter for it! HAHA!"
Something just crossed my mind...I must get my "thriftiness" from my PawPaw Ganus. He was very thrifty...my mother says he was cheap. I remember him telling me when I was little that he grew up during the depression and you didn't waste NOTHING! Most days they ate a pot of greens from the garden and if they were lucky some cornbread. And they were happy they had it. I would get the typical speech about how my generation had it so good. That when he was a kid he had to walk to 5 miles to school...one way...every day...uphill...both ways...in the snow...barefooted...etc, etc. I'd just roll my eyes and laugh at him, then he'd laugh too. I knew he grew up in southern Alabama, it hardly ever snowed there. Now the rest of the story might have been true. Sort of. Maybe. Could have happened!
I prefer to be called "thrifty" than to be called cheep, but either title I will hold up with pride. Being a single mother raising two children was no picnic in the financial department. But on the other hand it was like the 4th of July everyday at the same time. I made wonderful memories for my children that they still talk about to this day! And they didn't cost a lot of money either. They will remember you spending "TIME" more so than you spending "MONEY" on them. Material things fade away, but memories will last a lifetime!!
OK...back to why I am here...I did go back to my favorite thrift store and I did acquire that "doll" I was talking about. Ya'll ready to see it?
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I was told this was called a Storybook Doll, but on the net it's called a "Flip Doll." This one is Cinderella! I found different ones online (Ebay) but not this one.
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You flip the pages and it tells the story as well as changes what the doll looks like.
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Pretty cool...huh?
She has what looks like a few rust stains , but I don't mind them one bit.
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Showing mid-flip!
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Now she takes her place among my other dolls. Maybe I'll get some of the others ones...one day. What did I pay for this doll? She was not 1/2 price btw...$15! One of my "higher end" thrifted items but well worth it in my book.
The rest of the haul...
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Lamp...$2...I think.
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Shoes...$.50 and magazines 2 for $.25!
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$1.50.
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Shorts - $.17 and belt $.25. I'm going to turn these into a purse for me! A friend of mine gave me some black curtains she didn't want anymore so I have my lining for this...cost $0.00!!
I also got a used belt sander(not pictured) for $4. I don't remember the total cost of this haul, but I was very happy with the things I got!!
