Thrifty Goodies

That's right, everything pictured in this whole post cost me $30 from 4 different stores! 

1. Blazer that will dress up any outfit (I need to take it in on the sides a little)

2. I'm a sucker for a gray sweater, especially a long one like this

3. Cute bracelet, and I'm going to make a necklace out of one of the earrings

4. Two sweaters (gray of course!)

On my thrifty adventure I was also on the look out for t-shirts. All my current t-shirts are for exercising, so I wanted one's for casual days. 

And finally, for those who know me well, know that I have to check out the book section. I found two vintage books: German in Context, 1964 and A Book About A Thousand Things, 1946, which is exactly what is says it is. It talks about random things like "Why do bees hum?"  and "Why are policeman called cops?" Seems the 40's version of Google! 

I also bought the first two Harry Potter books because I've been wanting to read them, The Hours (love the movie), and a book about Psychopathology, which will be useful in my future career. 

Thanks for taking the time to look through the goodies I found. If you have any thrift store goodies to share, leave your link in the comment, I'd love to see them!

Garage Sale Finds

It is my goal to open an Etsy shop and sell my vintage findings. Until then I'll share them here with you! 

A vintage expandable wood ruler with brass.

A Spanish Textbook from 1946

My Friend Flicka and Thunderhead First Editions: 1941 & 1943 

Meta Given's Modern Encyclopedia of Cooking  1956

Business Filing 1943, with neat pictures

Vintage Thermos and syrup dispenser

 

A huge role of newspapers from 1945 & 1946 (My dog Evie taking a snif)

I bought a lot more than pictured here, but I didn't want this post to be super long. It was a very successful day.

I've been doing a lot of thrifting and garage sales lately and I wanted to share some things I've learned:

1) Bring hand wipes- your hands will get visibly dirty from touching everything

2) If you see something you like, but are not sure you want it, carry it around with you. If you set it down, it will be gone when you go back for it. (This has happened a few times!)

3) The earlier you go, the better things you will find.

4) I find my garage/estate sales on Craigslist. I'll copy all the information into a word document and organize them by location or what they are selling. 

**Note about my bangs in this previous post. A few of you in your comments thought that I cut my own bangs. I actually had a stylist cut them. If you want short bangs like that, I would recommend having a professional do it. Bangs are so easy to screw up!