Adventures In Shopping: Thrift Store Finds

Today I'm sharing with you a couple of my latest thrift store finds. When I was a kid my mom always used to take me to yard sales, and over the last several years she's become a thrift store fanatic. So I've started going some too. Thrift stores are a great place to find good items for cheap. I collect a whole bunch of stuff, so I really like walking through and seeing what kind of collectibles and decor items I can find. And sometimes I find good books and toys too. Today I'm sharing a few collectibles and a desk organizer that I bought.

Bear & Snow Bear Figurine - 50 cents.
Fruit Pie Salt & Pepper Shakers - 50 cents.
Bride & Groom Bear - 75 cents.

I just loved the fruit pie salt shaker set. The crust is one shaker, and the fruit topping is the other shaker. Too cute!

And I've always liked bears, so I just had to get these. And there's a special story that goes along with the bride & groom bear. When I was in the first grade, someone we went to church with had a home interiors party, and they were having drawings for prizes. My mom and dad won a bride & groom figurine just like the one pictured above. When I was a teenager my mom gave the figurine to me, and it's been kept in my China cabinet ever since. I've never seen another one like it, until I was walking through the thrift store one day. I couldn't believe my eyes, when I found it. It was so neat. I just had to purchase it.

Cute Desk Organizer with 6 compartments and a drawer. - $4

I saw this one from across the store. I love desk organizers, and this is one of the cutest I've seen. I keep most of my office supplies hidden in drawers and containers, but I'm using this to store some of the supplies that I'm using currently (and most often). There's a notepad, post-it notes and flags, batteries (for the digital camera), a roll of tape, a drink coaster, an eraser, pencil lead, and a pocket calendar. And in the drawer at the bottom are some stamps, stickers for greeting cards, a checkbook, and a couple of envelopes.

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-Jerri