More Thrift Wkending

We had a long weekend due to Veteran's Day - & off to the boat!  We took the long way thru Santa Paula & I couldn't resist the Goodwill there - but only looked at the really CHEAP stuff.  They have  $1 racks,. which are great & I couldn't resist a $1 linen Flax sleeveless dress in a sort of b&W tweedy blend  - worth $60+ new, that brand is expensive! (could even wear it as a jumper) and a $1 broadcloth shirt with real mother of peal buttons which were worth more than the dollar for the shirt...

Then some 50 cent books and I found new Xmas ornaments with tags still on them for $3.99 & here sold for $.69.  They will be little Xmas gifts. One is a mailbox you can open, and I think I will put freebie tbags in it to make a nice little gift.  - I got a bunch gratis at the healthfood store yesterday.  But I had spent $30 on allergy stuff - wish the OTC meds could be deducted from your taxes....

My Xmas bags are filling up - The one in the livingroom and the bedroom one, too!  Finding more soap, etc, I have squirreled away that would make nice gifties!

Have to find old Xmas cards, so I can recycle them!  Also saw a great idea when I was in Barnes & Noble standing up leafing through a craft book (It was Mark Montana's BIG ASS BOOK OF CRAFTS - $19.95 - Simon & Schuster - nice book, but too expensive for me right now...) Anyway, one very easy idea is to STAMP regular white napkins with stamps  - Holiday or otherwise!  I have a stamp collection I have picked up on sale & I think a set of stamped paper dinner napkins would also make a lovely Xmas gift - or use other stamps for other occasions.

Also leafed through another beauty savings book - I like to see if there are any new ideas going around....Raspberry vinegar for a tint for red hair?  I have tried raspberry JUICE  - but it didn't help.  I prefer red shampoo -

On TV they were talking about inexpensive gifts & mentioned some $40 items.  I don't think I have never spent $40 on an Xmas gift IN MY LIFE, I don't think!  That's not thrifty for me! ( I spend that $ in the healthfood store, as you see...) Thrifty is thinking about making ornaments and collecting my freebies for gifts...Also read a fashion blog about getting expensive collegiate sweatsuits to lounge around in - I just wear jeans & odd sweatshirts....

But, then, I have never been able to afford any of that...So I am used to scraping by - more or less.  I swore not to buy any more clothes - but the linen dress & the shirt were too good to pass up....And as for books - I already owe the library more than $10 for one week's library fines (trans. problems & couldn't turn them in) - so 50 cents a used book is not a bad deal after all.

Got a twig as a basis for a Thanksgiving Day wreath -but don't know if I will get to it before December -  in which case, maybe I will make it the basis for a door ornament for my neighbor....Gee, the holidays are coming - maybe there will be a Thanksgiving potluck up at the boat....

Oh, and saving chicken bones in a bag in the freezer for chicken stock! Add salt and vinegar and boil until the bones get mushy for great soup stock.

Did I mention the elastic belt I cobbled together to hold up some loose jeans?  We had saved some elastic straps, which I stapled together, and the nylon closures fit together as a buckle.  Worked out quite well - esp. since I seem to be out of any other elastic....

Now THAT's THRIFT!

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