Blog: Pam's Pennypinching With STYLE

Here in the West

Wednesday, February 02, 2011

Here in the West we are somewhat cold, but nothing like the feet of snow you are dealing with! And for that I am grateful! However, it is chilly enough for folks to wear the watch caps I knitted this winter! I am going to make another one as a gift....

There was an article on blog her @ being a thrift store shopaholic & I can identify with that! We have several thrift stores we go into on a regular basis & I usually can find great stuff - I was trying not to be a spendthrift this time so, I just bought a few things - & hubby found golf shirts (he wears them to work) on the DOLLAR RACK! I found a barrette for $.69 - cheaper than a dollar store....and at another thrift shop I found some craft supplies very cheap - metallic cord in red, silver & gold - and wooden beads.

I like to fiddle around & make my own jewelry - & have already put an old pendant on the gold cord I got - very nice! (And I found a pair of vintage fake turquoise screwback earrings from the 50's for $1.99. Nowadays all the new earrings are for pierced ears - so I have to grab old ones when I see them.)

I have been trying to entice myself into walking - & hubby & I went on another mall walk on Sunday, as it was raining. Everything was so EXPENSIVE - but I now have a little game I play with my husband where I find items of dress which I have recently picked up for a song & then I show him the price tag of what's in the mall store! Ka-Ching! (& I think it makes him more aware of how frugal I really am.....)

Oh, I found a nice pair of cloggy shoes (clogs with a back) for $2.99 at a Good will - & discovered that they are VERY comfortable! One can even walk in them & they were Danish & of fine leather, too. I can't really wear boots due to the climate out here, as I get overheated - but I can wear substantial shoes to give my jeans the feel of wearing boots...& I have found a few lovely pairs lately - (I also rotate them on my feet, as I have a fallen metatarsal - that bone in the middle of your foot) & over the years I have found that wearing a different pair of shoes every day helps me keep my feet happy....It's one reason I have duplicates - because I can't wear just one pair all the time....

Went to Bart's used bookstore & picked up some books on our book credit - & hubby got some music.

Also - a friend was having an estate sale - & I picked up a few things there - One is a wonderful vintage dark wool cape with soutache all over it. It was just so beautiful at $8 I couldn't resist - Also picked up a solid wood side table(for the living room by the door) for $8 - and some glass doorknobs (I had always wanted one) & a hula record so I can learn hula songs to play on my ukelele.

Mark hadn't wanted to go to the sale - but the woman who had just died had lived to be 96 - so I knew there would be some nice little vintage pieces there....There was also a nice mirror - but we didn't have enough cash for it (& I do have a mirror, altho I am not crazy about it).

I kept on reminding hubby that I could SELL everything for more than I PAID for it....I envision a great yard sale when I am really an old lady and selling my vintage jewelery collection off - Or sit there on eBay - It's nice to know it's all there...and in the meantime I can enjoy WEARING it all..

I can identify with the Blogher thriftshop shopaholic - we both have lovely clothes that we want to cook up some occasions to WEAR!!

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