Again to the Craft Thrift Store

On December 24, I checked the craft thrift store's Instagram, and saw that they had their e-gift cards on sale for half off.  I was recently reminded that I had some forgotten money in my PayPal, so I argued with myself for an hour or so before spending $50 to buy a $100 gift card for myself.

I trekked there the next Sunday, going by myself for the first time ever, so I could spend as long as I wanted, poking into every nook and cranny, and, most importantly, allowing myself the time to talk myself out of things, without feeling guilty about making anyone else have to wait for me.

The employees kept apologizing to shoppers, who were looking for specific things, about the store being a bit sparse, because they had recently had an "Everything $1" sale.  I was there for a "clearance items all $1 each" sale once, and I vowed never to go during one of their big sales again (too many people--it's not a large store.)

Me, though...I'm  happiest when I'm poking through the stuff other people didn't want, whether it's clearance stuff or donated stuff.  So!  Donated stuff left over after a clearance?  Fun!

Craft Thrift Again

Part of the procrastination on starting my next project was that the local friend and I were planning another trip to the craft thrift store, so I devoted a lot of time to scouring through supplies to see what I could let go.  (Not all of what I found was donated to the craft thrift store--some went to the local friend, and some was put into boxes to send to non-local friends.  Still procrastinating further work on those.)  And then we had some days of severe weather (we're fine.)  We did finally get to the craft thrift store over the last weekend.

I shopped with some specific classes of fabric in mind: lining fabric; knits suitable for shirts for Husband; obnoxious print woven cotton for button up shirts for The Child and me; a lot of lightweight woven black to use for tiered skirts (poly cotton blends acceptable); more wool; more plaid; more chintz; more purple.  I found everything except for the Husband knits, which I know are always going to be scarce even at retail, let alone at thrift.

What I did find was, I think, pretty good.