Basically
if you know me, you know that I am a thrifty person. More than ninety percent of what I buy comes
from secondhand stores. This is no
secret, even at work the news has spread about my ability to score great
deals. So, the other day my coworker
came over and told me that I remind him of that song by Macklemore “Thrift Shop.” Since it was a slow day I decided to google
the song to have a listen and in my search I found that this song started an unofficial
thrift shop challenge!
The rules
are:
Step One: Go
to a thrift store and like the chorus in the song says, with “Twenty dollars in
(your) pocket.” Snap a picture of your twenty dollars before you begin shopping.
Step Two:
Find an item (or more) referenced in the song and snap a picture.
Step Three:
Spend your twenty dollars any way you like and photograph your spoils.
I was more
excited about the challenge than the song.
So, yesterday afternoon I headed to the Salvation Army to see if I could
spend twenty dollars in one visit! After roaming around and digging in piles of
not so interesting items I found a few lost gems. I think the reason I love to thrift is
because I feel like an archeologist digging sites for lost treasure and pieces
of history. And like a true excavator I
am always surprised by what I find- never knowing what I will bring home with
me (smile). Below my documentary of the challenge.
Step One: I am going to spend some cash, “Only got twenty
dollars in my pocket.”
Step Two: Find an item (or more) referenced in the song
and snap a picture (quoting lyrics).
“What you
know about wearing a fur?”
“My gator
shoes those are green”
“They had a
broken keyboard, I bought a broken keyboard”
“The
sneakers… got the velcros”
Step Three:
Spend your twenty dollars any way you like and photograph your spoils.
Brand New Birkenstock Sandals: $4.99, these normally retail for $135 so I saved 130 bucks!
Like New Toms Sunglasses $7.99 they retail for $139 I saved 131 bucks!
Brighton
Christmas earrings new with Tags .99 cents and they had a $48 price tag!
Zandra Rhodes seashell shoulder
bag $4.99 retails for $80, saved 75 dollars and it's a vintage piece!
Christmas hat for Dollar .25 cents from Target retails 9.99!
Total Spent = $19.21 Total Saved= $387.78
I had so much fun and wanted to share a little silliness here today. Though I would caution about the song- listen to the version that is appropriate for the radio. Hope you are having a lovely beginning to this chilly Thursday!
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