Been doing a bit of thrift store shopping after the holidays. I have a new favorite store now. It’s called Savers
Today there was a huge, and I mean huge sale there today. I found these totally cute salt and pepper shakers.
I used my 20% off coupon for them. Every time you donate, they hand you a green card (no, not that kind of green card), with that discount on it. I used to say that Goodwill was my best place, but I found a new one. I bought a really cute Calvin Klein dress there last week for like almost nothing, like brand new. But I accidentally deleted it from my computer today, so can’t post the picture. The clothes that I take pictures of don’t look very good when I shoot them with my cheap digital camera anyway.
I’ve been sort of getting things for my place too. Like those plastic white storage bins with drawers, for my clothes. I picked up another one today there.
Yesterday I went to the WISE Place for a “Day of Self-Esteem”. The day was put together by a Jewish Synagogue. It was so fun. I got a free haircut and clothes galore. They also had jewelry and makeup for anyone who was there, all for free! When I went by the jewelry table nobody was looking or taking any jewelry. So the woman there encouraged me to take more than one item. I found the most beautiful brooch and a necklace for my mother. And they even gave me a box to put it in, so I can mail it on mother’s day. My friend Susie was there too. This is her going wild shopping through the clothes racks. And the garments were not cheap. There were brand name designers including JJil. And some of the clothes had the price and tags still on them.
This is Terri and the woman from the Synagogue, I forget her name. But she’s sooo nice.
All of that shopping yesterday prompted me to go home and get a pile of clothes ready for the donations at Savers.
Below is my kid (kitty) Nala.
My birthday was on the 6th. I didn’t take any pictures. But I went to brunch and had huevos rancheros at one of my favorite Mexican places. And then I went shopping. But I also had to fill my car with gas. So that kind of used up most of my birthday/shopping cash. Nevertheless, it was a good day, with lots of sunshine.
Last week I met with a couple of coworkers. We also went out for brunch and had Mexican. They’re from Mexico and said that the food was really good. They know, they said, from how good the salsa tastes. I didn’t take any pictures.
Even thought we don’t go back to work for a couple of more weeks, a few of us keep in touch. Not that they like to talk about work (they don’t), we still stay friends. Needless to say, I am totally looking forward to getting back into the swing of working.
The weather has been warm here. It’s been in the 80′s. But today it cooled off. And I think there was rain last night. I thought I heard it while I was laying in bed reading.
To a lot of people this may sound weird, but I have no television. And I don’t miss it. Sometimes I think that it would be nice to stay in and just watch the PBS channel. But I don’t have one, and I don’t know when I will.
I’ve been keeping a list of all the sewing patterns I want. So I again went to the Joannes fabric store nearby. There was a sale; Simplicity patterns for 99 Cents. But most of the patterns weren’t in stock. Then I came home and went through my boxes of patterns and took out the ones that are now too small for me. Size 10, so funny that I used to wear size 10. Well, they are going to the donations.
The idea that I now again have to collect the sewing supplies that I used to have, bugs me. I’ve been sewing my whole life. But when they were stolen up north, it was one of the losses that bothered me the most about the move.
I saw a Singer machine on sale there today for $99. That’s good. Maybe when I get my tax return money this year.
There are so many things that I need to buy.
It was funny, that last week I got a burst of energy and actually cleaned a lot more than usual, including 4 loads of laundry. And I also scrubbed the ground in my car port area. I cleaned the oil spots that were there. It’s great, I never tried that before. My mechanic gave me some powder to throw on the ground and it worked great. I bought some vinegar and mixed it with water and sprayed a lot around my kitchen. I like the smell of vinegar, it smells clean to me.
My kid Nala was peeing on my blankets. So I washed them all and sprayed them with some spray for cats, to make her stay off my blankets. It smells good too. It worked for about one and a half weeks. And then last night she peed again. I also got a can of really good smelling carpet shampoo and
sprayed the entire bedroom carpet with it.
A week from today it the first day of school, for the Spring semester. I cannot wait! I love school, like I did when I was a kid. I can’t wait to get to the art computer lab again.
