2nd Hand Choices & a Cheery Electric Fireplace
Here we are again, they said. What's up with all the Goodwill?! Well, lets just say I'm a sucker for a bargain and leave it at that. That and we needed some warmer clothes, without paying out our life savings.
The prices were so good I went over to the men's department to look for some for my son. I scored on this thermal shirt by J. Crew, the cream sweater from the Gap, and the black and grey sweater from Quick Silver. All good quality brands in sweet condition. What's best is that they fit him like a dream and he liked them. SCORE!!!
Now this lovely yardage of fabric I didn't get from Goodwill, but it came in the mail the same day as the day I went, so I am putting it in here. Every since I found that lovely fabric some time ago in one of the antique stores, I have been looking for some that matches it. I found this on line and bought it. It was just a little over two yards, just like the striped fabric in a similar pattern. It too is made by the same company that is now a part of Joan Fabrics. Maybe I shall make a lovely Dutch gown, or maybe curtains, pillows, or who knows?! This fabric just made me think of a lovely flower garden, and had such scope for the imagination. Hopefully it shall become something even more beautiful in the future.
I am not much of a fan of faux electric fireplaces, but this one is a dandy, and for it I will make an exception. It is all metal, its flames actually look pretty real, and the heater is nice and located at the top so you don't burn a hole in the floor. To top it off it was just $149, or so I thought, but turns out it was on sale so at the counter it rang up for just $129, what a bargain. In fact I liked it so much I went back and bought another one the next day. Now they keep my bedroom and my sons bedroom in our small house snug as a bug in the winter. There is nothing quite as cheering on a grey winter day than flickering flames in a fireplace. Now we can have the cheer, without the mess of bug laden wood, or asthma creating smoke. YAY!!!
Would you believe I found this beauty for just $6.99?! I was in dire need of a tree-stand and this one isbuilt to last, and shall do nicely I think. You can pick these up at Home Depot, but not for $6.99.
Since moving here from Hawaii I have been in desperate need of some good sweaters. The gal at the front told me they had just got in a couple of truck loads from Portland, and she wasn't kidding. I found these eight lovelies in no time. They are good brand names too, Liz Claiborne, Evan-Picone, Coldwater Creek, just to name a few. Of course I had to have a Christmas one too. No ugly Christmas sweater for me tho, this one shouts jolly snowmen all the way! Some I got half price so paid a whopping $3.99. That's a price I can afford believe me.
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