Saturday, November 24, 2012

Thriftasaurus!



Thriftasaurus is coming early this weekend because I have a homecoming tomorrow after work & he's bringing Pyrex! The boyfriend went to Columbus, OH to visit his family for a week for Thanksgiving & I stayed home to take care of our dog, Charlie. We had a fantastic week together, but we've been missing somebody & are glad they are coming home tomorrow. 


This week the thrifts were.. different to me. I don't have a lot of time to talk about it tonight, but I basically felt defeated for a lot of reasons. I did hit pretty decently at one of the last thrifts of the week. I do want to write about it, but maybe later this week. 

The fridgies, the TMNT figurine & the Snowflake were all from the same thrift. They were all put out that day. I dislike how Value Village stopped putting the date on their items (loved knowing how long it was on the floor) & have been thinking a lot about their tagging. I just wanted to know when these were put out, so I kindly asked the worker putting items out. She ripped my head off. I don't quite  know why. She ended up asking me, "what does it matter?!" After initially ripped my head off. I just said, "what does it matter what does it matter? I was just curious, chill the hell out." Really don't know why she chose to flip out on me, but I won't put up with someone treating me like that, especially when I'm being nice. & I can't believe it was only $4.99 for the Snowflake, excellent condition, with lid, no chips. I thought I had it - guess not!



Anyways, Pinky & The Brain wrapping paper - way cool, some older polka dot wrapping paper & some vintage Christmas wrapping paper from Pioneer, which is a Canadian gas station chain. 



I wasn't too sure about buying this Goosebumps sheet.. I didn't want to a thrift regret, but I sorta do. This doesn't quite fit into my vintage flat sheet collection, so it might wind up going to our dog.   


I know Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles action figures, at least the vintage ones, can sell for a pretty penny on eBay, so I was quite excited to find a sealed Baxton Stockman action figure, still sealed. Turns out to not be one of the bigger sellers, but can still sell. 


I also found some Hollie Hobbie Christmas cards, unused with envelopes, which are now listed on eBay (starting $6.99 with a BIN for $8.99).
 
 

(if you're interested)

I also got a #503 yellow primary fridgie, without a lid... I find those often... OK, it was with a lid, but I put it towards the Blue Horizon! And... I bought a Town & Country divided dish.. for $4 because I wanted the lid. :/. I can't find one of these damn lids. 

Well, looking forward to what everything turned up this week! 




Thriftosaurus Thrift Haul Linkup #11!
  • Submit your blog link of your latest thrifting finds.
  • Please don't submit old posts or non-relevant material - thanks in advance!
  • Thanks bunches for joining in!
  • Please link back to my blog - Sir Thrift-A-Lot so others can join in!
  

10 comments:

  1. Cracking up at the quotes about thrifters (so true). You may have felt defeated but you still managed to score.

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  2. I buy divided dishes just for the lids quite a bit. You can't ever find just the lids. You found quite a few great pieces despite feeling defeated. Maybe things will get better once your household is back together?

    Erica

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  3. I hope everything is going okay! Cranky salespeople are just plain annoying.

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  4. oh man i love that pinky and the brain wrapping paper! i was obsessed with that show as a kid.

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  5. a while ago i wrote a post about how i had come to the conclusion that it was time to "break up" with my thrift store after the salespeople were consistently rude. i kept going back for the great scores but the horrible feeling i got from the disgusting customer service couldn't be erased by the thrill of the find. i switched thrifts and could not be happier. great pyrex finds, as usual.

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  6. Incredible finds, and I am sorry that you were mistreated.

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  7. love love love your pyrex and am now hooked lol thanks for hosting

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  8. That snowflake Pyrex is incredible! Sorry about the grumpy workers. Maybe a piece of Pyrex jumped off the shelf and attacked her one day?

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  9. I love pyrex and vintage stationery too. Sweet lucky finds. Take care.

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  10. You find the best Pyrex, so jealous!

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