Thrift Finds

For a few months now I've been looking for new chairs for my dining room.  Definitely a want, not a need.  Whenever I hit the thrift stores I'll check the furniture and see if there are any I like for a good deal.  When looking for Lila's career day costume last week I saw this pair for $100 each.  I loved them and they were in almost perfect condition, exactly what I was looking for, but the price was too steep.

Upon leaving the store there was a big sign advertising that the upcoming Friday everything in the store was 1/2 off.  Music to my ears.

Friday morning I was there when the store opened and grabbed the tags off those chairs so fast.  My first though was that I would recover them until I remembered I can barely sew a straight line.  Reupholstery is expensive and since the chairs are in such great shape and I like the fabric, I can put that off a few years.

When I placed the new chairs in the room I literally jumped up and down. I always thought that was just a saying but it's real.  When you are completely giddy about something you really do jump up and down!  We use our dining room a lot so these chairs will be very loved.

The old chairs.  It sounds extremely bratty but after 10 years I was just sick of them.  They were getting a little grungy and I wanted something bigger to change the whole look of the room.

Of course I found some other deals as well.  I paid $7.50 for the rollerblades (for Emry), $3.00 for the tablecloth (cause I don't  need another one), $0.60 for both magazines, and $6.00 for some random material that I will let the girls try and make some little quilts or blankets with.

$1.00 for some cloth napkins, a microfiber and 2 potholders.  Do you see that $0.20, yes, that means I got them for $0.10 each, it so made my day.  And microfibers can be $3 or $4 each new, which this one was.  I tend not to use too many chemical cleaning products so I love microfibers.

$1.00 for a cute rainbow shirt for Lila & $0.50 for a robe for Ethan.  Can we talk about the robe?  This robe was brand new and retails for about $15.00.  I should know because I've bought a few at Costco.  We go to our community pool year round and my kids wear their robes instead of bringing a towel.  This is an extra Large so it will be perfect in a year or 2 for Ethan.  So happy!

$3.00 for the shirt and leggings for Lila and $1.50 for the pink dress I got for my niece Kiera.

This is Emry & I after church yesterday.  My skirt was bought for $2.00 and Emry's dress for $6.00.  Her dress was a bit expensive (from a thrifting point of view anyway) but she really liked it and it is so hard for me to find modest  clothes for her.  I have pretty strict standards for my girls, their dresses need to be at least to their knee, preferably longer, so when I find something that works I bite the bullet.

I loved this bright blue skirt as soon as I saw it. Usually I am super lazy and go with dresses as they require no coordinating, but it fit like a glove so I had to get it.  I paired it with a fun top I got a few years ago at Marshall's and some bright shoes I got on clearance at Kohl's for $8.00.  Usually I don't go to Kohl's but I went during the Christmas holiday with my sister and saw these.  Even though they're a 9 and I wear an 8.5, I buckled em' tight and made em work.

Grand total was $132.10.  Pretty good February finds if I do say so myself.