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Jul. 5th, 2011 04:50 pmmy holiday was so amazing. you gotta check this shit out.
word to the wise-who-like-to-thrift: goodwill has huge sales on the 4th of july. eff black friday. we hit up 2 goodwills and a salvation army. for under $30 i walked away with:
-- 4 skirts for work (3 of them silk)
-- 3 pair of hardly worn, well-fitting gap brand jeans
-- 2 blouses for work
-- approx 12 pair of amber-type socks (long, stripey; this was at the target outlet salvo, so they were new, marked at $1 a piece, and then all clothing was half off on top of that. i got a TON of socks. a couple pair of nice tights. and some awesome leg warmers.)
-- a black and pink argyle sweater i may be able to manipulate into a sleeve for my netbook (anyone have any tips on static-free material for the liner?)
-- another kick ass briefcase for sewing goods
this isn't counting the good stuff derek found, including some nice pots for his garden, some much needed cookie sheets (new), and like a MILE of tile for his house. tons of freaking tile. he'll be able to do an entire room, and he paid about $5 for all of it.
and, before all of this? he comes in from walking the dog and says to me, "i have something to show you." and takes me to an alley where some dude is cleaning out his dead wife's stash. i mean, i'm sorry about his wife dying. but. i snagged a huge box full of new cross stitch kits (to be mined for floss and aida cloth), lace-weight, ribbon, beads, and just about every kind of knitting implement known to man (if you're looking for a specific size of needles, send me a message...most of them are metal).
then we were famished from all of our savings, so we went over to holy land for lunch and found out that we had hit at prime savings time. apparently, the buffet is half price on weekdays between 2 and 3. let it be known.
at the end of the day, we decided to get some wine and watch independence day. unfortunately, netflix isn't streaming it. nor is hulu. so we went over to blockbuster, and through some deal derek had, we got to rent it for free. by that time, we weren't even surprised any more. and you know what? jeff goldblum saving the day? still sexy.
word to the wise-who-like-to-thrift: goodwill has huge sales on the 4th of july. eff black friday. we hit up 2 goodwills and a salvation army. for under $30 i walked away with:
-- 4 skirts for work (3 of them silk)
-- 3 pair of hardly worn, well-fitting gap brand jeans
-- 2 blouses for work
-- approx 12 pair of amber-type socks (long, stripey; this was at the target outlet salvo, so they were new, marked at $1 a piece, and then all clothing was half off on top of that. i got a TON of socks. a couple pair of nice tights. and some awesome leg warmers.)
-- a black and pink argyle sweater i may be able to manipulate into a sleeve for my netbook (anyone have any tips on static-free material for the liner?)
-- another kick ass briefcase for sewing goods
this isn't counting the good stuff derek found, including some nice pots for his garden, some much needed cookie sheets (new), and like a MILE of tile for his house. tons of freaking tile. he'll be able to do an entire room, and he paid about $5 for all of it.
and, before all of this? he comes in from walking the dog and says to me, "i have something to show you." and takes me to an alley where some dude is cleaning out his dead wife's stash. i mean, i'm sorry about his wife dying. but. i snagged a huge box full of new cross stitch kits (to be mined for floss and aida cloth), lace-weight, ribbon, beads, and just about every kind of knitting implement known to man (if you're looking for a specific size of needles, send me a message...most of them are metal).
then we were famished from all of our savings, so we went over to holy land for lunch and found out that we had hit at prime savings time. apparently, the buffet is half price on weekdays between 2 and 3. let it be known.
at the end of the day, we decided to get some wine and watch independence day. unfortunately, netflix isn't streaming it. nor is hulu. so we went over to blockbuster, and through some deal derek had, we got to rent it for free. by that time, we weren't even surprised any more. and you know what? jeff goldblum saving the day? still sexy.
