Their "trash" may be your "treasure".
Since moving to Rochester in 1997 and, more specifically, since the opening of Savers in our area a few years ago, I've heard my mom remark several times about how she wished they had thrift stores around when my sisters and I were children. Thrift stores and garage sales are one of my favorite shopping stops. Whenever we need clothes and shoes, birthday and Christmas gifts, household appliances, books, you name whatever else, you better believe we hit our "used items" stores before even considering buying something full price.
For those of you who are uncomfortable purchasing used items, I would beg you to reconsider. By the time you get everything washed and cleaned up you can hardly tell it was ever used to begin with. Our girls don't even know the difference between what's new out of the box and what's new to them. Dave and I have been able to offer them gifts on their birthdays and Christmas that we otherwise would have never paid for.
Isabella has outgrown her 12" bicycle and Abigail is big enough that she now rides it. We have been on the hunt this spring to find a bike for Bella that is in great condition but wasn't full price. What we found would have cost us over $60.00 brand new, but we walked away only paying $4.10.
If you're not already a "used shopper" I encourage you to try visiting a few garage sales, pick up that "free" item on the side of the road, browse mom swap websites, walk around thrift stores, stop into flea markets, etc. Someone's "trash" may just be your "treasure"!
In just this past year we've gotten; clothes for Bella, a massive My Little Pony collection, a doll house and stables complete with accessories, a Little Tykes grill and hutch, a bigger bicycle for Bella, shoes and clothes for myself, costumes for our Halloween party, and the list goes on and on. The best part is, we never paid more than $5.00 for any one item and saved ourselves hundreds!
For those of you who are uncomfortable purchasing used items, I would beg you to reconsider. By the time you get everything washed and cleaned up you can hardly tell it was ever used to begin with. Our girls don't even know the difference between what's new out of the box and what's new to them. Dave and I have been able to offer them gifts on their birthdays and Christmas that we otherwise would have never paid for.
Isabella has outgrown her 12" bicycle and Abigail is big enough that she now rides it. We have been on the hunt this spring to find a bike for Bella that is in great condition but wasn't full price. What we found would have cost us over $60.00 brand new, but we walked away only paying $4.10.
If you're not already a "used shopper" I encourage you to try visiting a few garage sales, pick up that "free" item on the side of the road, browse mom swap websites, walk around thrift stores, stop into flea markets, etc. Someone's "trash" may just be your "treasure"!
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