December 22nd, 2007

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Stocking Stuffers

Saturday, December 22nd, 2007

I walked into the thrift store on my break last night and I am so glad I did.  Yes, we buy some new stuff for our children for Christmas.  ~:-D  In addition, though, I always look for quality used items that would be good to stuff the Christmas stockings with.  We shop the thrift store year-round, why stop at Christmas?  As well, I refuse to go in debt for Christmas.  Debt is such a curse in this country, and I know first-hand how stressful it is to try and climb out from under it.  Credit is so alluring, but the consequences can be painful.

I found some nearly new T shirts that my boys will love - 1$ apiece.  I found four movies that Princess of the Universe will love.  I found a box of blocks that she will love, too.  Especially since they are getting three large (NEW — LOL) containers of Fiddlestix in Canister, 144 Pieces for Christmas.  I found them for an unbelievable price at Tuesday Morning.  We will build something out of sight!  But the best find was two awesome books.  The kids always get more books for Christmas to add to our homeschool library.

One book is My America: A Poetry Atlas of the United States.

 

The other is The Handy Science Answer Book (The Handy Answer Book Series).

 

I mean, we are unschoolers when it comes to science. I have Apologia Biology on CD, which we use as an excellent reference, but mostly we read books and learn science from real life. This new book, though…  If we learn just what is in this book, we will have enough knowledge to easily give a credit for all three sciences my son needs to graduate. (I already have a page on our website about our credit for biology.)

Anyhoo, I am so excited about my stocking stuffers.  For 16 dollars, I got probably 200 dollars worth of stuff for Christmas.

Happy Frugal Shopping,
Lynn

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