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Goodwill Treasures

Written by admin on August 7th, 2008

Thrify Goodness

Going yard sale hoppin’ with my best girlfriend.  Shopping big flea markets out west with my dad.  Thrifty adventures.  My life story.  A big part of it, anyway.

 

I love this Ann Taylor sweater.  It is so soft and lady-like.  Still had the tags on it. 

The frame will be painted white.  This is for my Princess who is at that 10-year-old girl stage of loving ALL animals.  We must adopt the injured, buy animal pictures, spend at least an hour a day on Webkinz.  We must ohhhhh and ahhhh over every doe-eyed creature and also those not fortunate enough to be doe-eyed.  Well, you get the picture.

The children have been wanting to try this game, but it keeps not getting bought.  I don’t know why.  I look at it on the shelf, pick it up, read the back of the box but put it back. 

It seems so simple. 

But simple is best. 

But do we really need a new game? 

I talk to myself.  The next thing you know I’m on the cereal aisle of the Super Wal-Mart and it’s one more shopping trip where we didn’t purchase Worst Case Scenario.  However, for 3 dollars, with all pieces intact, I’ll give it a go.

And these books ended up being great stories!  Love ‘em!


Princess and I still regularly read bedtime stories and both of these were really cute reads. They were fun, nicely illustrated, and both sparked the imagination.

Long Nellie was a very cute story about a misunderstood woman on the edge of town who lives out of dumpsters and has a pretty eclectic if not totally run-down little home.  (It’s scary how much I can relate.)  She turns out to be okay and makes a friend at the end.

The Dream House reminded me personally a little bit of Roxaboxen — just a little, only it was an adult doing the building and it occured by the beach.

Year of the Doll House

On a doll house note, it thrills my heart to go upstairs and see this.

We’ve moved the houses around some recently after the addition of a shabby shelf that I’m still mulling over.  What to do with it, really.  The boxes in it could actually make doll house rooms.  Princess can reach a lot of the doll house from the floor, but she was doing an extreme dollhouse makeover, so she pulled up the step stool for ease in doing the upper rooms.

Something New

One last thing I got was a new, cheery pink apron.  I couldn’t resist.

 

Happy Thursday,

Lynn

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5 Comments so far ↓

  1. Aug
    7
    6:49
    PM
    Louise

    What wonderful deals, love the sweater..

    I adore the book Roxaboxen, it was one of my favorite reads when my kids were little…
    What a cute picture of your princess working on her dollhouse.

    Do you get the ann-vanture newsletter; she gives a free printable project each month.
    You can join by going here:

    ann-vanture@paperminis.com ….

  2. Aug
    8
    6:13
    AM
    Heather

    Oh Lynn…definitely the new shelves should be dollhouse rooms or…dollhouse storage. You know whatever your current project is or a staging area.

    Reminds me I should make a dollhouse post myself. We’ve added all sorts of things. : )

    Heather

  3. Aug
    8
    7:10
    AM
    admin

    Louise, we love Roxaboxen too. What a great book it is! The Dream House is not as complex. There was just a thread in it — treasures and children, that was reminiscent of Roxaboxen. Oh, I just love children’s books. :)

    Heather, I think you’re right. My Miss Priss is still asleep, but I was just up there quietly looking at the shelf and putting doll house things in it. I think it should just all be “the doll house area.” Thanks so much!

    Lynn

  4. Aug
    8
    7:21
    AM
    admin

    Oh, yes, Louise, thank you for the link to the newsletter. Forgot to say that earlier! It looks like a great resource!

    Lynn

  5. Aug
    9
    8:21
    AM
    Sandra

    Love that sweater….very pretty! And what a great idea for a doll house! So much more room for all the accessories….so many possibilities! I love that idea and I have a cubby shelf just like that….I may have to let my girls use it for a doll house, too :)

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