Thrifty Mother Load Monday

I seriously hit the jack pot at the Salvation Army today. I'll let you guess how much I spent ;).

Oh, oh, oh these shoes are in such great condition. At first I thought the gold ones might be a bit tacky but I tried them on and I really liked them. The gladiator sandals are LIKE NEW leather. I may have to find another home for them though because I'm not sure I like things around my ankles like that.

Tessa is paying me back for this silk parasol that she just HAD TO HAVE!

These dumbbells have 5lb weights on them and he threw in four 2 1/2 pounders and 2 more 5 pounders. 

Water bottle with strap for our next hike. A fun winter cap and two clip on ties for Aaron

Three pair of church pants for Jakob (including Gap and  a upscale brand ). Also a pair of Aeropastale jeans that fit him so well.

Three like new shirts and a designer pair of jeans for Tessa (for the fall).

A NEW WITH TAGS dress for me. (maybe paired with the gold heals?)
So THE GRAND TOTAL for all of this
is
$20.50
Can you believe it? More than I usually spend but still WHAT A DEAL!!!!!
I hope you can find some amazing deals too!
The most expensive thing  that I purchased was the weights. Those were $10.00. The parasol was $2.00 but  I'm getting reimbursed for that ;).
Everything else was pretty much .50 cents and item except the miscellaneous things which were cheaper.

Thrifty Thursday: Christmas Style

$7.00 for the lot!!!

I received some HORRIBLE news the other day about my local Edgewood Salvation Army. The dear lady who ran the store resigned as did her two co-workers. I don't know what this means for the future of that store. It hasn't been open since...but my life instantly got sadder because of it. I still need my thrifty fix though so I headed out (farther) to another great store called Bethel Storehouse. They have THE BEST prices on books and toys.
All soft back children's books are FIVE cents!! Hard backs are .10 cents. Adult HC are a quarter (with a few exceptions).
Blue ornaments: .50 cents
Gold ornaments: .75 cents
Zooble House with five zoobles: .25 cents (SCORE for Tessa's Christmas present)
Lego helicopter/plane: .25 cents (for Jakob's stocking)
Liz Claiborne Wallet: .75 cents
Decorative Plate: .75 cents (for a friend's gift I'm making)
Birds: .50 cents (makeover coming up)
Spice Stepped Stand: 1.00 (it's underneath everything)
Scrabble: practically brand new (have you seen the cute ornaments you can make with the letters??!?!)
books :) (the Fantastic Four coloring book is brand new and still has stickers it will go in Aaron's stocking)
(Silly Shark Pop Up in beautiful condition for Jonah for Christmas)

Happy for my haul. I may have to go back to visiting Bethel regularly again...but SA will always be near and dear to my heart!

Thrifty Thursday: Decor Day

I've found some pretty sweet things at my Edgewood Salvation Army lately!!! Any tips on how to get that nasty wax out of the hurricane???

Snowflake: 50 cents
Frame: free because of cracked glass (thanks sweet J girl)
Hurricane: originally 30 dollars from price tag on bottom 50 cents. I can't wait to decorate for Christmas with these things. Let me know what thrifty things you've scored lately!!!
Have a great day.