Secondhand bargains, let's see your cheap treasures!
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I'm so sad--Thrift Town is not reopening their California stores. A thrift store (or any store but the grocery store, really) is not a place I'm jonesing to go right now but they really had the best items, great seasonal stuff (always loved watching kids look at Halloween costumes!) great prices, and very sweet employees. In high school (and now!) I could always count on grabbing a handful of kids' books (and especially in Spanish) for book drives.
Every day was like a treasure hunt at Thrift Town. My HS grad dress, a beautiful Versace wool-crepe shift, came from there, along with so many other goodies I still wear and use and enjoy. Truly a loss to the communities they served
Every day was like a treasure hunt at Thrift Town. My HS grad dress, a beautiful Versace wool-crepe shift, came from there, along with so many other goodies I still wear and use and enjoy. Truly a loss to the communities they served
I had gotten quite a few things from them when we traveled through Sacramento. I'm on their email list so I got the notice a few weeks ago.I'm so sad--Thrift Town is not reopening their California stores. A thrift store (or any store but the grocery store, really) is not a place I'm jonesing to go right now but they really had the best items, great seasonal stuff (always loved watching kids look at Halloween costumes!) great prices, and very sweet employees. In high school (and now!) I could always count on grabbing a handful of kids' books (and especially in Spanish) for book drives.
Every day was like a treasure hunt at Thrift Town. My HS grad dress, a beautiful Versace wool-crepe shift, came from there, along with so many other goodies I still wear and use and enjoy. Truly a loss to the communities they served
Hello. I know I have been lurking on and off on here for a while. I keep forgetting to check more regularly. But it’s like Christmas when I do come back and see all the goodies that people have scored.
I have recently gotten back into buying sewing patterns this is my most recent one. I love that it has the purchase date stamped on the back 15th February 1948 
My mother was a dressmaker and used to make her own patterns...but she did make from these when she was asked to.
They always look elegant on these packets.
I had a conversation with a friend about how the dress never seems to turn out like the beautiful illustration. The illustrators knew how to sell the fantasy.
I used to sew a lot. I made nearly all my clothes, formals, suits, swimwear included. Almost always used a pattern but sometimes I modified them. Only once did I make my own pattern from scratch. It was a dress for my daughter when she was a teen. I was so proud of that dress. She loaned it to a friend who never returned it.
Now I have bins full of fabric but I haven't sewed in years. When I was younger, it was economical to sew. Then fabric got more expensive than clothes.
Mum would always have to tweek the pattern abit to suit the persons figure...a dart here, a tuck there.
My small haul:
$16.39 Coach Tote
$5.50 Coach Scarf
$1.59 Coach Grapefruit Wristlet
$12.50 odd necklace from the UK!
$16.39 Coach Tote
$5.50 Coach Scarf
$1.59 Coach Grapefruit Wristlet
$12.50 odd necklace from the UK!
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I love the seahorse...and as a scarf lover of all types I like the coach scarf.
