Thrift no. 6

On this trip I was looking for a few things:

Pants or shorts for middle child
T-shirts for the girls
T-shirts for me
Cool books
Jewelry (just in case there’s something interesting)
Pour-over glass coffee maker
Manual coffee grinder

First, it’s random object time.

Here’s a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle taller than my son.

Somewhere, there is a mother who is grateful to have this thing out of her house.

My father-in-law used to have one of these. His sang “Don’t worry, be happy”, if I remember correctly.

Animatronic singing animals are a great gift for any occasion.

This stunningly 80s pedestal.

Whatever you put on this pedestal, it better be impressive.

On to the book section!

Kids these days are all into Japanese comic books. So lets make a Manga Bible for teens.

Based on the mint condition, I think this was opened exactly zero times.

Everyone loves a good leadership book (or, at least based on the number of people writing leadership books, at least a few people do). But the ultimate leadership book is by a guy who leads an actual ship. That is, a starship.

It’s supposed to be written in Captain Picard’s voice. We’ll see about that.

Hey, I found something on my list!

A pour-over glass coffee maker! It’s a bit small, but should work for 2 people. And it’s half-off today.

Today is 50% off yellow tags. Score! $1.

Something else I’m looking for! T-shirts!

I didn’t even live in the States and I remember this campaign.

Hey, a The Flash shirt! Eldest child will love this.

Ah yes, the war in the stars. I’m not a Star Wars fan (le gasp!), but Eldest child is. Although she will have to share both these shirts with Middle child. Because I’m a mean mom. Moo hoo ha ha.

Here’s a good shirt for me. I like the song and all the things on it describe me.

Not only is it a catchy song, but I actually am all these things. Even though I’m Canadian.

Here’s another one that’s perfect for me. I’m not a sportsy person, and the rules of most sports escape me.

I’m wearing this to the next Superbowl party.

Here’s a shirt that I will NOT be taking home today. The only thing that could make this shirt less classy is a mustard stain.

Ladies, if your blind date shows up in this, just turn around and run.

Collectibles and collected things.

Someone is going to find these Disney princes and be absolutely delighted.

Someone had a thing for elephants at one point. Until they didn’t.

“Listen sugar, it’s me or the elephants. One of us has to go.”
(Ok, I’m sure that didn’t happen, but that’s the first thing that popped into my head.)

It’s art time!

I think this is one of those paintings that are produced by the thousands in Dafen. I kind of thought it’d be cute in the girls’ room, but they weren’t digging it.

Oh. My. Word. No.

No! This is not where the sticker should go!

I asked an employee if I could gently lift off the sticker, and she said it was ok. You’ll see the painting at the end of the post.

Now to search for a crossbody bag for Eldest child.

Eldest child had requested a crossbody bag, as her mini backpack just wasn’t terribly easy to access. First I showed her this polka-dotted bag.

Then I dug a bit deeper in the store and found this genuine leather FOSSIL bag. She liked it a lot more, and honestly, it fits her personality better.

So what came home with me?

I spent a bit more on this trip than I usually do, but that was because my kids had a lot of clothing needs to fulfill this time around. Middle child was running low on pants and shorts, so I had to get a number of those.