Michael took me to Goodwill and Salvation Army today. Isn’t he the best husband ever?

From Goodwill:

The wood and wrought iron shelf was $3.00 and will go above the toilet. The unfinished oval box with lid will be painted (when I get to it) and will hold my jewelry. This new system will prevent me from accidentally dropping jewelry into the trash can every day.

The travel Boggle was $2.00, the Hogwart’s notecards were $2.00 and the candles (there were 13 of them, but some fell out in the trunk of the car to be unearthed later) were 50¢. The carved cat was 75¢ and the apple Hobbit (for Michael’s gnome collection) was 75¢.

If you donated $1.00, all book were 25

¢, instead of $2.00 for hardcovers and 75¢ for paperbacks. So we paid $3.75 plus a $1.00 donation for 15 books instead of $15.00. We’ll read them and then put them on .

My very favorite purchase, the karmic reason I was at Goodwill, is one Michael found.

A Hello Kitty Bento box.

It has a movable divider! And was only 50¢! I said, “This makes the trip worthwhile.” Michael said, “Now you can stop bugging Candace about finding you a bento box.”

I was so excited about this container, I planned my lunch around it!

From Salvation Army:

At left is a 70s polyester button down shirt for work – $1.50. In the middle is a pair of wool and suede gloves for my FIL for Christmas – 75¢. To the right of the gloves (you can barely see it) is a little enamel Santa box for my MIL for Christmas – 49¢. Top right is a glass bowl with lid decorated with poinsettias – 95¢. Bottom right four books -  99¢ each (I didn’t realize that until just now when I checked my receipt. What a rip!) Underneath everything is a wolf blanket for my FIL for Christmas – marked $4.00 discounted to $2.00.

All in all, it was an awesome day for thrifting. Lots of good books, some stuff to put away for Christmas and I got to take a nap after shopping!