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I am a regular thrift store shopper and could recite a long list of great finds. Maybe my all time favorite was a very stylish, double sided wool coat of alpaca wool made in Peru. I had seen one like it or very similar in a catalog at $700, I got it for $40 and have worn it for six or seven years with no end in sight. Likewise I've collected cashmere sweaters from thrift stores and hardly ever wear sweaters of other fibers except for cotton in the warmer months.
Best ever thrift store find...gently used black leather (high quality) couch and love seat. Paid $250, retail over $2000 new. Still looks great after seven years!
Hmmm, I have several. 1) A black circle skirt with elastic waist. Sounds awful. Paid 30 cents for it, wore it for 7 years through skinny times and 3 pregnancies! Sadly, it went back to goodwill this year because my husband finally professed his secret hatred of it.
2) the discovery of full wool sweaters - i can use ONE to make THREE diaper covers that retail over $35 a piece. So my son has 15 diaper covers that I paid $15 for instead of over $400 for. Craftiness helps the thriftiness I've found. :)
A jeep stroller at 40dollars instead of 300 . What made it great is that I got it online and it was for my grandchild on Mexico.
My story involves a power tool (I am a guy, after all). My wife was at a garage sale and found an aluminum-case Milwaukee Sawzall, labeled "doesn't work", for one dollar. When she brought it home I tried the easiest electric motor repair, replacing the motor brushes. The Sawzall started running like a champ and has ever since. That was probably 20 years ago. It seems everyone in the extended family has used it for a project at some point. Hooray for $1 Milwaukee tools!
My favorite stores feature high-end secondhand clothing. It's hard to choose my "best" but it almost has to be the black high mandarin collar, soft polished cotton blouse that my mother compliments every time she sees it on me. Not sure when I bought it, but know it has to be more than twenty years ago. I know I paid less than $2, although I do not remember the exact price.
The black button-down blouse has been one of my most versatile and flattering blouses, one I always put in the suitcase for trips because it goes with everything and dresses up even casual pants. The small side slits on bottom of the blouse allow it to "move" with me, enhancing the fit.
I also love that it is a wash-and-wear blouse with an expensive-looking weave, and that wrinkles fall out easily when it is hung on a hanger.
Best purchase ever - a used 1986 Toyota Corolla. It was the first car I owned and definitely a fantastic first car. It was ten years old when I bought it and I drove it for another 9. The woman who sold it to me was amazed to learn that I speak Mandarin and said to me (in Chinese) "Oh, then I'll give you a discount." Drove that car and loved it for a long time. I think I paid $1700 and sold it for $1000!
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