I’ve recently started to volunteer at a local thrift shop that benefits our community theater, where I also volunteer to usher and have seen some amazing performances!! My daughter spent $90 to buy a dress shirt and 2 ties at kohls for my grandson to wear for homecoming. The ones that she selected were not qualified for discount or to use her kohls cash. I looked at my shop and found a beautiful blue Tommy Hilfiger dress shirt and 2 ties for $5! The shirt was $3 and each tie was $1. I paid to have the shirt laundered and starched and returned one of the ties. Total cost was less than $10! My daughter was thrilled and grandson was very impressed! Today I bought 2 old electric candles for my front bedroom window. They were 50 cents each. And don’t need solar or batteries! I just put them in my window and am very pleased 😄
We can all use these reminders to be more aware of what we buy. For me, nothing cured me more than having to go through a house full of my MILs “collections” and various nice things that she gathered over 95 years! We are blessing the thrift stores right and left and even found a home for very old organ! She would be pleased. It’s much harder to find homes for furniture but we have made a valiant effort. It’s a lot like losing weight. It’s much easier to gain it than to lose it!
All that said I don’t want to add to the huge amount of stuff that my family is lucky to have so I’m giving old toys to my grandkids and they don’t know the difference. And it warms my heart. ❤️
Yes it feel so good to name all this! I really appreciate this forum because it gives me the space to learn how to see this clearing process as healthy.
More stuff out today. Old scrapbooks of my MILs time in the TB hospital in 1957! I pared it down to a few cute cards from grandpa to show our girls. What I feel today is a little grief that she never sat down and showed us this while she was alive.
I’ve recently started to volunteer at a local thrift shop that benefits our community theater, where I also volunteer to usher and have seen some amazing performances!! My daughter spent $90 to buy a dress shirt and 2 ties at kohls for my grandson to wear for homecoming. The ones that she selected were not qualified for discount or to use her kohls cash. I looked at my shop and found a beautiful blue Tommy Hilfiger dress shirt and 2 ties for $5! The shirt was $3 and each tie was $1. I paid to have the shirt laundered and starched and returned one of the ties. Total cost was less than $10! My daughter was thrilled and grandson was very impressed! Today I bought 2 old electric candles for my front bedroom window. They were 50 cents each. And don’t need solar or batteries! I just put them in my window and am very pleased 😄
Gaye
Win, win, win! Well done, Gaye!
Oh such great gems here Stephanie!
We can all use these reminders to be more aware of what we buy. For me, nothing cured me more than having to go through a house full of my MILs “collections” and various nice things that she gathered over 95 years! We are blessing the thrift stores right and left and even found a home for very old organ! She would be pleased. It’s much harder to find homes for furniture but we have made a valiant effort. It’s a lot like losing weight. It’s much easier to gain it than to lose it!
All that said I don’t want to add to the huge amount of stuff that my family is lucky to have so I’m giving old toys to my grandkids and they don’t know the difference. And it warms my heart. ❤️
And you have some gems of your own. Doesn’t it feel good just to name all that?! I know I do just seeing your list. Thank you, Ruth. 🫶🏼
Yes it feel so good to name all this! I really appreciate this forum because it gives me the space to learn how to see this clearing process as healthy.
More stuff out today. Old scrapbooks of my MILs time in the TB hospital in 1957! I pared it down to a few cute cards from grandpa to show our girls. What I feel today is a little grief that she never sat down and showed us this while she was alive.