Tuesday, April 23, 2019

Some Thrifty Secondhand Buys



My youngest daughter was in need of some sports bras as well as more workout wear for her upcoming dance team practices.  At Wal-Mart I looked at what they had and found a cute pair of shorts for $6 and a super cute top on clearance for $7.  I gave it to her as a gift for making the team.  I am so very proud of her!


The sports bras were priced at $12.88 and she needed at least two.  I really didn't want to spend $26 on them so we did what we usually do.  We hit the thrift store and we found several nice ones priced at $2.99.  Three of them were the colored tag of the day so we got them for 50% OFF!  Whoo hoo!  She found a top she liked but no shorts.  We will keep looking.


My oldest found a really cute workout skort for $4.99 she liked and a pair of shorts for $1.99 to wear under her summer dresses.


I have been in need of a swimsuit for awhile.  My old one is worn out and a bit too big for me now (Oh darn) but the ones I looked at that I'd be willing to wear were well over $100.  No way!  That is not in the budget right now.  But I lucked out and found a cute two piece and an extra top too.  The top and bottoms were priced at $2.99 and the extra top was half priced at $1.50.  Now that is a price I can live with.  All three pieces are in like new condition too.

This skein of yarn was only 69¢

The grand total for everything came in at the same price the two sports bras would've been had I bought them at Wal-Mart.  I'm really glad now that I didn't get those and decided to check out the thrift store instead.






4 comments:

  1. Excellent shopping! I know everyone will enjoy the purchases and your swim suits look new!

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    1. Thank you Anne. I thought the suits were a great find.

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  2. WHAT! $100 for a swimming suit when there is less than a yard of fabric used to make it is highway robbery. You made a good choice to walk away and search for a better deal.

    Jeannie@GetMeToTheCountry

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    1. It had obviously been a while since I've been bathing suit shopping and I nearly died when I saw the prices. And honestly, I thought they were all pretty ugly. I feel much better about the ones I found at the thrift store.

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