10 Reasons I Like Thrift Stores, Part 2
September 19, 2009 by Karen Weideman
Filed under Top 10 lists, money saving idea, saving money, shopping
Just this week, I visited our local thrift store/Christian ministry. I was looking for jeans for my children. I just can’t find it in myself to pay $10-15 (or more) for a pair of pants when I know I can get several almost new pairs for that price. I did pretty well during my shopping trip. I was able to get 12 pairs of pants (mostly jeans) for only 12!
I was pretty pleased with the jeans and so were my kids. Here are some reasons that I like thrift stores.
6) I don’t have the guilt. I can’t force myself to pay …read more
10 Reasons I Like Thrift Stores, Part 1
September 18, 2009 by Karen Weideman
Filed under Top 10 lists, money saving idea, saving money, shopping
This week, I visited our local thrift store/Christian ministry. They sell donated items and use the money to help those in the community. Since it is time to begin swapping out the children’s summer clothing, I decided to shop for pants. No matter how much buying ahead I do, we never seem to have enough jeans. I just can’t justify paying $10-15 for a pair of pants.
You never know what you’ll find at a thrift store. This week, I was blessed with some bargains. I found 12 pairs of pants for my kids for only $12! That’s $1 per pair.
I enjoy …read more
Thrifty Use for Old Jeans
May 10, 2009 by Karen Weideman
Filed under Reusing and Recycling, clothes, frugal living
Each year we have the same two problems:
1) My daughter outgrows almost all of her pants in the length.
2) It’s hard to find shorts that are long enough.
What is the deal with short shorts anyway????
This year, I decided to take some of her old jeans and try to make shorts out of them.
I cut the jeans right above the spot where she had wore out the knees. I was just going to roll them up,but decided they might unravel so I had my mom put a stitch in the bottom.
Ta-da. Now we have cute shorts that are long enough and they …read more
A Thrifty Idea for Shopping Bags
July 2, 2007 by Karen Weideman
Filed under craft ideas, odds and ends
I don’t know about you, but I want one of these. Isn’t this neat? I never would have guessed it, but this durable bag is made from plastic shopping bags. Deborah from Simply Thrifty has put together a bunch of different links for ideas for reusing shopping bags. Too bad I don’t know how to crochet. I should add this to my list of 10 Uses for Plastic Grocery Bags.
Picture from Etsy Garden.
