Twice Upon A Time

an unofficial portrait of thrift store life

01/31/2012 by marina

Someone Gave Us A Finger

A plasic one, of course….

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Posted in funny ha-ha
Tagged donation, finger, halloween, pink, plastic, store, thrift
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01/29/2012 by marina

Donation Du Jour: lotto tickets

Note that the box and the bag are full with tickets: someone really thought they would win eventually!!!!

Linked to:

Weekly Photo Challenge = hope

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Posted in unusual, bizarre
Tagged bag, box, lottery, lotto, tickets, weekly photo challenge
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01/12/2012 by marina

In The Middle Of The Parking Lot

Donation left in the middle of our parking lot and without drawers.

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Posted in donors, furniture
Tagged drawers, dresser, lot, parking, white
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01/10/2012 by marina

Kids Vintage Book

Linked to:

Flea Market Finds

Penny Worthy Project

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Posted in books, vintage
Tagged bonnie book, book, children, elephant, pelican, vintage
3 Comments
01/08/2012 by marina

Longhorn Chip

I can’t believe someone took the time to create this item [recently received as a donation to our store].

I do understand why the donor wanted to get rid of it…..

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Posted in odd, unusual, bizarre
Tagged brown, cow, donor, pie, poo, poop, texas
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Observations filtered through the eyes or perceptions of those who handle different aspects of the thrift store business.
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Plus, offerings of eye-candy for the thrift store aficionado.

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Testimonials

LOVE your blog! First time visitor...very fun to look at all the things that pass through. The post with the Hermes bag, mary jane, bullet clip looked like it was some props from the show Weeds. Very fun reading! I'll be back!
L.N.C.

Wandering through this site brings the fun and adventure of thrift shopping without leaving home. Thanks for bringing it all to us! The only thing missing is the thrill of the bargain.
J.

Love your blog! I don't know what I would do during work hours if I couldn't spend at least a few hours rereading the posts.
N.Y.

I just got caught-up on your blog!! Your posts always bring a smile to my face!! Take care~P.V

....love your blog, first time visitor and I follow!
C+S

L. awarded me the 'One Lovely Blog Award' and instructed me to pass it on to some other blogs I'm loving and finding really inspiring - and yours is one of them :D
M

I love, love, love, this blog. Makes me want to go thrifting right now.
V.N.

Just a note to tell you how much I enjoy your blog. The pictures are great and you always manage to find surprising items.
E.H.

I love vintage decor books... And I just found your blog and I love it:)
M.

LOVE those pink birds, love your blog even more :-)
T.T.

I really like your blog...and the thing you show. I love to go thrifting and see just what all I can find for myself, and this is almost as good. :)
C.C.

Thrift stores are my passion, so I'm psyched to find a blog that covers their inner-workings. I laughed out loud at the employee comment about the "clothes off" section... - can't wait to read more.
K.Z.

Keep on blogging, yours is great.
L.B.

Ok I just read every post on here, this site is SO funny!
I think my favorite story was the rake lady.
Thanks for this blog!
E.K.

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