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Thrifting Local

I ran out of binders to use for my day job and my personal writing, so we made a trip over to the local Goodwill to see if they had any. I found two bundles plus an interesting bag of stuff, all of which you see here.

No binders in this bag, but I did spot a few jelly rolls in new condition, as well as some yardage.

Turned out to be a nice selection of three jelly rolls, two yards of orange satin, a brand-new clothesline, a new spool of ribbon, a new cleaning cloth and a cute little garden flag.

My guy can use the cloth and the clothesline; everything else is for me. I'll even find a way to use the flag.

This bundle was my primary reason for thrifting: three like-new binders with view fronts that would cost about twenty bucks new.

I was quite happy to pay $4.99 for the trio. All I need to do is wipe them clean and they'll be ready to use.

I can't show you everything in this bundle, as some of it belonged to a child who wrote their name in it and used it. But I'm happy to reuse what I can from the bundle.

These two binders and the document wallet from the bundle will also come in handy; I'll use the latter when I sort out everything for my taxes next year.

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