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How much will three t-shirts, a tablecloth, two napkins and a container of paperclips cost you? If you're a smart shopper who is willing to thrift, not much.

Thrift stores regularly have sales on clothes; I got these three -shirts for 50 % off, which made them $2.37 total, or .79 each. New t-shirts run anywhere from $15.00 to $25.00 retail.

A pack of paperclips runs about $6.99 retail on average. I got these for .25.

Cloth napkins retail for about $2.50 each new; these two cost .75 total.

The plaid fabric under everything is actually a tablecloth that new would retail for $20.00. I paid $3.00 for it.

Here's my receipt showing the prices and the discount. I paid less than seven dollars for these seven items, and I defy anyone to beat that price for the same quality goods by paying retail for similar items. Even if you shopped exclusively at a dollar store, it would cost you $8.75 (and you wouldn't find t-shirts there, or the other items with the same level of quality.)

Thrift, people, please. It's good for your wallet as well as the planet.

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