Wisely Thrifting

This was a lot of embroidery threads that I bid on, but quickly fell out of the competition as the bids skyrocketed, ending with a winning bid of $68.77. That, in my opinion, is too much money for partially used and blemished perle threads (that's how they were described in the listing), even if you do get the rainbow of colors.

The same day I dropped out of the bidding we stopped by our local brick and mortar Goodwill, where I found a bundle of yarn, crochet hooks, knitting needles, notions, sewing thread and yes, two nice-size bags of perle and embroidery floss in a rainbow of colors -- probably twice what was being auctioned online. This kind of thing happens to me so frequently I sometimes think the universe is rewarding me for being frugal. Anyway, I paid $5.99 for the whole bundle.

My locally thrifted thread is colorful, pretty, and exactly what I wanted -- for a whole lot less than I thought I'd have to pay (and it came with all the other stuff, too.)

Sometimes people get caught up in bidding, and you have a situation like this where the winner pays retail (or more) for thrifted items. It pays to limit your bids to what you want to pay, and look for what you want in person if you have to drop out. You may get lucky like me. :)

Image credit: The first image in this post came from the auction listing at ShopGoodwill.com.

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