More Money-Saving Tips

Posted: Oct 15, 2013

I had wanted to respond to money-saving ideas but didn't get to it until the post was way, way down the screen! I go to the Goodwill or Salvation Army. These days, they're like regular shops. Everything is clean, not ripped or stained or anything. The ones by us have the racks color-coded---if you want a pink shirt, you go to the shirts and from there, the pink shirts are all in a row. If you need green pants, you go to where the pants are, and the green pants are all in a row. They also have bedding, linens, all sorts of things, as well as small appliances and knick-knack type of things. Clocks. Furniture as well, of course. I always wash everything before I wear it, even if it's from a "first-hand" store. Yuck, all those people touching it, all the formaldehyde in the original cotton bolt, whatever. Note that while consignment shops are nice, they are almost always more expensive than a church thrift shop, the Goodwill/Salvation Army or garage sales. Consignment shops are designed to be like a regular business with a bigger profit. Not knocking them, but you can honestly do just as well elsewhere. Garage sales are worth the most caution in terms of rips, pet hair, etc. Look them over EXTREMELY carefully. The Goodwill and Salvation Army tend to look the things over very, very carefully, but you may note some minor things. You have to decide if it's worth it, but to me, it is. They even run "specials." Like, "Women's pants 1/2 off" or whatever.;