We found this Ryan's Room fire station set at the Tucson new/used children's boutique, Lil' Traders. It's in near-perfect condition and came with a firehouse, firetruck, 8 firefighters, and loads of furniture and accessories. It's almost entirely made of wood!
I looked it up online and had we purchased this new it would have cost about $150! Lil' Traders was selling the whole caboodle for $33 and we used trade credit to buy it so our out of pocket cost was $0.
$0 = Score!
My friend Kate, who is also a contributer to this blog, found this Radio Flyer Retro Rocket at the thrift store. It needed a spit-shine but is now in perfect condition including all the buttons for sounds, nifty thrifty! I looked it up online and had we purchased this new it would have cost about $50-70! Kate thrift scored it for $5 - hot damn!
$5 = Score!
What are your all-time favorite thrift scores? I have so many but these are my most recent triumphs. My all-time fave, though, was a lime green Kurt Cobain-style cardigan I got in the 11th grade for $2!
-Lindsey
9 comments:
Way to thrift...You and Kate!!! :-)
Thrifting is FUN!!! You got some great buys! Woot!
Thanks guys! Woot woot! :)
Those are some great finds! Thanks for the follow!
its always fun to find things in 2nd hand stores thats where i get most of my good's not olny that but you get more for your money if you know just what your looking for i know that well a lot of things i have in my home if well thay came from a store like walmart or some well store like that my things could cost a lot of money. and some times you even find brand new things in 2 nd hand stores like well i found a lag magic in walmart thay wanted like 90 for it but i well got it for30brand new in the box nothing missing from itso thats just one of the grate bye's i goting from 2nd hand stores
Totally inspired by your sweet fireman table, I went to Lil' Traders for the first time on Monday! I was talking with the owner for quite a while and told her that I read your blog and that is what brought me there...and she gave me a $2.50 off coupon! So...thank you! :)
Abby that is so awesome! You and a couple other moms mentioned this post to Lil Traders & they've since generously offered to do a special coupon and a giveaway for Tucson parents through the blog! So thank YOU so much for mentioning! I'm hoping to get the details together soon so, well, yay! :D
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