Friday Fun: Price Is Right Game 4

Welcome! Come join the fun- the more, the merrier!

The Game: I show you my thrift shop haul from one recent outing. You leave a comment with your best estimate of the total amount that I paid. For you sticklers out there, this does include sales tax. The person who comes closest without going over wins!

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The Rules: One clear and definitive guess per person- no amending your answer. Please do not choose the same answer as a person who came before you- check the comments before leaving your guess. Game goes through Sunday at 8 am EST. I'll post the receipt and winner here. Please be sure I know how to get in touch with you- either through email or Etsy shop name. Play nice and have fun :)

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The Prize: The satisfaction of winning, AND $5 in "soso bucks"- can be applied to any purchase in either of my shops. Can be saved and spent at a later time, up to one year. Can also be combined with future "soso bucks" wins! Not redeemable for cash. Non-transferable.

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The Stuff: This week the loot is from a small charity thrift shop, non-sale day. Prices here are on the low side for most items.

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Beautiful vintage photo album- unused - made in Japan

~*~ Unopened craft supplies from the 1960s
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Striped pink polyester "strawberry" fabric - approximately 1yd.
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2 spools of old cotton calico fabric ribbon

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I really look forward to your comments and guesses. Have a wonderful weekend!!

Friday Fun: Price is Right Game 3

Welcome! Come join the fun- the more, the merrier!

The Game: I show you my thrift shop haul from one recent outing. You leave a comment with your best estimate of the total amount that I paid. For you sticklers out there, this does include sales tax. The person who comes closest without going over wins!

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The Rules: One clear and definitive guess per person- no amending your answer. Please do not choose the same answer as a person who came before you- check the comments before leaving your guess. Game goes for 24 hours- I'll post the receipt and winner here. Please be sure I know how to get in touch with you- either through email or Etsy shop name. Play nice and have fun :)

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The Prize: The satisfaction of winning, AND $5 in "soso bucks"- can be applied to any purchase in either of my shops. Can be saved and spent at a later time, up to one year. Can also be combined with future "soso bucks" wins!

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The Stuff: This week the loot is from a hospital charity thrift shop, non-sale day. Prices here are inconsistent, and I promise I'm not just saying that to throw you off. I am always surprised at how high some things are, and how low others are.

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From left to right, top row we have:

1. sweet aqua and orange teacup and saucer

2. antique wood handled (green paint!) kitchen utensils

3. Yellow enamelware plate with floral detail

4. pinwheel Lansing button card

Bottom row, left to right:

1. Metlox Vernon ware "tickled pink" plate

2. Quilted vinyl carry case

3. vintage full size bath towel

4. Regal aluminum cake and pie carrier

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So there you have it... let the computing and commenting commence!

Throwing In The Towel

I need ways to expedite listing in sosovintage. I have SO much inventory that I often get so overwhelmed with the task of taking photos and writing descriptions that I just...go shopping for more goodies instead. This must stop.

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Even my husband, normally exceedingly patient with my piles of *treasures*, rolled his eyes when I came home from thrifting the other day and said, "Woohoo, more stuff". He was not excited. And most of my "stuff" from THAT trip was in the car! Needless to say, it stayed there til he went to work the next day.

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So, my new plan is to try to photograph and list like items in clumps. I can stage the photos similarly, crop and edit without too much brain strain, and list them in the same format. Here's hoping this works!

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I decided to start with an easy project to bolster my motivation. These are just some of the vintage towels that will be coming to the shop soon!

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Pair of pink fleur de lis and faux weave St. Mary's bath towels

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Turquoise and avocado "Terri-down" by Martex bath towel
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Minty-jadite green roses Martex handtowel
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Avocado and white flowered Sears, Roebuck & Co. "Drylon" facecloth
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Fab, fab, fab untagged terry bath towel

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What do you think of my plan? Do you have any words of wisdom for me? Can you sympathize with my issue? Please leave a comment!

Major Secondhand Score

As far as "things" go, there are few things I love more than vintage chenille bedspreads. I am not exactly sure where or when this affection developed, but I suspect it has something to do with memories of Grandma's house.

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So, when I happened upon not one but TWO of these gorgeous twin sized spreads at the Salvation Army last week, I freaked out a little inside. OK, alot. It's that distinct feeling that makes an avid thrifter feel like they are going to snatch up the item and then run around the store doing those little jump up and click your heels together moves. While keeping a close eye on your basket, of course.
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There were a couple of small stains on one of the spreads, the other was in mint condition. I pulled out all of my Oxyclean supplies and went to work.
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In the store, I looked everywhere for the price tags, and started to panic because they will not sell anything without a tag. I caught a manager going by and asked him about it. He said "$3.99". Three ninety-nine????!!!!! I nodded (keeping oh so calm and cool), since I figured I might accidentally emit a wild whooping scream if I opened my mouth.

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At home, when I was searching for stains to zap with my stain remover, I came across this original price tag still attached to one of the spreads. How many years ago do you think this tag was put on? Originally $10.12, marked down three times to a final price of $2.02. Just wow.

What a PRICELESS thrifting experience!!