...Only got twenty dollars in my pocket!
Thanks to Signor Christopher Columbus, the company I work for closed their office for the "holiday" (the fact that we were, like, the only business to officially close for Columbus Day is another thing to wonder about on a rainy day) therefore giving me a fabulous 3 day weekend!
Since the S.O. has to work, along with the rest of the professional world, I also had the day to myself. So, what better way to occupy myself than go on a thrift shop tour to two of my favorite thrift shops that are relatively close by!
My first stop was Second Chance Thrift Store located behind a church in Gladstone, NJ. I always forget, but the key thing to remember is that they do NOT take credit card. Gladstone is one of those beautiful old money areas with huge, historic mansions settled amongst rolling hills of a mix of woods, horse farms, and crop fields. I always try to hit up the stores in these old money areas as you can find some real gems in their stock piles. Today's mission was vintage materials such as jewelry and clutches that could go straight in to the Etsy shop. The proceeds go to benefit a local hospital. Overall, the store holds a mix of everything. They have small selections of everything you can imagine: women's, men's, and children's clothes, shoes and accessories, jewelry, household items, china, decorations, furniture...if you're looking for it, there's a good chance they've got it or might get it soon!
After sitting in traffic on the back country roads because of some emergency construction work, I finally arrived to my second stop at the Bargain Box Thrift Store in Morristown, NJ. Another one of those stores with a donation source of old money attics, closets, and basements. They have an astounding collection of quite usable and fashionable clothing that was hard to avoid (had to stick to my Etsy shopping mission!), a lot of books, some household items, and a decent supply of vintage and nicer jewelry. Whoever is sorting in the back has a pretty good eye for picking out the good items as their pricing can be very close to the retail value of some of the items. Proceeds benefit the hospital across the street so it can be hard to reason against their pricing but it is not conducive to making a profit from reselling!
This Saturday I will be attending a rummage sale in Summit, NJ for the first time so hopefully there will be some more goodies to find! I'm sure it will be nothing compared to the biennial VNA rummage sale in Far Hills but sometimes smaller can be more manageable!
Check out the Etsy shop for all my finds from today: http://www.etsy.com/shop/QueenAnnesLaceDesign
Where are your favorite thrift shops??
xx - Kaitlin
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