This past weekend we were in Tampa for another beer thing, so I was very excited to be able to thrift in another city, which is one thing I love! Now while I do have my normal haunts here in Jax, it is always nice to do some thrifting outside the box.
I could barely contain my excitement when we rolled up to the first place! As soon as I saw it was an AmVet thrift store I started chanting “Yes yes yes!” and kicking my feet (My favorite place in Jax is an AmVet store too). When I walked into the front door my spirits sank….it was 85% clothes. Boo Hiss. So I made a beeline straight for the house wares (like I normally do) and started perusing the aisles. Unfortunately there didn’t look to be anything good, in fact everything seemed rather junky and dirty. Damn.
I finished looking and started to leave when I saw that I missed one aisle across the room. The first thing I saw were these…an entire bag of iittala ultima glasses….and yes they were just like this all tossed into a bag with nothing to protect them.
I stood there with my hands on the bag while Mr. Honey went and got me a cart, and then I VERY slowly lifted them up and put them in the cart. I wheeled them up and paid for them…$6.60. SWEET! I didn’t even take them out of the cart, since I wanted to move them as little as possible; the lady had to lean over the counter to see the price tag. Once I got my change and receipt I grabbed a few of the local free newspapers from the stand outside and systematically went through the bag wrapping each piece individually and checking for damage. I was totally FLOORED that in the whole bag there wasn’t one broken or damaged piece. There ended up being 30 glasses in total which is roughly 22 cents apiece.
I stood there with my hands on the bag while Mr. Honey went and got me a cart, and then I VERY slowly lifted them up and put them in the cart. I wheeled them up and paid for them…$6.60. SWEET! I didn’t even take them out of the cart, since I wanted to move them as little as possible; the lady had to lean over the counter to see the price tag. Once I got my change and receipt I grabbed a few of the local free newspapers from the stand outside and systematically went through the bag wrapping each piece individually and checking for damage. I was totally FLOORED that in the whole bag there wasn’t one broken or damaged piece. There ended up being 30 glasses in total which is roughly 22 cents apiece.
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| Iittala Ultima glasses |
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| Orrefors "Celeste" candleholder |
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| Dansk Kobenstyle 2Qt pot |
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| Matching piece... Iittala Ultima serving bowl |
Also I just wanted to let you guys know that I will be posting my first contest/giveaway tomorrow so stay tuned to participate!
Cheers
Becca
Linking up with Her Library Adventures and Apron Thrift Girl
