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| Thrift store finds. Lucy Mercer/A Cook and Her Books |
I love a good thrift store and with a hobby like blogging, I have a handy excuse to purchase the odd bits of china and linens that seem to gather on the shelves of my local bottom-dollar department store. On Monday, I gathered my girls and we went out for a pancake breakfast, followed by a trip to the thrift store for half-price Monday. As it turned out, breakfast cost a lot more than the shopping trip.
For less than $10, I brought home the china and linens pictured above, plus a nearly-new blouse for my teenager and a plastic game for my gradeschooler. My favorite purchase is the San Francisco souvenir plate, stamped "Made in Japan" on back. I found the exact same plate for $12.99 on Ebay, so the $5 I spent on it seems not so out of line.
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| San Francisco souvenir plate, made in Japan. Lucy Mercer/A Cook and Her Books |
I like these little hand towels and have a few I've acquired over the years (many from thrift stores!). They remind me of trips to the islands and the shops there - there's always a linen store with tablecloths and these hand towels.
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| Hand towel and teacup. Lucy Mercer/A Cook and Her Books |
My second favorite purchase has to be these napkins, and really, if I didn't get all eight for under a dollar, I might have passed over them. But they just belong with my s
ix pieces of Delta stoneware plates made by Pfalzgraff, don't they?
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| Delta linens. Lucy Mercer/A Cook and Her Books |
Are you a thrift store shopper? What's been your best thrift store find?
