Hi everyone! It's mid-November already! Wow, time does fly. My fellow thrifter friend visited me a few weeks ago and instead of going to our usual places, she wanted to try something new. This friend shops for clothes, I thrift for fun---looking for collectibles, decorative items and shirts/ sheets/ textiles that add interest to my quilts and other project.
I'm a fan of markets like the little church fair, small, doable, great prices, lovely items---all proceeds for church and charity.
But winter hours are odd, and they don't sell clothes much.
Instead I had noticed this new-to-us shop when on the road trip to Joann's this summer. It got good, very good! reviews on my local FB group.
The store was huge! like two Costcos, a warehouse. Lots of clothes I did not begin to look at.
It was clean. The jewelry area was attractive. Shoppers looked poverty level and desperate, sadly. Prices were high.
As for the housewares---I feel a bit mean but I have to say---I have never seen such trash in my life. The crappiest flea market would be better; this was like what gets hauled to the landfill after a poor quality garage sale. Where does such plastic crap even come from, where was it sold?
This was what I found as ''possibles":
McCoy bowl, a fake or very new shoddy line. [note the rest of the stuff on the shelves, eeek!]
Thin pottery, tacky. [tho I admit lighter bowls are easier to use and wash, store, but still.]
Blue and white bowl, Japanese indigo ware/ modern. Really lovely. Quite large, about 8-10" diameter. I think it was $16.99. Similar can be found cheaper at Home Goods, though I was tempted. Picture it full of lemons or pears?
Note the design is seashells.
Pretty platter in a familiar, modern moderate line of china. Very expensive at $14,99
edit this is vintage-ish Nikko "Blue Peony" , platters like this are on eBay and Replacements for $20-40. But still no bargain.
I had hoped to find a resin or metal jackolantern for my downstairs entry. Mine got kicked and broken by a delivery guy. I don't put out a real jack bec of the squirrels, hoped to replace it. But no.
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B found nothing either, the clothes were high priced and the massive rows crammed full were overwhelming. I did look at one child's cute but used puffer jacket---similar cheaper and cleaner at Old Navy. No bargains here! We went home to the beach and had Thai at our tiny, hole in the wall place we love. So glad they made it through Covid years.
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Back home I've transitioned to November decor.
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Have a good week!
love
lizzy
gone to the beach....
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skeins of water ducks
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Look at all those still beautiful deck flowers! Lucky you! Mostly gray skies here lately but temp was 51 this afternoon. Snow storm on the horizon for late week. Had hoped for a dry warmish Thanksgiving for travel, but it seems unlikely. Thrifts are sure not what they used to be! That last place certainly did not live up to the hype!
ReplyDeletesorry that thrift store had nothing much to offer--;((( nice that you had a good lunch treat though...and got an outing...
ReplyDeleteGosh your marigolds are so lovely --still blooming for you how neat!!
I am kinda "meh" about all the holidays every year...hoping for some lovely snowfall though..
Hugs, Julierose
I am not very good about thrift shopping. I get overwhelmed quickly. This month I have been looking at my own stuff to see what I might repurpose. It’s a fun experiment.
ReplyDeleteSo much rubbish around in the shops and poor quality clothes too. I had planned to go through all my Xmas things early but DH is in hospital and it won’t be happening.
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Ha! I have all my Christmas things under my bed, but not accessible. That won't happen either. Sorry your husband is in the hospital, best wishes to you both!
DeleteSorry your shopping trip was disappointing. I haven't been to a "really" good thrift store in years. So many of the lovely gift and antique shops I used to go to have closed. Glad your little beverage place is still open. November decor looks great. I put out two bowls that aren't really November but they have an acorn border around the edge - good enough. Thanks for posting.
ReplyDeleteThat thrift store does look junky and expensive! I like to go to the thrift store and admit most of my clothing is from Goodwill. (gasp!)
ReplyDeleteHubby started decorating outside with Xmas lights. We've never done it this early but because he is only working 2 days a week he thought he may as well get it done before we have snow. Well, okay then. Nothing else up inside until after Thanksgiving.
Gosh, what a load of rubbish at that Fleamarket. Malvern gets a bit like that on Bank Holidays when car booters turn up with the most awful crap - I wouldn't cross the road to dump it, but just take a match to it! High prices on the things you might otherwise have bought too. What a shame. Your decor is looking lovely.
ReplyDeleteRubbish is just the right word. I felt bad bec of course I wanted to show my friend a fun time. She drives 2 1/2 hours to visit.
DeleteI love your wooden bowl with seed pods.
ReplyDeleteI wish we had a church market around here. I try to go when they open for a weekend during the summer but often miss them. There are so few. The one in your photos looks packed with goodness!
It's too bad the new market was not as great. High prices at second-hand stores are one of my major complaints, and prices keep going up. Sometimes things are less expensive new. I rarely stop at the stores now. And the photo of housewares looks about like the thrift shops have in our area. I can see why people move stuff like this out of their homes.
Your November decor looks warm and welcoming.