My Favorite Thrift & Yard/Garage Sale Finds

One of my favorite past times is thrifting and going to garage/yard sales! I have been doing it for years.. since I was a child with my Mom, Memal, and Nanny! It was always a good time... you never knew what you would find!

I found most of Aiden's knick-knacks/decor for his "Farmyard" themed nursery when he was a baby at yard sales for hardly anything! It really pulled the look together quite well! There was all sorts of cow related items that people were getting rid of.. so, I scooped them up for .25, .50, 1.00 each.. I don't think I paid over $1 for any of those things! :)

I really hit the jackpot when it comes to Children's books! At Salvation Army, I have found nearly the entire set of Cabbage Patch Kid books, a few Rose Petal Place books, The Charlie Brown Encyclopedia set, a Childcraft encyclopedia set, and many other wonderful Children's books, vintage and modern! :) They're my weakness! :) Salvation Army and Goodwill are awesome to hit up for expanding your child's library! Most of our books are used/second hand, and most of them were purchased for .25, .50 or $1! :)

I recently found a few books for myself to read.. and really.. I shouldn't be out buying more books, when I have a book case full of them I need to finish! But one of them was on my To Read list anyway, and they were only .50, so I couldn't help but snatch them up! The Time Traveler's Wife, Army Wives, Goddess: Marilyn Monroe, and The Lucky One.

I am so fortunate to have a guy who will actually go thrifting and yard saling with me.. He will actually look for books for himself. He's quite the bookworm, which I'm very pleased about that as well! :)

So, basically.. what I look for when I go to these things are basically the same, however, if I find something that I'm not looking for.. that's a nice bonus! :) When I begin, I start with the knick knacks, decor, and household section.. and then I move on to infant clothing for Miss Piper and Mr. Jaxsen (our sweet little nephew).. then it's on to clothing for Mr. Aiden... next is books.. then is accessories (ties, purses, scarves, etc), and if I have enough time I will look for Justin and myself something in the clothing section. I'm not sure why, but this is my routine, when going to a garage sale or thrift store. I try and go weekly. It's best if you go first thing in the morning as well, or late in the afternoon I find.. whenever they're putting the new stuff out! :)

I find quite a bit of nice shirts for Aiden when I go, and usually some nice clothes for Piper as well! I usually never find them both something on the same trip.. when I find a great abundancy of things for Aiden, they won't have much for Piper.. and vise versa!

My favorite finds... hmmm.. that's so hard because I have found so many things.. hmmm.. Well, here are some photos of my favorites :)

I'm in love with these huge blue mason jars! :) I've picked up several at yard sales, and had a few handed down to me.. but this is the only one that I've not broken yet *knock on wood*!

Love my Abraham Lincoln little cup... it's faded and worn, but it's a cute sentimental thing to me! I also love my Abraham Lincoln golden bust I grabbed at a yard sale as well! :)

Excuse the mess, I need to clean my mirror! It's one of my favorite yard sale finds.. it is HUGE and very heavy and very pretty, but only cost me $10!

My Vera Bradley Bali Gold Crossbody bag $3!!!

This sweet little chair used to have flowers painted all over it, but I painted it black and love it! :) A steal at $17, it being antique and all! :)

 I am absolutely in love with this skirt! It goes perfectly with my olive cardigan! $3 :)

 

 

I got this at a local yard sale in perfect condition, barely used for $1! I'm a sucker for little tykes toys, especially the vintage ones!!! :)

 

I love this wallet.. only $1.50.. the change purse is my favorite part about it :)

 

I am obsessed with this photography tie! I had to buy it! I am most likely going to fix it up somehow to use for the strap for the camera :) soooo stinking cute!

 

 

Loving this Wilson's Leather Men's wallet I got for $1.50. I have a recipient in mind for this :)

 

I'm obsessed with vintage crossbody bags at the moment, so every time I find a nice one, I grab it up! They were all around $3 each I believe.. the white one was only $1.50 though... The top one Vintage Coach (most likely not real.. I just liked the bag.. reminds me of a saddlebag:)), white and black are both by Liz Claibourne, and the last two I'm not sure of.. :)

One of my favorite belts! :)

I have many, many awesome thrift finds.. these are just a few of my favorite every day ones! :) What do you like to thrift for? :)