A thrifter's lament

Well, then. I thought I was being super clever when I set up three blog entries to post while I was gone this weekend. Actually, I just posted a photo to three blank posts and saved them as drafts, figuring that I could fill in the text at my leisure and thereby not go another six days between posts. However, Blogger pulled a fast one on me and when I tried to type in those saved draft entries, all my text was blue and underlined and I couldn't do anything to the photos or they completely disappeared. Hmph. So I was forced to go six days between blog entries again, but it wasn't for lack of trying.

I made a quick run to a thrift last week before I left and found this great coat for Maren. Unless she hits an incredible growth spurt it will be a good four years until she can wear it, as it's a size 6 but it's beautifully made and for $7.50 I couldn't pass it up. A navy wool Sunday coat will always be in style, and I have plenty of room in the back of the closet. As I was checking out, the lady that runs the thrift shop mentioned it had been her daughter's coat (it's a consignment thrift on base) and she was just tickled to see me buying it. She was glad to know it was going to a good home where it would be appreciated!

Haven't done any other thrifting lately, other than an utterly disappointing trip to Saver's before Quin left. Time was that I never left that store empty-handed, but now that seems to be the norm. I'm not sure if there was a change in management or if their donations have drastically declined, but the shelves seem to be perpetually empty. The store itself has gotten increasingly dirty and prices have gone up. Their patterns used to be $.29 each, the cheapest I could find anywhere and they always had just scads of them. In fact, I've bought most of my vintage patterns there. On this most recent trip, there were probably fewer than two dozen patterns (mostly ugly 1980s clothes) and they were all marked $.69. I foresee my trips to that store becoming more and more infrequent until I just don't bother anymore. Bummer. :(

And now, after that lament: a gratuitous cute baby picture!