On Friday morning, I
moseyed on over to the local Charity Thrift shop which around here is only open
two days a week. Those days are Friday and Saturday from 9 to 3. I got there around 10:30 because...
- I have a hard time getting anywhere on time and
- If I got there at 9, I’d have to join a line that sometimes stretches completely out of the parking lot!
- It’s a complete crush when you finally do get inside & I don't really like crowds...
It’s a series of pretty small rooms and they don’t have
carts, they have baskets. There is a
rack next to the checkout where you can stash a full basket with a Sold sign on
it and then you go get another basket to fill up. You go through 3 rooms to get to the
furniture and books and by the
time I get there usually all the good stuff has
Sold & Paid tags all over them…
Sold & Paid tags all over them…
Well, this particular Friday was a different story. I strolled in to the shop in my usual late fashion, grabbed basket #1 & made my way back
to the furniture & book room to give a quick scan to see what I had missed. Over to my right
I spied a gorgeous Mid-Century Modern dresser and the tag was still on it! $30.00 it said...Thirty Dollars!
I snatched the tag off and started waving it in the air and
turned to my left to see…
Ah, ah, ah…you’ll have to wait for another post to see what I saw next because
I’m not finished telling you about this yet!
I called Noel and he brought the van because much as I love my HHR, it just wouldn't handle this...
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| Here is my handsome husband Noel & my handsome new dresser! |
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| Here is the mirror, kind of hard to see it but you can see DD Julia's hands holding it in place for the pic! |
The black bottom has a Pagoda style flair to it,
the pulls are copper and there is a copper strip under the wood handles in the middle 3 drawers...
But wait! There's more!
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| Top middle drawer with a moveable & removable tray for tie tacs maybe? |
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| This is the drop leaf door on the right and the mirror folds down to expose... |
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| Look at all those cool storage sections! The middle ones are felt lined. |
So Noel and Julia man-handled brought the dresser into the living room (excuse the mess!) and I was eyeballing it from the dining room and I spied something at the back of the bottom right hand drawer...
what is it?
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| A very old Houston Palais Royal sack with two hand-written receipts! |
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Sales Tax was 2% - When was that? Alas, no date on the ticket, just the name Scheffler & they paid a total of $17.85 for two shirts (or skirts) & a dress...those were the days...probably sometime in the '50's.
And after all was said and done, I went to the mailbox and found this...
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| Forgotten money from 2007! |
Happy Early Mother's Day to me!
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