Here is the summary of a birthday girl and her mom visiting eleven thrift stores on the eleventh of june in eight hours from from porch back to porch again with only two short breaks for starbucks and lunch.
value village rexdale
echo scarf, hankie with a lovely woman wearing an apron, dish with a lid (lotte from Norway), vintage doilies, large scarf leonard of Paris for liberty of london, vintage threads that will be fantastic for crocheting stones, another vintage scarf, pretty cotton sundress, lockable metal box from east germany, soft cotton cropped tank with a delicate floral print , tin from england of the type I collect, pretty voile blouse, oscar de la renta silk scarf and the most interesting tea set with a bauhaus sort of design made by in germany by elsterwerda ( if anyone knows anything about this or who the designer might be drop me an email please).
salvation army kipling
laura ashley romper, gardenia tea saucer and two cats
value village keele
scarf of canadian birds, christian dior silk scarf, liberty of london blouse, lovely rayon top, books, embroidered napkins, jaeger of london blouse, doilies, and the most beautiful wool afghan
value village wilson
liberty of london skirt and vest, vintage tea towel and tea cozy with mushrooms, cotton tank top, hand made tree, doilies, pashmina scarf
value village bloor street
laura ashley sundress, chambray scarf, laura ashley top, jaegar scarf, echo scarf, doilies
goodwill store roncesvalles
hand made crazy quilt, teenflo blouse, vintage double layered sifter
salvation army queen street west
bug your parents laminated poster from the royal ontario museum
free bag of bread was given to us at the community thrift store in this area ( I think they thought we were hungry:)
goodwill shop dufferin street ( I am not even counting this one)
absolutely nothing, this was the filthiest thrift store I have ever seen in my life.
Goodwill St Clair street
holt renfrew cardigan, cacharel mens corduroy shirt, pringle sweater, j crew beach cover up, skirt and top made from liberty of london tana lawn with blue poppies, banana republic top, banana republic sweater, laura ashley pajama top with rose buds
Charity thrift store on St Clair
olive green top, dolce and gabbana men's shirt, roberto cavalli jeans
The extra good news was that both salvation army and goodwill were holding 50 percent off sales in honor of Tamara's birthday and value village cards were getting us 30 percent off. The gods of thrift store shopping were really shining down on us. Many of these items will be given to family and friends because I think my daughter realized her new old treasure chest just isn't big enough for all this loot.
We may have to make this an annual event.
xo
m and t
Well, my birthday is next January...I'll be 40...are there 40 thrift stores you can take me to? Because I am seriously envying your finds. That crazy quilt is killing me. Beautiful!
Posted by: Lisa at Lil Fish Studios | June 14, 2010 at 08:29 PM
what a cool was to spend a birthday!
I went into Salvation Army today and only the fact it still didn't have a price tag kept me from getting one of those huge bridal gowns... and it's not even my birthday!
Posted by: aya | June 14, 2010 at 09:05 PM
What a fabulous haul!
Posted by: Lizzie | June 14, 2010 at 09:55 PM
Oh. My. God.
SCORE!!!!!!
You gals really know how to shop! That is the ideal way to stock up on fabulous clothing and fabrics to be reclaimed and upcycled.
Posted by: Laura | June 15, 2010 at 02:16 AM
omg yes, what amazing finds indeed ! This HAS to become an annual event ! And yay for the discounts you got for T's bday ! even better !
wishing you a lovely day today
xoxo
Posted by: Sonia | June 15, 2010 at 02:17 AM
WOW, AMAZING! my pulse is racing! so much good stuff! so much Liberty stuff!! happy birthday indeed.
Posted by: nath | June 15, 2010 at 04:29 AM
This type of birthday celebration reminds me of something my mom and younger sister would do! What a great day. Thanks for showing us your loot.
Posted by: katy | June 15, 2010 at 06:23 AM
What a clever plan! Margaret, you should write some sort of article about it for some of the up to date magazines that are into refashioning and upcycling!
Makes me wish I had a daughter or a neice that wasn't in another country.
Sandy in the UK
Posted by: Sandy | June 15, 2010 at 07:32 AM
A mammoth spree indeed. What was your total spend?
Posted by: Fiona | June 15, 2010 at 08:47 AM
Love Value Village..really miss it.
Yes, Margie, what was your total spend? We would love to know...
Posted by: michele (maryland) | June 15, 2010 at 09:25 AM
what a wonderful day - truly a dream day.
such beautiful finds too.Thank you for sharing.
Warm wishes, Tonya
Posted by: Plain and Joyful Living | June 15, 2010 at 11:47 AM
ackk- i'm so jealous! what lovely finds. and SUCH a fun thing to do on one's birthday!
Posted by: melissa | June 15, 2010 at 09:36 PM
I just found all the thrift store receipts and the grand total added up to 147.39 dollars canadian:)
Posted by: Margaret Oomen | June 15, 2010 at 10:29 PM
WOW, WOW, WOW.....
And there was a sale on! You both must have had an unbelievably fun day.
Posted by: joanie | June 16, 2010 at 06:13 AM
Wow, so many treasures! I'll have to haunt these stores next time I'm in Toronto. So much Liberty!
Again, happy birthday to Tamara.
Posted by: nicole | June 16, 2010 at 07:32 PM
you girls have some serious thrifting stamina! If we had 11 thrift stores near us we would be in big trouble. Happy birthday to Tamara.
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