#ilovethrifting
Groups from all over participated in I Love Thrifting day this past weekend. As you know, I had the pleasure to organize and host the North Pittsburgh event.
Our group was small, consisting largely of family sprinkled with a few friends
and the opportunity to meet 3 local blog friends!
Kim {Reposhture} and me. Love her creativity. I’ve featured her before. We just didn’t know that we were practically neighbors. Now I can ‘borrow’ her ski pole lamp or have her professionally DIY a piece of furniture for me! 
I don’t know why I didn’t get my picture with Susan from Oh My! Creative {so many fun crafty features}, but you can see her in her green/white striped shirt in some of the photos. Love her and can’t wait to get to know her a little better. I have local blog friends!
And dear sweet, Jessica who I actually met last year. Jessica’s a local pet sitter at Sittin Paws, providing an awesome alternative to kenneling. Now I can consider getting a dog {I miss Niski} because vacations won’t be a problem with a friend like Jessica in the neighborhood! She’s also blog author at Craft Frau Times…but she’s lacking the ‘time’ to blog right now.
Our scheduled was as follows:
9 a.m. we arrived at the North Hills Goodwill.
Lots of thrifty treasures!
Next up was Wexford GoodWill. It’s a more intimate store (not a donation center) but packed full of treasures and the service was a little more personal.
At this point, our entire group of lucky #13 was gathered…
Pittsburgh 2012 #ilovethrifting
Yep – there’s my aunt, my cousin, my GRAM! My sister, niece, daughters and friends!
We also had a scavenger hunt at each store. Just a piece of paper with one word. The more hideous, the better.
A little prize was awarded for those finding their “thing”. Ali won $5…
Some really fun finds…
Next up, we headed to Cranberry Twp. to another GoodWill and more shopping! If I had room in the vehicle, this would have found it’s way to Ali’s tiny apartment where I would give “painting a loveseat” a little DIY trial. It was like new!
Time for lunch! Place: North Park Lounge ClubHouse where seating was limited for a small group, but booths were all in the same location. Food was good. Company was amazing.
Last stop: Gibsonia GoodWill.
It was a long HOT {104 degrees} day…we shopped til we dropped…
Some of us headed to my house for a little thrifty show and tell…
What did I come home with? Surprisingly, very little, but LOVE
my thrifty treasures:
- A pouf! Price: $15.
- An old clip board for filleting fish – $2.99.
- Target shower curtain $11
- $2.99 ticking bed skirt for me to cut up for a project.
- Garden gnome. A little pricey at $9.99 but I couldn’t resist his cuteness.
- Picnic basket $4.99.
- Pitcher – I don’t remember. Maybe $1.99.
A special thanks to Rashon at Mr. GoodWill Hunting, the brains behind #ILoveThrifting day. Remember, we finally had the chance to meet a few weeks ago at the Haven Conference.
And a special thanks to GoodWill of Southwestern PA for the discounts! If you’re local – the Butler GoodWill store is having a fun event this Saturday! I might even gather my friends and where our shirts and partake of some refreshments and sales!
Joining the party at Rhoda’s:
Check out all of the fun thrifty treasures’ links. You’ll want to see her latest progress in her new home too!
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Thanks for sharing your pictures. I had a thing last year, and it was a lot of fun… I should do it again in the FALL! when it’s cool!
gail
Oh what a great idea! I think I’ll gather my thrifty friends and go a-thriftin’!
That looks like so much fun!! I wish we had thrift stores down here!
Looks like a ton of fun. Your pictures are super. Hugs, marty
How fun! =) That pouf was a great score!
Oh man! I am so jealous! I want to come play, too!!
You found some awesome stuff- I guess a day of thrifting will do that!
xo Becca
Fun!!! I was too late to organize something but I did make it to one store with my daughter – and even scored a freebie!
Your pouf and gnome are my favorite finds. And I love that mushroom stool (perfect for the gnome to perch on)!
Kelly
It looks like you all had a great time. I would love to go thrifting in a large group but it would kill me (not really but you get the idea) to see others scoring finds that could have been mine had they not been there.
Fun! What a fun day.
Roeshel!!!! Love the picture of us at the end of the day. So funny! Can’t wait to see what you make with your fillet boat and the bedskirt! And I would so totally re-do some furniture for you for free. (And I just noticed that your granny is holding up her glass like she’s saying “cheers,big ears!” in the lunch photos. She rocks!)
XOXO
Kim
Looks like such a fun time! I wish I lived closer so I could have participated!
Looks like a great time! I must try to organize one in Sweden next year.
That sounds like a fun day, and it looks like you all got a lot of great loot. Just love reading about everyone.
This sounds like so much fun! I live in Bridgeport, WV, about 1 1/2 hours from Pittsburgh. My daughter and I come shopping there a lot. Since I don’t live there I am not familiar with the thrifting opportunities. I would love to know where to go! I would totally participate in something like this!