The Value at the Village

Thrift Shop Review #2

Going to the thrift store can sometimes be an experiment in creativity or a hunt for something you never knew you needed. Sometimes it can be the end of a long search for something specific. Last night I went to Value Village here in St. Catharines and found something I had been searching for years for. 

Of course, I do not always find something when I go and sometimes I find Value Village to be expensive. We went for fun with nothing we needed. (This is usually the best way to go.) I have been looking for a certain cookbook for years. The search has always been fun and as of late I had all but given up. I don't even usually look at the books all that well since I have so many myself but this time I spent the time looking to add to my Martha Stewart book collection and happened upon the cookbook. It is the Canadian Living Cookbook. It is out of print and last I checked is going for $60 at Chapters used. There it was. The dust jacket a little damaged but underneath, mint. It was $1.99. I bought 2 other Canadian Living Cookbooks that night as well. My step mother swears by this one cookbook and regrets never getting me my own copy. You know who the first person I called was then don't you? We were so excited together. Not only finding it for $1.99 but finding it after all these years of searching and thinking I would never find it. I love that feeling. The downside is now I have to use it...

All in all I think garage "sailing" and thrift shop shopping can offer something stores cannot. The hunt, the deal, and the uniqueness of the item is what makes it so fun. It will take days for my high to wear off. No bargain at Winners ever makes me feel this lucky.