Today I went to a new-to-me thrift shop in town. It's a charity thrift store, and all proceeds go towards new homes for needy families in the area. I loved it. It was during my lunch hour, so I was limited by time, but I looked at as much as I could. I was temped by, but ultimately left behind, a set of Yankee Candle bowls and votive holders. The votives were just 1.50, but my gift closet (shelf) is in flux and I really don't have anywhere to store it. But look what I did find! Four early 1900's Harold Bell Wright novels. They look like they've never even been read and are in great shape. I paid 1.50 each! Can you believe it? Did I mention they're hardcover? I also found three more Grace Livingston Hill books to add to my collection. (I am very slowly collecting her books, determined to get all of them, eventually, for very little per book.) They're easy reading, and I love her descriptions of home and domestic life. I paid just .50 each for these. I look every day for ways to be more frugal, but books are my weakness.
