Thrift Finds

My grandmother gave everyone in our family no chance of escaping the love of a good find for cheap! She drug all of us around our whole little lives to garage sales and thrift stores. We are all bargain shoppers and better for it.

There are more thrift stores than ever right now because of the economy and my mom and I frequent several in Roswell. On Wednesdays, it is 1/2 price day for seniors so I always shop with her. I thought I'd dress up my kids in our favorite recent finds so you can see just how great the stuff is out there for less than $2. Everything they are wearing in all the following photos was bought at a thrift store except their shoes (Target gets credit for those). And every single item on their bodies was less than $2 a piece. Some of the items had never been worn and still had the tags hanging on them.


For sure, I will never buy jeans for my kids anywhere but the thrift stores again. The selection is huge and my kids go through jeans faster than any other clothing item.

As our shoot continued, the rain started and the kids got tired so here are a few more items I've found minus the bodies!

Co Op: Cousins Dine(r)

There are five of us. Cousins. We all grew up together, more like brothers and sisters, and all of us would agree that our fondest memories all revolve around our grandparents. We spent most afternoons in their yard together. We are now grownups, parents, husbands, wives, and spread out but we jump at any chance to be together. Today we got to have an impromptu lunch thanks to Grandpa. We met at Thumbs Up Diner in Roswell.

Of course, we were having so much fun that I forgot to take pictures of the food before it was all gone.

But I did get pictures of family. The cutest of all being twins James and David:

My grandfather paying the bill. We call him Santa Clause this time of year as his generosity bubbles over.

And my grandparents holding hands:

So pull up a stool and have a coke.
And don't forget to order the Chicken and Waffles! We give them two thumbs up!