I went shopping yesterday - or rather, met a friend for coffee and walked through some thrift stores on my way back. Although I did spend money (3.00 for coffee and tip, 3.50 on thrift store items to turn around at a garage sale in the future), most of the trip ended up being a foraging trip. From two different boxes of free books, I got: a book written in 1957 on hypnosis for hysterical neuroses (and it is hysterical -- I'm going to turn it into an art book); a book of photographs of food art -- onion heads turned into faces with black-eyed pea eyes and the like; a John Grisham novel; and an old book on Katherine by Anne Sexton Chase, published sometime in the 1950s, a little water damage but otherwise in good shape, no mustiness.
I also found a desk lamp, the kind without a base and that screws into a desk, dumped in the parking strip on the street uphill from my house. I got it because it had four good-looking springs that I was sure I could do something with later, and I could take it apart for screws and interesting metal pieces. But I put a bulb into it to make sure it didn't work -- and it did! It worked fine! Since I've been needing a source of brighter light in my room, I gerried it into place between my bed and the wall for now, and now I can read in bed. Yay! One for the team! And my favorite coffee person gave me an unworking Disney Mickey Mouse watch. I'm going to experiment with trying to get it running again. Otherwise, fodder for mixed media and collage art. The thrift items I found were 50% off an already low price ($1 - $2). I picked up a votive holder and a few saucers to use in my room for now, and as garage sale filler for later. I'm already planning a garage sale this coming spring -- maybe April. I started a file for my expenditures, and another just to list impulse buys. And...that brings you up to date! My goal this month is to stay within $10/week of discretionary spending after planned purchases like a one-month subscription to the meditation app I've been using for the last 45 days.
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