Goodwill is open again!!

So, not sure if Tennessee reopening the state earlier than others (during coronavirus) will turn out to be a good thing or not, but I have to say, it was great to get out of the house again!  When I saw that the local Goodwill store would be reopening after being closed for a month, I wanted to get there as soon as possible.

I know so many people have spent weeks organizing and cleaning their homes as never before, so I figured Goodwill would probably be pretty well stocked.  Since I still need to find tons of stuff for the house – and have been stuck with just online resources - I was ready to go shopping again.

(I have to admit, being “forced” to shop for an entire house at one time is pretty much living a dream.  I actually have to go shop.  And even better than that, it’s not just any shopping - which I get less excited about - but its thrift store shopping, which I am ALWAYS excited about.)

And Goodwill came through! 

So – a bit of a disappointment – because of coronavirus, none of Goodwill’s normal little sales are on (as in “all blue sticker items are 50% of this week”) - so I ended up paying “full price” for everything.  Not sure what coronavirus has to do with sales being on or off, but anyway, I did spend enough to finally hit 10 points.  (At Goodwill, you get a point for every $25 spent.  After you hit 10 points, you get a free $25 credit.)  See??  Isn’t Goodwill great?

So what does $94 spent at Goodwill look like?  I won’t bore you with a whole written list, but here is everything in photos:

Since we really want to offer a family-friendly airbnb, I’ve been collecting some baby/small kid things, so we can offer an option of baby items in the house if families don’t want to haul all their kid stuff with them on vacation.

I loved this great presidents' plate that ends with George Bush Sr.  

And the perfect duck pitcher for $5!

You always need a few little brass bud vases - for the peonies & irises in the yard.

Some necessities

I can't resist a few beautiful things - got to have something for that china cabinet!

Wasn't it  nice of someone to donate a serving bowl monogrammed especially for the house??

I'm really looking forward to getting back to the house soon to start putting all the pieces together!