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Old 08-09-2011, 08:42 AM   #27
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I am a huge proponent of buying "gently used" rather than "shiny new" in any case where the item is just as good and generally at least half the price.

The tri-county Trading Post used to be my fav bathroom read. Sigh, I miss the trading post. Now, I listen to our local "swap shop", scour Craigslist and Ebay in addition to the girl and I doing frequent trips to thrift stores and Re-Stores for home materials. There is no Clearance Items cart safe from our pilfering.

Stores like mentioned Ross/ TJMaxx/ Marshalls are all great places to hit when hunting down something specifically "new". Love em, but I really have to be in a mood to shop to go into big stores. I tend to get real grumpy when folks rifle through crap and leave it out of order ( sizes, etc). Thank god for the non-clothing areas of these stores. They give me something to stare at while my lady love patiently fingers through rack after rack. I don't know how she do it! I get several new greys every time I see the racks all amuss.
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