I'm a Saver

I don't usually blog about good deals, but I'm a thrift store shopper and I just have to say that I LOVE the Savers in Ft. Collins, and if any of you are in the area and for some strange reason haven't gone there for all your thrifty needs, it's great. Here's what I like about it:

• First and foremost: There's a lot of stuff. I hate it when you go to a thrift store and comb the entire store over to find that one skirt that worked for your daughter or one pair of shoes that you ended up paying $10 for instead of the $3 or $4 you were hoping for. I walked in and the first four or five items I saw were in the cart, and the rest was just deciding what I could reasonably fit in the cart (okay, a little exaggeration there, but you get the idea...).
• They have $.99 days instead of 1/2 off days. The ARC does 1/2 off days, which can be nice at times. I like 1/2 off days, but a lot of times I find something there I just love, but still have to pay $4 or $5 for because that particular colored tag on that day was originally double that. Here you pay a buck, no matter how much it was to begin with. I personally think that's a better deal...(DUH!).
  
• The selection there is amazing. They are nice, cared for items. Sure, anyone can buy a faded hideous tee-shirt that's been worn by eleven people before it made it's way to the thrift store, but I would much rather buy a shirt for a buck that STILL HAS THE ORIGINAL TAG ON IT. Saw a lot of those....
• Last but not least, it wasn't swarming with people. I've been to the ARC in Greeley or Savers in Boulder and you have to skip isle after isle because there just isn't room to fit another person filtering through a bazillion shirts in the tiny lanes they have there. Although the Saver's in Ft. Collin's isn't huge, I was able to paruse the toddler girl's section for a good 15 minutes without another soul even peeking around the corner. Not to mention that, but they also placed the toy section ideally in a clearly visible spot from the children's clothing section, so I could let Chloe wander to the end of the isle and poke around without fearing I'd never find her again.
  

So: I purchased 13 items of CUTE clothing for my daughter, who's last year summer wardrobe is rapidly shrinking as her legs are beginning to grow like a beanstock and her tummy pokes out of most of her shirts because her torso is also lengthening, one cute pair of Sunday shoes for Mommy that I couldn't pass up, one electronic game of Battleship that Chloe couldn't put down, but has no idea how to play, and five books for $36. Oh that's the other thing, they're children's book section is ENORMOUS (well, bigger than the one shelf I've been to at the ARC in Greeley) and all books are $.69 a piece! I let Chloe pick out five of them, but I really want to go back and paruse them some more, and they were all in good condition, no crayoned or markered on, no frayed corners of the hard backs, and no ripped covers or pages. Amazing.

Just had to share that with you all. The clothes are in the dryer right now, but I may post some pictures of them on here just so you can see the selection later. Happy thrifting to you other thrifters out there. You know who you are.