channeling sugarmouth...

ok - for those of you who all know and love our brigita - you know she is the ultimate bargain finder. she can tear through a thrift shop or a yard sale like nobody's business and always seems to find *the* perfect item. and if it is not perfect, she just turns around and sells it on ebay for a profit (making it a great find by default). yes - one man's trash is brigita's treasure.

being a fellow new englander (i.e. frugal), i understand the thrill of getting a great deal. you feel like you're beating the system. admit it - bragging about how little you paid for something is the best - it means you're not a sucker. but even though i have had my moments of incredible finds (i still get compliments on a $12 purse i got at filene's basement 10 years ago), i feel like a fish out of water in the thrift stores. i never seem to find anything worthwhile, and so i've always been jealous of b's skill (or is it luck?).

but today b was unknowingly sending me some of her good karma. after striking out at a local consignment store this morning, i headed over to our habitat for humanity home store. as i went from room to room pushing baby j and little miss k in the shopping carriage, i started to get more and more discouraged. and then...

i hit the last section...

and...

struck uber-gold!

i found *the* perfect table and chair set for our basement. it was exactly what i was looking for - a small wood kitchen table with folding sides, relatively comfortable chairs, and cheap. i've been looking for such a table set for arts and crafts and in its' previous life it had obviously been used this way with its' colorful paint splatterings, glitter glue globs, and panda sticker on one of the seats. i was giddy within an instant of my find (actually i think i am still on a bit of a high). best of all, the money goes to habitat for humanity - an organization near and dear to my heart. shout out to b for my good fortune today!