Goodwill, Badwill, Questionable-will
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I’m totally guilty of buying those damn Dutch clogs! I did put them to use and did gardening in them. But there’s a reason we don’t wear wooden shoes anymore–galoshes are more comfortable!
I’ve always been meaning to check out my local Goodwills on a regular basis.
I’m still fighting my old impulse-buying ways, so it can always be a little dangerous!
I love Goodwill, but am still learning not to buy things I like just because they’re cheap. LOL
From my summer as a foreign exchange student in Limberg province of Belgium, I discovered that farmers actually still do wear wooden shoes. And blue smocks and red kerchiefs and caps, and own Belgian draft horses.
My host family bought me a pair. The ones you wear are unvarnished, because you clean them with sandpaper. And you use woodworking tools to adjust them to your own feet. I still have my pair in a storage bin in the basement.
I think a pair of real wooden shoes crafted to fit one’s feet would be far more comfortable than those old wooden-soled Dr. Scholl’s sandals everybody wore for a while in the 1970s. So loud! So painful!
I’m not thrifting this week because I usually buy clothes or housewares to use, and we’re well-stocked on both. Since taking a desk job six months ago, I’ve gained a few pounds and am doing the frugal thing and losing that weight instead of buying new slacks.
The liquor dispenser is modeled off of Mannequin Pis, a statue of a little boy that “pees” in Belgium- the original is a fountain.
Yes, but does he urinate beverages?
hahaha, i (still) have one of those. No idea where i got it but i have put it out before when i used to have parties. Was good for a laugh. Didn’t find out til years later what it was modeled from.
Don’t care for the liquor dispenser. Nor do I care for cow-shaped creamers where the cream comes out of the mouth, or chicken-shaped pitchers where the beverage comes out of the beak. I find even the suggestion of imbibing another creatures bodily fluids pretty revolting. And don’t even get me started on the candy dispensers where chocolate comes out of something’s butt! http://www.instructables.com/id/Pooping-Reindeer-Candy-Dispenser/
My son had a pig that pooped out candy. My husband gave it to him!! (Grounds for divorce??
) I can’t believe Earth’s precious natural resources are being used to produce this stuff. The people in the factory overseas must think Americans are nuts!!
Hilarious!
Katy, I love that pot! You always find such cute stuff! Do you have an eBay seller account people can follow?
I love the saucepan too. What a great find.
My latest GW forays have been so dull! I’m relieved to see that they aren’t all that way although the liquor dispenser was a bit too much for me. What I see lately are Partylite, partial sets of old dishes, none valuable, and bread makers by the half dozen at a time. Did everyone quit making bread?
I didn’t quit making bread. In fact, I wouldn’t mind an extra machine on hand but have yet to find one that meets my specifications. And I’ve never seen wooden shoes in a thrift store around here.
I still make bread. Four to six loaves a week. I use three machines at a time, all purchased used from thrift stores. They usually work great. When they do give out, after several years, it’s easy to replace them for about $12. The part that usually gives out first is where the paddle fits into the bottom of the bread pan. Which is very annoying because then you have a still working electrical unit and no pan to bake in. I love thrift stores. There are about 6 in close driving distance that I try to visit several times a month.
I can’t even imagine wearing wood shoes, how uncomfortable it must be! Always thought those were just decorative.
Katie,
That saucepan is a great find! It is Cathrineholm in the Lotus-series, by Norwegian designer Grethe Prytz-Kittelsen, and it looks to be in good condition, too. It should fetch a nice price on Ebay. A real collector’s item. You have a real eye for the good stuff.
I’m trying to stay out of the thrift stores these days — working more on uncluttering at this point. We moved into this (larger) house 5 years ago, and somehow have managed to fill every nook and cranny with stuff. OK, that might be a bit of an exaggeration (my daughter always complains that ‘our living room is so bare!’), but still, the closets and shelves just seem a lot more full than they did when we moved in. I’m trying to rectify that, so I’m staying away from the thrift stores.
Man, I have never once found catherineholm anything at a thrift store in ANY condition. They must have sold a lot of it in the PNW back in the day!