Thrift Stores, Not Just Your Grandpa’s Clothes.

I visited thrift stores a lot this summer.  Not because I’m super thrifty, but because they always have items that I had no idea that I needed.  A thrift store is basically a yard sale on a giant scale with constantly rotating merchandise.  Here is some of the gold that I found on my last trip.

• The Club.  Not just any version of the Club.  The Club for trucks.  For just six dollars, you can secure your truck like it’s 1992.  Serious car thieves figured out how to beat this thing a long time ago.  But if it will make you feel better, go ahead and slap it on the steering wheel of your 2004 Ford pickup.  Scare away casual car thieves and save a buck while doing it.
• A used bowling ball.   Not funny.  Actually a pretty good deal.  In fact, I hope it’s still there.  I might go pick it up.  It’s time to complete my bucket list goal of bowling a 200 game.
• Used magazines.  Nothing makes me feel better than getting a terrific deal on a two month old issue of Martha Stewart Living.  I’m gonna be upset if the article about creating a perfect late summer centerpiece for my table has been clipped out.
• Second hand boxer shorts.  No.  I don’t think I’m bold enough to buy used underwear.  I’d rather go commando under the used pair of Levi’s that I just picked up.
• A copy of the Emancipation Proclamation.
• Black Dog, starring Patrick Swayze and Meatloaf, on VHS.  Wait, don’t tell me you’ve never seen Black Dog.  It’s your classic ex-con trucker fights gun runners to save his family movie.  Go ahead and throw it in your cart.  It’s only a buck.
• Used VCR’s.  So you say you have nothing to watch your copy of Black Dog on.  Don’t worry.  There are plenty of VCRs to choose from.  It seems like no one in the world actually throws away a VCR.
• Leopard print shoes and matching handbag.  Perfect for all you cougars out there.
  

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• Golf clubs.  I have avoided being frustrated by the game of golf by simply not attempting it.  I stick to golf’s more enjoyable aspects.  1. Going to the driving range and trying to hit the guy driving the ball collector.  2.  Mini golf.  If I ever do want to pick up golf though, I know where to get my clubs.
• Finally.  My favorite item from the trip.  A five disc set of evil animal movies.  One of them even has Leslie Nielsen in it.  If the killing of Cecil the lion has really been bothering you, for six dollars you can pick up this “EVIL ANIMAL TRIPLE FEATURE” and in no time you’ll be writing a thank you letter to that Minnesota dentist.  The box says that there are five discs but only three movies.  That means there are probably hours of special features for you to dig into.  Who doesn’t have time to watch The Making of Devil Dog, Hound of Hell?

See, lot’s of stuff that you won’t find at Target.  So get comfy in your second hand boxers, hook up your VCR, and pop in Black Dog.  Enjoy the evening and take pride in the fact that it only cost you $7.50.