Last Thursday was a good day. Whenever we get a midweek day off together (which isn’t very often) we almost always spend it thrifting. On Thursday we visited a bunch of our favourite op-shops, before stopping at El Gordo for coffee and cake. We hadn’t been there before and it was gorgeous! We both had lattes, I had a feijoa cupcake and Reubs had a piece of hedgehog slice. It was all really delicious.
After our coffee break we stopped by the local tip shop for a rummage. We hadn’t been there before either, but it is sure to become a favourite spot of ours now. It was full of all sorts of interesting treasures and would be a particularly great place to visit if you were renovating a house. There were lots of lovely old sinks and doors and things. We ended up coming home with a few odds and ends, including this beautiful sewing machine!
We’ve been searching high and low for an old record player for months now but still haven’t had any luck. We thought we’d finally struck gold at the tip shop because they had a couple, but unfortunately the people at the shop had cut the power cords off. Apparently they do this because it’s difficult to test the electrics in them but they can’t sell them with cords if they haven’t been tested for safety. It’s a teensy bit frustrating! We never see record players in op-shops, so I’m begnining to think the only way we are going to find one (that’s isn’t ridiculously expensive) is at a garage sale. We might just have to start getting up early on Saturdays!
Have you had any fun thrifty adventures lately? Found any wonderful treasures?
