Has this ever happened to you?

You’re out thrifting, or shopping at your favourite consignment store and you decide to try on a fab coat or blazer.

You casually stick your hands into the pockets and discover…

SURPRISE!

a bundled up wad of well used dusty old kleenex that look like it has been there since before you were born.

Oh the joy of discovery while thrifting!

Unhappy Thrifting Discoveries

I had a surprise like this recently when I stuck my hands into a wonderful long satin Ralph Lauren robe to discover some furry grey/green pills. I am assuming the fur fungus grew over time because they were partially ingested and then spit out.  I’ve done that before. I’ve been so sick and taken some meds thinking they would help relieve my fogged-mush-brain only to suddenly realize that I had just taken two extra strength flu pills five minutes before.  Not wanting to break my liver I’d quickly spit the pills back out into the palm of my hand.  Confused, I pondered what to do with them next. They were expensive, I didn’t want to throw them out.  (Yes I’m cheap pragmatic like that.)  I couldn’t pop them back in the pill bottle, they’d stick to all the other pills. Instead, I shrugged and popped them into my robe pocket where I knew would surely remember to take them exactly fours later.

Well, that was the idea anyhow.

What else have I found while thrifting?

I’ve discovered old business cards, gum wrappers, bus tickets and elastic hair bands.

I have not discovered cash or a winning lottery ticket. {sad face}

Funny how people are careful about cleaning out the cash but totally willing to leave garbage behind, happy with the thought that they are passing a little bit of themselves along as a secret personal gift for the new owner.

I didn’t discover anything in this velvet blazer which was thrifted as the pockets were still sewn shut. Sometimes you’ve got to be thankful for the small things in life.  I must admit I always find it interesting when people don’t open the stitching for their pockets or the back vent of a blazer. Some people actually wear the blazer with the big “X” stitched on their bums.

What is the strangest thing you’ve discovered while thrifting?

I’ve got another funny story about personal space and a crushed orange velvet blazer here if you’re interested.

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