I didn’t do much thrifting in October. Just on my trip to Maine which I shared last month. I made up for it in November though!

Above is my first haul for the month. I got to go with my married daughter to the Provo DI, which we haven’t been to in awhile together. We were also with my mom who offered to pay for my haul since it was my birthday. A birthday thrifting spree! I was thrilled to find a brand-new candle still in the wrapper, with a Pyrex dish to hold it. The teal blue frame now holds a photo of my missionary son. I was super excited to find the Venn board game, I had actually checked it out from the library. It’s a great logic game that teaches how Venn diagrams work. It involves word association. I love these types of games! Then the Metagame, which is 4 games in one. I might give that one away as a Christmas gift to a family member.

Here’s more of what I found, above and below. Ok if you are any of my children please stop reading. Some of these photos show Christmas gifts for you. I don’t want you to have your surprises ruined!

I love the lime green trench coat. It’s XXL so it will fit on me when I have on a bulky sweater underneath. Plus a Mickey Mouse T-shirt to put in my 16 yo’s stocking, and navy top with stars to wear next Independence Day! The yellow cardigan looks so pretty but I took it back for an exchange. It was 100% polyester and felt yucky on my bare arms when I finally tried it on at home. I just love the tablecloth with the harvest theme. I went looking with the intention of finding a Thanksgiving tablecloth and I found one!

Then I went back a week later and found the following, below. I had just dropped my son off for his percussion sectional class and felt this inkling of a magnetic pull to go to the Provo DI, even though that wasn’t my original plan for the morning.

A Hanna Andersson sweater for my oldest grandchild! Only $4! I texted my daughter (his mom) right away about it. I’ve been wanting to find something Hanna Andersson at DI ever since she said she found Hanna Andersson PJs there last year, which created downright thrift envy in me. So now I can say I’ve had a Magical Hanna Andersson Thrifting Moment (MAHTM), lol. She said she wanted it for his December 1st box, and that she had been wanting to find a sweater for him. So this was a major score, and the reason, I suppose, why I was pulled towards the store on that particular morning. (A December 1st box must be a Millennial Mom thing. We had no such things when I was a young mom. So much for her being a minimalist!) Then a sparkly Christmas sweater for me to wear with my poinsettia shirt I got in Maine when thrifting in October, an adorable chunky ivory sweater that looks handmade (there was no tag inside), which looks so hygge, a fun floral top, a new candle to give to my mom for her birthday to go in a gift basket with NWT gray sweater I found in Maine last October when I went thrifting with my sister, a NWT Disney shirt for me to be a pajama top, and two books! The American patriot book is also for my mom, for either her birthday or Christmas, and the DK New England book is for me! I just love DK books and I love New England so I’m super excited about reading that book. It’s something to look forward to reading in January since I don’t have time for it in December!

Then on Black Friday I got the stuff above, at the Orem Savers, and the stuff below, at the American Fork DI. The two books for boys and the Duplo people and the little house front will go in a Christmas gift basket for my two oldest grandsons, along with the Marvel book below. I’m making them a boy’s adventure-themed basket. A Pioneer Woman toaster for only $5 to add to my Pioneer Woman kitchen! I got the Disney songbook for my guitar-playing son. I had that same book in my family home growing up, and I’m not sure where it went. I’ve looked for it here at my home and can’t find it, but it may be buried in my voluminous piano sheet music collection. Maybe it’s at a sister’s home? In any case, for $2 I definitely got it, whether it’s for me or for my son! It’s out of print and has songs from shows that he grew up with like Disney’s Johnny Appleseed and Disney’s Robin Hood. I now have a Disney piano songbook similar to it that my parents gave to me for Christmas when I was a young mom as a nod to the book we had in our family home, but the newer one doesn’t have those oldies songs. So this was a major find! I got the Mayflower book for my mom for her birthday since she and my dad each have at least one Mayflower ancestor. Also the mug. The fertility book will go to my married daughter since she has asked me about natural family planning. I read that book when I was a young mom and found it to be an invaluable resource. I’m giving the poetry book to my dad for Christmas since he has really gotten into poetry in his old age. The quote game will be for my dad as well, and the the Orson Scott Card books are for two of my children’s stockings. The Anne of Green Gables graphic novel is for my married daughter’s stocking. My sister Emily has been raving about this version of the story for years. Then the two C.S. Lewis books are for my son-in-law’s stocking. (We have huge stockings.) The Mom Trivia card deck will go in my stocking. It matches the Dad Trivia card deck for my husband’s stocking that I found at a DI a few months ago! The Wizard Always Wins will go to my married daughter and son-in-law with two other games, since last year at Christmas time she said she wanted to play more board games more often. The white book on the left is a Terryl and Fiona Givens book that I got for a friend, along with the John Grisham book. I put those in a gift basket I blogged about here.

The CM scrapbook pages were only $1 a set for two sets. I do need more of those to finish the scrapbooks I started decades ago. (Gulp, is anyone else severely in a scrapbook delayed condition like I am? I’ve gone digital for some but also feel a pull to finish the old school versions.) Then a little photo album (for my old school hard copy photos that need preserving some way), a pretty silver frame that says “Sisters” to frame a photo of my sisters and me, and more books for family members. Plus some black pants! It was a very good day at two thrift stores! So many great treasures to give to many loved ones, and a few things for myself, for around $60 total!