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By: Apartment 2024 » Blog Archive » Fork You: PA Wine Trail

Apartment 2024 » Blog Archive » Fork You: PA Wine Trail — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:38:06 +0000

[...] looking for an easy weekend getaway. And you never know, you might find a giant stash of second-hand jars (as we all know, that never fails to make my [...]

By: Julie

Julie — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 16:01:49 +0000

I love thriftstores for jars! Great, now I’m itching to go and add to the boxes already in my basement…

By: Marisa

Marisa — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 05:03:42 +0000

I have not been to New World Thrift in Abington, but I’m always excited to learn of a new local thrift store. I will definitely have to check it out!

By: Doris the Goat

Doris the Goat — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 02:11:17 +0000

Wow! I’ve heard of/seen clothes organized by color, but OBJECTS? That’s a whole new epistemological category. Have you been to the amazing New World Thrift in Abington?

By: Julia

Julia — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:57:30 +0000

Score!

By: Marisa

Marisa — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:03:09 +0000

Margo, I actually have a theory as to why thrift stores in new areas always seem so good. The reason is that we thrifters all have specific little things that we’re looking for when we walk into a new store. No two people shop exactly alike, and so often, you’ll find a whole cache of your favorite little items upon the first visit, because no one else is shopping just like you. I’ve come to believe that the first visit to a thrift store is always going to be the very best one visit because of this.

By: margo

margo — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:56:53 +0000

my Goodwills arrange by color too! And I LOVE it. Fascinating to hear that it’s a marketing trick.

Baling wire jars – I didn’t know that’s what they were called. I love them and have some and now I know their name.

I adore going to thrift stores in a new area – they always seem better and I wonder why. . .

By: Food in Jars » Dark Days: Roasted Potatoes, Local Greens and a Cast Iron Frittata

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:47:31 +0000

[...] within an hour of getting home (and most of that wasn’t active time, I destickered and washed all those jars I bought over the weekend while the potatoes roasted and the top of the frittata set up in the [...]

By: Marisa

Marisa — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 02:42:57 +0000

I never knew that arranging things by color was a sales trick, but I fully embrace it, as it’s such a fun way to shop.

Jen, sadly, that Goodwill is in Reading, about an hour outside of Philly. I went to two different Goodwills in the Reading area over the weekend, and they were both pretty great.

By: Cara

Cara — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 02:18:42 +0000

I do love a good thrift shop browse – it’s shopping with a social conscience. There aren’t many things as satisfying as finding a good deal on a treasure.