Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Today on "I Shop, So You Don't Have To"

Although I didn't find any used Gyno tables, today was a doozy at the thrift store! I thought I'd share some of the merchandise I found. How anyone was able to part with it is beyond me.



My iPhone pictures are blurry, but that might not be a bad thing.



For some reason there was an abundant supply of creepy dolls and figurines today. They may have all come from the same person.



Here's Piano Gal:



Not to be outdone by 4, new-in-box, Girl Crocodile Hunter animatronic dolls:





And this flirty, buxom wine jug:





Next to her creepy cohort Mr. Bear:




My fave was Bubble Baby:
Not to be confused with Bubble Boy:

And while I was sorely tempted to buy this hodgepodge of Coin Bank/Teddy Bear in a Cannon/Parrot/Pirate (????)
I was even more alarmed at its ridiculous $19.91 price tag than its assault on my good taste.



Speaking of tastelessness, check out this shoe that will NEVER grace the delicate foot of my 9 year old daughter:




So now you have seen the dark underbelly of my favorite thrift store. Gotta separate the chaff from the grain, baby.

Tomorrow I will share with you some of my ideas to look beyond the craptastic-ness to find something for you and your home.



But before I leave, I want to share with you why you will never see a unicorn roaming the earth:

Widespread Unicorn Asphyxiation.

6 comments:

  1. Brenda SusanJune 28, 2011 at 4:49 PM

    Haha! I am so very glad you did that shopping so I don't have to! Yikes! But that's the fun isn't it? Like a treasure hunt!

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  2. AnonymousJune 28, 2011 at 5:20 PM

    I know where you were! I was there too today and saw those strange Crocodile Hunter's Wife dolls. They were strange, and why were there 4?! Got to love that store (and I do)!

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  3. UnknownJune 29, 2011 at 5:29 AM

    I kinda like the wine jug. Jug--snort, snort. Sorry, couldn't resist. I'll bet the bank is old and thus the high price tag. And someone probably thought those Crocodile Hunter dolls would be collector items one day and they'd make a fortune!

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  4. K A B L O O E YJune 29, 2011 at 8:08 PM

    These look like something out of a scary Twilight Zone. Nightmares, I'm gonna have nightmares! Good think many are encased in plastic. I remember The Boy in the Plastic Bubble, but have even fonder memories of the bubble boy episode of Seinfeld. Moops.

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  5. for a different kind of girlJune 30, 2011 at 2:58 PM

    I don't remember posing for that buxom wine jug, but I think I look hauntingly like it! I must have been strung out on the wine when the very talented artist captured that likeness! :)

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  6. AlexandraSeptember 9, 2011 at 8:31 AM

    I have always loved posts with pictures of trips to antique shops.

    SO interesting to me.

    The finds, what's out there, that someone once bought it : NEW.

    I love it.

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