I am thrifty
but not cheap.
As I write
this, I am sitting on the couch in our apartment. The couch we found at the ReStore.
The couch we bought from the ReStore for twenty five dollars. Yeah, hella
awesome. Sure, you say, we could have gotten a couch off of craigslist for
free. (We tried that. See my post about
Adventure.) But going to the ReStore ensured that we didn’t get a couch
with a wombat living inside or show up at the house of some creeper
wearing leotard. Instead we got to go to
a store that promotes recycling, social action…and they clean and fumigate the
couches, so I knew it was a good one.
Just so we’re
clear as to why I’m proud of this, the
ReStore was my idea.
I am thrifty.
I’m good at finding good things at cheap prices. My dad wanted a CD/DVD set on
the internet that was selling for a disgustingly high price. I phoned in a
favor and got it for thirty five dollars. Most of the furniture in our
apartment is stolen from my parents’ house. So is all our silverware.
So yeah, I know a thing or two about being a
starving artist. I know where I can find things for cheap or free without
having to abuse the internet. I won’t sacrifice quality for cost; what good is
finding it cheap if it’s a piece of shit? Call it Goodwill Hunting, call it
what you like, but I am one thrifty girl.
Challenge to
my Readers:
Considering
moving? Need new furniture? Check out Habitat for Humanity’s ReStore instead of
going to a warehouse. Find something that someone else has loved that you will
love too.
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