Christmas merchandise at Monroe Thrift Shop
This post is for my readers in and near Monroe, Mich.:
The Monroe Thrift Shop, 119 S. Monroe St., Monroe, Mich., is promoting its Christmas merchandise with items such as Christmas decorations, holiday clothing for women, infants and children, toys and housewares.
The shop also currently has a large selection of men’s clothing, shoes for the family, linens and reading material.
The shop is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays, except for Tuesdays when the shop closes at 1 p.m.
The Monroe Thrift Shop Association is a volunteer group, with all store proceeds going back to the community through charitable donations.
If you are shopping second hand, I have a sidebar listing the contact information and hours for this and other thrift shops in the Monroe, Mich., area.
Posted: November 13th, 2009 under Clothing, Holidays.
Comments: 5
Comments
Comment from Carol M
Time: November 14, 2009, 4:27 pm
Paula, I so agree that the thrifts can be a real solution to anyone watching their pennies. Today, I was at my local Goodwill, where I got the following:
-Hamilton Beech 4 qt crockpot $5
-a hardcover cookie cookbook $2
-a pair of like new boys Wrangler corduroy pants $6.99
-a pair of like new boys Gap jeans $3.99
-a small, clear glass votive holder 50 cents
I am very happy with my purchases. The pants are for Xmas, too.
Comment from Paula Wethington
Time: November 14, 2009, 7:30 pm
Yay for Carol! I haven’t had the chance to investigate the thrift shop inventory first-hand like I did when Halloween shopping season began.
But if you do plan to buy anything for Christmas at the second-hand stores, the time to do so is now. You can shop for Christmas items now, even if you wait until after Thanksgiving or the first Sunday of Advent to decorate or hold a get-together. Holiday merchandise is first-come, first-served.
Comment from Carol M
Time: November 14, 2009, 9:33 pm
Paula, like many in this country, I suspect, we are having a small Christmas. A fresh tree, already owned decorations, a nice baked ham dinner (already got a great deal on a ham and froze it). 2 boxes of $20 ea cards were purchased at the discount store for 99 cents ea(still really nice Amer Greetings foil cards), I’ll get some festive holiday postage stamps and mail photos of the kids to extended family far away. We exchange gifts amongst the 6 of us, and send gifts to my parents. That’s it this year. DD will offer home baked Xmas sugar cookies to her friends, luckily my boys don’t exchange with anyone. Finally aged out of giviing teacher gifts (forbidden by school policy at the upper schools) and I h ave some bought on clearance jar candles for CCD teachers. Gifts otherwise for our immediate family will be practical needs for the most part (2 “new to us” pairs of pants for 2 kids bought so far), some “treat” items for the teens like GC to Dunkin Donuts for when they are out with friends.
DH’s hours were cut, we have high medical bills, working on long needed home repairs that can’t wait any longer. Expenses only keep going up. Cutting corners whereever I can. One good benefit of shoppign the thrifts is that proceeds go to community based social service programs. : )
Comment from Paula Wethington
Time: November 14, 2009, 9:39 pm
Carol – your Christmas list looks a lot like mine.
Comment from Forest @ Frugal Living
Time: December 11, 2009, 3:15 pm
I have been trying to tell everyone they should be visiting thrift stores for their Christmas needs…. So much stuff gets only used once and consumerism is going nuts.
Anyway the thrift charities could do with a hand too.
Thanks for the info.
Forest.
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