Thrift Love

My thrifty collection!

I would like to take a moment to rant about how much I love thrifting in Sacramento. (Do I spy a 100% SILK Banana Republic dress that I only paid $4 for? Yes, I do!)
I was cleaning out our spare bedroom today (which is actually just the room where I keep all of my crap) and couldn't help but notice all of the amazing thrift store treasures I have accumulated since moving to Sacramento.

 

Whoa, is that a Ralph Lauren 100% Lambswool sweater laying in front of a vintage Samsonite hardshell suitcase? Yes indeed. I've been living on a tight budget since moving out when I was just an 18 year old baby, and I have become a self-proclaimed thrifting master. 

These are some of my favorite places to thrift:

• Thrift Town on Stockton Blvd. This place is HUGE, and well-organized. They pretty much have everything you could ever ask for, and they get in new shipments all the time. Plus, they have frequent sales (a thift store having a sale?!?!!?) which means you're saving even more $$$.
• Goodwill  on Fulton & Hurley (Arden area). If you're looking for shoes, this place is a gold mine. I tend to find higher-quality clothing here, as well (the Banana Republic dress). 
• Eco Thrift on Fruitridge Rd. This store is also well-organized, and they sometimes have good-quality designer brands for a really good price. 
• SPCA Thrift Store- clean, organized, and you can't help but love the fact that proceeds go to the SPCA. You can usually find some pretty neat vintage stuff here too, which I love.

What I love about Sacramento thrift stores is that they are actually cheap. I once went to San Francisco with the intention of thrifting and almost everything was out of my budget! 
Where are your favorite places to thrift? What is your all-time favorite thrift store find? I'd like to know!

What's so funny?

I abandoned an old blog of mine about the kids I used to work with, but the other day I stumbled across it and, since it made me laugh out loud a few times, I thought that I would share: http://lolateverything.wordpress.com/ I even updated it with a few stories.

Life has been a busy blur. One of the kids I work with is advancing in his therapy, which means my hours are being cut a bit- it's amazing and wonderful that he is doing so well with his program, but less hours means less money in the bank for me. I have a trip to Hawaii coming up next month and it's a little stressful trying to budget everything out. That, plus two weddings/ bachelorette parties in the mix are making me pinch every penny.

Wooh Lake Tahoe!

Never fear, there are still cheap ways to have fun. When I graduated from college in December, my grandma bought me a sailing trip in Lake Tahoe, which I was able to redeem this weekend. It was awesome- this was the second time I have ever been sailing (the first was sailing to the Golden Gate bridge in San Francisco) and I brought my boyfriend along with me. The view was amazing, the weather couldn't have been better, and it was fun pretending that we weren't broke post-grads for a day.

One of my personal "keys to happiness" is to just do something out of the ordinary every once in a while. Break your daily routine. Sometimes I even take a different route to work just to do something different

Small changes like this can really add up.

What do you do to put that little extra spark in your daily routine?