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SPCA Thrift Find

Thrift Find: Puma Del Mundu LS Womens Shoes: $5

December 29, 2009

Puma Del Mundu LS in black with hot pink strip, retails for $78 on Zappos. Cool & stylish! Discontinued, like soccer cleats but designed for street use. Maybe worn a couple times. Got it at the Yolo County SPCA Thrift Store for *drum roll* $5. Buying shoes are thrift store is kinda hit or miss [...]

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Locals: SPCA adoption fee wavied/reduced through 12/30, Santa Apparence

December 15, 2009

The Sacramento SPCA is doing a Home for the Holidays campaign, where adoption fees on dogs, kittens and small animals have been reduced by half, and the adoption fee for cats one year-of-age and older will be waived through December 30. Rabbits are spayed or neutered before going home, and all cat and dog adoptions [...]

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Thrift Find: Santa Fe Diesel Model Train Set for $5

December 1, 2009

Lucky day – got a Life-Like brand Santa Fe Diesel model train set at the SPCA thrift for of course a bargain price – $5, include locomotives, box cars, power pack, buildings and more. A similar set without the buildings is $60 new. This set looks barely used. It’s a leap of faith to get [...]

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Thrift Find: Pottery Barn Kids Anywhere Chair for $3.50

November 15, 2009

The PBK Anywhere Chair sells for around $150 with slip cover. When I saw this outside the SPCA thrift I know that’s the chair since I’ve been looking for in on craigslist. A good wash later and it’s good to go! This is the oversized version. The other day I saw the popular egg-shaped IKEA [...]

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Monthly Thrift Find – October 09

October 26, 2009

A French Connection shirt; a Baggallini sling; from boutiques? No, they’re all from the little SPCA Thrift store in town, and none of the above are more than $6 a piece. I’ll be doing regular posts on great finds from the store, so stay tuned! The store gets all of its stuff from donations – [...]

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