Thrifty Thursday: My Fun Finds!

 

The last few weeks, I’ve devoted my Thursday posts to revisiting some of our early birthday trips. It’s been fun to meander down memory lane, look at some of the fun places we’ve been and relive some of the funny stories that found us along the way.

                Today, though, I cannot wait to show you some of my recent thrifty finds!

                Our church had a fundraiser rummage sale last weekend, and I had fun shopping. (And I felt I was thoughtful about my purchases.)

                Favorite Find: Would you believe my favorite find was also the FIRST thing I encountered? I recently started learning about rebounding, and since I’d never heard of it, I’m guessing maybe some of you haven’t either. Rebounders are mini-trampolines and there are entire exercise routines built around these low-impact rebounders. I had a rebounder on my wish list, but it was a bit of an investment piece, so I hadn’t purchased it yet.

                IMAGINE, if you will, my sheer delight when I walked into the sale room and…there sat a rebounder! With a handlebar and resistance bands. What???

                It came home with me immediately. I’ve been watching YouTube videos and learning to incorporate this into my days! I’ll tell you more about it when I feel a bit more experienced. But this was the absolute find of the day.

                From my thrifting Bingo card: This stock pot.

Ryan and I used to own an enormous stock pot that took a ton of space in our cabinets. We rarely used it, so in one of our moving sales along the way, we sold it. We never missed it until recently, when we started making big batches of soup for company or church events. We have to make them in shifts because we don’t have a big enough pot.

                We’ve been watching for a stock pot at thrift stores but we hadn’t had any luck. This one isn’t stainless steel, which is our ultimate goal, but it is a nice (new, actually) pot that will work just fine. Win!

                Unexpected treasure: This little set of cheese knives. 

                (The set only included four, but I had been gifted the extra one last Christmas and it matched the set!) Since Ryan and I do more entertaining than we used to, these will be put to good use!

                Impulse buy: This small crossbody purse. 

                I have a giant Mary Poppins bag that I carry everywhere and love. I will continue to carry it! But sometimes if we’re doing somewhere that requires being out and about all day, I really don’t want to lug around a giant bag. This will give me a spot for my phone, wallet, lipstick, etc. and won’t take up much space!

                Thoughtful purchase: This little set of spice jars that I didn’t pick up immediately. 

                I loved them but wasn’t sure they were a good choice. I circled the room a few times and finally decided to take them.

                We have spice jars we bought from IKEA back when we lived in Kokomo. I really like them, but in our current home, we have to keep them in a drawer, rather than displaying them on wall shelves. (We don’t have enough wall space for that.) We could really use that drawer space for other things, and some of the jars are starting to show some wear and tear.

                This set sits in a holder that fits perfectly on the tiny bit of counter beside our stove. I do think I will order some labels from Etsy to cover the permanent labels on the jar, since we don’t use all the exact spices in this set and we use others they don’t reflect.

                I was so pleased with these treasures. What a great start to garage sale season 2026!