It's that blessed time of year - the time where I get a week off and can go to the Salvo on a Wednesday! I didn't do as well as I had hoped, but any Salvoing is better than no Salvoing at all. I had an early post-Lasik appointment across the street, so I was sitting outside the Henrietta Salvo at exactly 8:55, waiting for them to open their doors.
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| Take Out, $2 |
I tried on 7, count them, SEVEN dresses and didn't like any of them. This is extremely heartbreaking to me. I was about to walk out with just a pair of shoes (below) when I saw this hanging on the reshop rack. It's no dress, but cute nonetheless.
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| Mia, $2.50 |
I headed to the Greece Salvo next. My favorite part of this trip was that while browsing through some shirts, I heard this sentence in the next row over: "This is like that ugly-sweater style... only without the ugly." It made me giggle and I posted the quote immediately on Facebook. I continued on, only to discover that the people in the next row were Amanda and Gretchen Roesch and I had just posted the words of someone I knew. It's going to be one of my favorite Salvo stories for some time. Anyway, here's what I found:
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| Ya Los Angeles, $5 |
I can completely, utterly, 100% guarantee that my husband will HATE this shirt. I can also predict with about 90% certainty that this will be in one of the next rounds of Ann-me-downs and it will be greeted with a good deal of mocking. I don't care, I'm going to wear it with a black pencil skirt and boots and enjoy it at least once or twice. It's fun and crazy and too bad for my husband.
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| Lux, $2 |
Those rainbow stripes are sparkly. YES.
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| Gap, $2.50 |
This sweater-ish shirt is light and green, which makes it tolerable, considering it's a sweater.
The two items that made this trip feel like a success instead of a mild disappointment were not clothing items. The night before I had done two things while sitting on my couch. One, I had spent considerable time googling bread slicers. I have been baking my own gluten-free bread and it turns out I stink at cutting even slices. I hadn't found any with more than mediocre reviews and the cheapest ones were $20 before shipping, which seemed steep for something half the reviewers didn't like. I resolved to look at the thrift stores - something which never turns out well for me - and this seems to have been the exception that proves the rule. Behold!
It even folds down - something that $20 model didn't do, and I don't think even the $50 model did. And it cost me a whole whopping dollar. BAM!
Two, I was about to start a new knitting pattern and realized that I could only find one of the two required size 3 knitting needles. I didn't even think about looking for them, but as I was standing in the line behind the Roesches, I saw needles in the miscellaneous basket on the counter. Guess what size? It was a Christmas miracle!
So no dresses, which always is a disappointment to me, but still a good day, all things considered. I have a Wednesday off in February, so I'll see you all then! Happy New Year!
