April Coker, Author

Tag: Goodwill

  • Three Crazy Thrifters

    Our local Goodwill store is our go-to place for thrifting and junking these days.   Sometimes we crash their store–my mother, my two sisters, my niece, my daughter, and me.  This trip it was just baby sister, daughter, and me. But I’m afraid they may have mixed feelings about us being there. Left to right:  My…

  • Thrifty Thursday: The very definition of the word

    Lots of blogs and magazines these days talk about thriftiness and all its benefits.  Thrift stores abound, especially in big cities as people who choose shopping as recreation purge their homes of extra stuff and out-of-date decor.  But what exactly is thriftiness?  While thinking about how I was brought up by parents who each grew…

  • THRIFTY HUNTER THURSDAY: No more hunting!

    No more hunting for wedding stuff, that is!  Ha!  Had you going, didn’t I?  Actually, hubby and I did sit in our deer blind for four hours this morning but got nothing but a sore back and lack of sleep.  Those deer just are not cooperating so far this year! But no matter.  That gives…

  • AT HOME MONDAY: It figures. . .

    . . .that I would come down with a cold the week before Natalie’s wedding.  What’s worse is that she has one as well.  She had hers first so I guess I caught it from her.  I would feel even more awful if I had given mine to her!  So she and I have been…

  • AT HOME MONDAY: Oh, the joy of thriftin’. . .

    It’s “At Home Monday” but I did not stay home today.  Mom invited me to lunch with my aunt and cousin, so we met and had a very nice alfresco meal at a Mexican restaurant near their workplace. My aunt and cousin had to return to work, so Mom and I made the best of…