some pitfalls of the thrift store shopper

You know you are buying mindlessly if you:

• Buy on a whim.
• Buy to impress others.
• Buy because you feel you deserve it.
• Buy when you can’t afford it.
• Buy just to update something that still works or looks fine.
• Buy because someone else has it and you want it too.
• Buy because the advertisement seduced you.
• Buy because you are bored.
• It’s purchased because buying soothes you.

This is only a small part of an article about simplicity that I found here.   Lover of thrift store shopping that I am, I frequently find myself "camped" on the fine line that separates buying mindlessly from buying wisely!  Buying on a whim and buying because I'm bored (above) are particularly traps for me.  I could add, "buying because the price is too good to pass up". 

I showed SOME restraint last week when I purchased the book and pot above!  There were tons of "wonderful stuff" at the barn sale I passed on the way home from the lake but for $1.25, this is what I brought through my front door.