Bargains!

If you have one in your community, be sure to check out the Habitat for Humanity Restore. Went to check out the one here today. Awesome place, with most everything needed to build a house available. Most is used but serviceable, while some items are new but very reasonably priced. Windows (with frames) from $5. Lots of sinks at prices that are a steal. Lighting fixtures. Ceiling fans for $10 with 4 light fixtures on them. (I'll be back for a couple of those!) I think ones with one light were as low as $5. They had some appliances, as well. Unfortunately, no washers in stock at the moment. I'll check back. Bummer, no water heaters. They have cabinets of all kinds, some as low as $5 and up from there. 

Of course, the down side is that much of the stuff doesn't match. That's to be expected, since all the items are donated from varying sources. Though they did have entire lots of some items which were donated by commercial donors, so it's worth looking. Besides, if you're looking for one of something, it doesn't matter if it matches. 

They had one fairly beaten up shelf unit which was marked for free. I picked that up to use for another raised garden bed. That seems like a useful thing I stumbled into. Sizes don't completely match up but that's okay. I can make the outside look consistent by nailing some cut down fence slats and painting them. In the unlikely event I run out of fence slats, I can pick up wooden pallets from various free sources, always available, for the same use and they'll have a similar enough look to them.

I also picked up a garage door spring (new) which supports 130 lbs. When I build my daughter's new swing set, I can build some kind of bouncer on it. Just have to put a vinyl sleeve around the spring to avoid nasty pinches. 

Then went across the street to Walmart to get medicine for my RLS. Wandered into the garden section. Turns out they now have a section of seeds for $0.20! Not a huge selection but decent. They had varieties of peas and cucumbers which I didn't have, so I picked some up. Got numerous packets of flower seeds. I figure if some die off, some are still bound to grow just by increased odds if I plant enough of them!

This was all after I went to get tickets for the Shrine Circus for this weekend. I went to the Shriner's compound for the tickets. Happy I did! They gave me a free ticket for my daughter, then still let me use the $2 discount for my own ticket, so total price for both of us was only $11! 

Hmm. Think I need to hit the casino.