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$50 Haul

My thrift budget for the month of April was $50.00, and I needed a bunch of stuff that I wanted to see in person, so off to the local thrift store we went to shop. This fabric-lined basket was $6.99, but in great shape and exactly the size I needed for a project.

I found some of the fabric I needed for a quilt in a packet of five fat quarters ($3.49) and a half yard of coordinating fabric ($1.99). The pretty cloth napkin was .99, which I couldn't resist.

Here are the five fat quarters from the one package and the half yard on the right end. Really nice quality fabric; originally marked $9.99 and $4.99 from Michael's.

I need more t-shirts to wear for spring and summer, and these three were $5.99 each.

Finally, I got two pair of jeans, one at 8.99 and the other on sale at $5.99, marked down from $11.99.

The $5.99 jeans still had the store tags on them -- they were $17.99 retail -- so they were never worn.

Adding $3.25 in tax, my entire thrifted haul cost $49.67, so I came in under budget for the month, too.

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