Archive for May, 2010
It’s Time To Praise The Thrift Store!
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I confess. Back in “the day”, I only shopped at brand name stores, regularly purchasing expensive jeans and onehundred dollar sweaters. Back at the time I was naive and didn’t think much about it. Of course, in my defence, at the time, these were luxuries were within my means. Then I grew up, got a house and mortgage and all the bills that those bring. Suddenly gone where the days of being able to frivolously, on impulse, purchase all the clothes I desired.
Then, a great discovery - the thrift store. I used to think that the thrift store was just a place full of others people old, worn-out clothes, and nothing good could possible be found there - looking back, it’s clear that I was a total snob! Well, as a newly converted thrift-store-aholic, my ways have changed.
Now I know how to hunt our local bargain shops for quality clothes at amazing prices. My laundry skills can get any small stains out, and make someone else’s donation look new again. Sure, it’s a little more work than at other places, but at the same time, there are some real gems to be found. Best of all, I can get oodles of clothes for what I used to pay for a single pair of high-end jeans.
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I should have started this sooner. I mean, the idea had been in my head, but until recently the price of a loaf of supermarket bread wasn’t very expensive, and bread-making seemed like a difficult and tedious process. I’m not sure why, as I do my fair share of baking with biscuits, cakes, and whatnot. Why not bread?
Cooking from scratch is something that I am trying to do more and more of. It’s cheaper, healthier and frankly, almost always tastes better — even my boyfriend, who pretty much only “cooks” anything that comes out of a pre-made package, agrees.
So, on to the bread! What I was surprised to learn is that making bread is actually pretty easy. Really, it’s flour, yeast, butter, sugar, salt and milk - nothing fancy at all! You can find different bread recipes all around the web for limitless home-made varieties. And wow, a fresh loaf is so much tastier, we definitely won’t be going back to store-bought. I never realized how bland the supermarket variety is until I made my own!
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