-falls down and rolls on the floor, spins three times, jumps up falls down again and rolls around, twitching-
So, I've been having some SUPER AMAZING PONY LUCK lately ever since I moved an hour away from my hometown and there's no way I would've ever found these amazing treasures had I not relocated but I'm so glad that I did! I didn't even know that "Goodwill Outlet" existed so it was an entirely new experience for me and let me say, it's definitely not for the faint of heart.
It's like Black Friday every hour on the hour with all the running, pushing and shoving and grabbing at stuff in oversized plastic bins
Totally worth it though since everything is sold by the pound -- .89 cents per pound exactly so if you were to find a ton of smalls like say, PONIES, could you imagine a pound of ponies for under a dollar?! HECK YEAH!!!
I've had some amazing luck here in the past as I found G1 Dream Castle about a month ago at the same Goodwill Outlet but what I scored today just takes the cake. I still can't believe it really happened because it reminds me of a pony dream I have where I find a really rare valuable pony then I wake up and feel disappointed LOL but this was for reals and I couldn't believe my eyes who was staring up at me from a plastic bin of random junk. It was just too good to be true.
I love my thrift store ponies the most (aside from my childhood ones) because I feel like they were rescues and given a second chance at a happy home after being carelessly discarded. The idea of this pretty girl being abandoned and tossed in a bin just breaks my heart.
Anything that isn't sold in a regular Goodwill gets shipped to a Goodwill outlet where it's sold by the pound for a cheap price. Anything not sold THERE gets thrown into a huge trash compactor and destroyed.
The very idea of poor ponies being squished just makes me feel awful! I'm SO happy I was able to rescue this lovely girl and save her from that miserably horrible fate! And so very glad that I chose today to go thrift hunting as the inventory varies on the hour every day. The pony gods definitely were looking out for her today and sent me to bring her home! I've wanted this girl a very long time ever since I started re collecting in 2006 but I never thought I'd be able to add her to my collection because of her price. This pic really says it all......
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loginI could not believe what I was seeing!
I legit gasped aloud and started jumping up and down I was so beyond thrilled and excited. Didn't really care who around me saw hahaha!!
And this is an example of how BIG the bins are that shoppers have to dig through... NO IDEA WHY THERE WAS SO MUCH SOAP!
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loginAs you can see, there were a couple other G1s nearby Crumpet and some other vintage 80s toys -- Lil Pretty and A Fairy Tail Bird. I dug underneath ALL that soap and who did I find at the bottom?? None other than MEGAN! I never had a Megan doll as a kid so that was a very nice surprise to find a pony friend.
You'd think finding SS Crumpet alone in a random pile of discarded trash would be enough to make my night but IT WASN'T OVER YET! Because earlier in the day, I'd found an upgrade for my Lullabye Nursery! I'd found one last year but the hinges were broken so I could never get it to close properly. Plus, most of the sticker decals inside were faded or completely gone. These stickers are very bright and colorful!
Here's a pic of the haul minus the other non pony stuff that I ended up getting.... I'm so very pleased with it!
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loginHere's a pic of Crumpet on her ride from Goodwill. She insisted chilling on my dashboard so that she could see all the way to her new home.
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loginAnd last but not least, here's the receipt I intend to save to prove what an amazing deal I got on this gorgeous girl!
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loginI've had some amazing Goodwill finds in the past but I gotta say, a .19 cent SS Crumpet is gonna be pretty tough to beat!!
Thanks for sharing in my brag.
Welcome home, Crumpet!!!
I know 2016 has only just begun but I feel like I've used up my pony luck for this year on that find alone and that'd be A-OK by me. It was worth it!