Ever wondered what $25 could get you? I’ll tell you…
25 mc doubles (not including tax)
25 bags of chips or 25 peeps or 25 socks, visors, toilet paper, vases, frames, air freshener’s or 25 cheap head phones (dollar store, but a legit one where everything really is a dollar).
Point is, when buying actual items like clothes or games, like really good games, it’s difficult to get many under $25. Being a thrift-store-aholic, I thrive on saving money. My favorite hang is definitely speedway outlet on… you guessed it, speedway. Most of the clothes are not worth taking a second glance on, but the purses, shoes, books and game selection is too legit to quit. I made a pact with myself, to spend only $25 and see how many items I could get. I was impressed with my purchases if I must say so myself.
1. Scattergories (brand new still in the package)
2. Chutes and Ladders (also brand new still in package)
3. Bible Pictionary (all the pieces, yay!)
4. 2 decks of cards (one of em’ had Queen Victoria on it celebrating her Jubilee)
5. Uno
6. Book by Mary Higgins Clark
7. Mille Borne (brand new French game, holla’z)
8. Cookie game (teaches kids how to bake, cool right?)
9. In a pickle (brand new game rated really high).
Sounds like a lot, right? We’ll that’s because it is! I got super blessed and I’m highly enthused. I'm a gamer for sure. The board games will come in handy when I have fellowships at my crib. So how much did I really save? I’ll tell thee. Based on Amazon prices, Scattergories is $60, Chutes and Ladders is $13 and Bible Pictionary is $34. I couldn’t price the deck of cards, but normally they’d run around $3, uno is $7, book by Mary Higgins Clark is $7, Mille Borne is $9, cookie game is $10 and in a pickle is $12. Calculate that and everything I bought for $25 equals $151!! Whoa, that’s an insurance payment or for some rent money for a month. Cray, cray. So next time you’re thinking of buying games at a ridiculous price, go to the thrift store. A good game is like Where’s Waldo, sometimes you have to look in the crowds and get confused and frustrated, but you will eventually find him (one).
