It's better the second time 'round

First off, I have been woefully remiss in my posting, whoops, time certainly got away from me this week.  I have been on the job hunt holed up in my place filling out endless online applications with questions like:

*You overhear a group of your co-workers laughing at some crude jokes about a few customers. 
 Which of the following would you most likely do? 
- Join in and share some jokes of your own. 
- Tell your co-workers that this could get them in trouble if someone else heard them. 
- Tell your supervisor about this offensive behavior. 
- Decide not to say anything this time, thinking you'll tell your supervisor if it happens again.


Now, obviously I would have been the one initiating this conversation, but for the sake of making my rent I chose option b... I think. Anyways, after days of filling out applications and making cover letters (my least favorite activity) all I wanted to do was shop. But, since I don't have a job this shopping needs to be done mainly in my head/filling carts online and fleeing the site before purchase or at the Salvation Army. 


So I have gone on a few shopping adventures. First, I went to the Sally Ann by the Dartmouth Bridge Terminal.  Which you can get to on any bus that crosses the Macdonald Bridge. Here I got a dress $3.99, a top $2.99, and a table cloth $.99:

SA #1 - blue dress on the left and navy/white top beside it

Isn't my dining area/desk cute?!

This SA is in a little strip mall that also houses a consignment/pawn shop. Here I picked up a floor lamp (above) for $19.99. Yes, I did take that lamp on the bus.

A few days later I went to Tim Hortons for a chat with a friend and then we headed over to the Salvation Army Downtown/South End. We spent a really, really long time in there and it was great. It was dead so we weren't having to squish by people and there were no old ladies screeching the hangers along the racks and they pawed through stuff. We both walked away with a lot of great stuff. My friend got a fantastic steal of a little black dress in great condition from Le Chateau for under $10 and my steal was a sequined blazer for $5.  In all I spent $16 including the 20% discount on four items: a polka dotted navy and white skirt, the blazer, a silk wrap top and a black smock like tunic.

I have my own rules for buying things second hand - search for stains/holes: if either are present do not buy, Look at the tags: a lot of stuff is from walmart or superstore etc and are priced very similar to what you would pay for it new. If you know you can get it for the similar price new, move on. I will not buy fabric furniture from a thrift store simply because I know there is a massive bed bug problem in the city right now and I am paranoid. Also, I will buy slips second hand because they are expensive and surprisingly difficult to find new, but I will not buy bras etc (and I am really sorry if you do buy your bras second hand, but I think it is creepy)

Things to Note: The Salvation Army is now open until 9pm. Tuesdays you get 20% off with a valid student ID card and there is something that sounds magical called "Power Hour" that is held with some regularity but I do not have any more details on that except that it is cancelled this Friday.