Spring Break Shopping at Goodwill

The kids and I spent a little quality time at my favorite store yesterday. If you aren't familiar with my favorite store, check out where I buy baby gifts and exercise equipment. We were doing some summer shopping, as a way to shake some of the winter off us (that means dry skin flakes) and to gear us up for our upcoming spring break trip to Texas.

We had pretty good luck. Owen found some Nike swim trunks. Sophia found a pair of pink Nike athletic shorts, and a cute butterfly tank. Owen got a book, I found a sweatshirt & we finally have a new Chinese Checkers board. 

I persuaded Sophia to buy, these Lands' End clogs, because I thought they were adorable...until I heard the racket they create as she tromps around our hardwood floors. Maybe I should return them....

I've never thought, too seriously, of returning anything from Goodwill before, because I always wondered..."Really, who does that?!" I happily admit to being frugal & I love to shop at Goodwill, but to return items? That might be pushing it to just plain cheap & annoying.  Obviously, there are certain Goodwill shoppers who feel otherwise, because, as the sale clerk took the swim trucks and slashed the original price of $1.99 to $.50, she reminded me twice, "You will NOT be able to return the sale item." Then she proceeded to circle the item on the receipt and stamp it, FINAL SALE NO RETURN, in bright red ink.  

I looked at Owen and said, "I sure hope those swim trunks fit, because I don't think I can return them."

Goodwill Goodness | 7lb. Medicine Ball

A couple of years ago, when I was a person who worked out regularly, I bought this 7 pound medicine ball for $2.99.  I used it from time to time at first, but like all of my exercise equipment it has been collecting dust for too long.

Last weekend Sophia and I played a fun game with the retired medicine ball.  We each sit on big exercise balls across from one another and kick/push the heavy medicine back and forth with our feet. To make it more challenging for myself I try not to get off the ball even when she kicks it far from me.  I stretch, roll and extend as far as I can to reach the ball.  I definitely felt the "workout" in my legs and core after playing for a little bit!  Little by little, I'm going to get back in shape...this can't hurt, right?

Goodwill Goodness...The Snowy Day

Instead of posting to my other blog...which I hardly ever do anymore. I want to just incorporate Kick Ass Stuff I Find At Goodwill here at From The Compound. 

This is my most recent awesome find.

 A practically perfect board book of one of my all-time favorite children's books. Nice board books are hard to find at Goodwill. Usually the corners are completely chewed up from the beaver baby who owned it before. :)

I actually found a second paperback version of this book on the very same Goodwill visit.  That book is for Sophia; since Owen already has a copy.  This one is for my nephew who will be born in December. Possibly on a snowy day...