Hello from a Thrift-Obsessed Blogger

[thriftmadness]

My name is Erin, hailing from West Des Moines, IA. 

Probably since my teens, I've had an unhealthy obsession with Thrift shopping, and the odd things I find at Thrift Stores.  It's amazing what awesome deals you can find sometimes, and also often horrifying at the crazy stuff some people try to sell.

This year, I've found a new way to channel this obsession by sharing my strange and unusual thrift store finds with the world on my blog.  Please take a moment and check it out, it's worth it, i promise! 

thriftmadnes.blogspot.com

(You can even submit pictures of your own finds!)

Here's a quick sample of something you will find there...



This is possibly the scariest thing I've ever found!

[mccoysnina]

HI Erin and welcome!  I'm from KY and like you have been thrifting since my teens.  Like you I have amassed some wierd stuff, but nothing scary, well to me anyway. Does explain why I havea porch full of strange wood en animals though.
That doll looks like something from a a Wes Craven movie.  I like dolls but would have passsed that one by.
Jeannie

[thriftmadness]

HI Erin and welcome!  I'm from KY and like you have been thrifting since my teens.  Like you I have amassed some wierd stuff, but nothing scary, well to me anyway. Does explain why I havea porch full of strange wood en animals though.
That doll looks like something from a a Wes Craven movie.  I like dolls but would have passsed that one by.
Jeannie

I certainly didn't purchase the doll, that thing is way too terrifying.  That's really the reason i started my blog, so I can just take pictures of all the weird stuff that even I wouldn't buy (okay sometimes i do buy it, but that's not the point!) 

Yes my thrifting habit has also led to many strange things in my home... such as a brass fly ashtray, a collection of copper music boxes, a rather large selection of salt and pepper shakers, more than 1 fez monkey... oh i could go on for hours 

[azia88]

Hey. I use to go to Des Moines all the time when I lived in Iowa. I lived in Grand Junction.. i moved to AZ in 1992..I don't miss the snow and ice.. I miss the spring :-).
  Come here in Arizona and you will find some different stuff :-
  ebay name.   debpat03