For February’s #YearOfHappy I’m supposed to go to a thrift shop and buy something for myself that happy me happy, no matter how weird it may be.
Well, lucky for me, my church has a huge thrift shop. It has clothes and shoes for men, women, and children, toys, books, jewelry, handbags, small furniture, blank cards, little trinkets and figurines, CDs, DVDs, etc.
It’s open every Friday morning, but I always browse around Sunday morning before Sunday school starts. The store is a hit or miss; sometimes I find a few things I want and other times I don’t.
However, I kept a special eye out this time. I wanted to buy something new for myself and this post, even though I just bought some new clothes which made me extremely happy.
Guess what I found?
A couple of Pokemon toys.
Yep; I bought two small Pokemon figurines.
If you know me at all, you know I love Pokemon. I have most of the games, hoping to one day get all of the games (but the older they get, the more expensive they are). I have a few stuffed animals, a bunch of figurines, and of course a ton of Pokemon cards.
I like to collect everything Pokemon even though I don’t really use them. I just like to have them. Every once in a while, if I need a mindless, relaxing activity, I will sit in the middle of my bedroom and reorganize every single Pokemon card I own… it takes a long time.
It’s a weird hobby, I know.
I don’t usually buy this stuff for myself because it’s not something I need. I’m still paying off my school tuition and I’m trying to save up for a new car. So, if there’s something Pokemon related that I really want I’ll ask for it as a birthday gift or maybe buy it myself if I have a gift card.
So, when I found the Pokemon figurines at the thrift shop I was super excited!
I bought the only two there and ended up getting them for free. The ladies who run the thrift shop didn’t let me pay because I already do so much for the church, which was very nice of them.
If you’re joining in on the #YearOfHappy challenge, I would love to hear about what you bought this month.
Of course I have to ask: which Pokemon?
Meowth and Medicham. 🙂
Had to look up the second one. I only know the first generation and maybe a few random ones here and there.
Most people I know are like that. I have the problem of remembering which one is from which region. Of course, I remember the first generation though.
I never even tried for that. Scared to see how many Pokemon they’re up to, but I saw pictures of a living ice cream cone. I guess they’re running out of ideas.
Lol, yeah there’s also a mushroom that looks like a pokeball. They have over 700 Pokemon now. The creator said he doesn’t want to stop until they had have ten generations. I don’t know of that will actually happen though. It’s certainly popular enough.
I think someone needs an intervention because they’re going to start coming up with some ridiculous critters. Considering it’s Pokemon, that’s a tough feat to accomplish.
I know. There’s about 150 Pokemon in each generation, so if they do four more generations there’s going to end up being 1,500 or so Pokemon total.
I’d love to see what the final one would be. 🙂
I’m sure that would be interesting.
I love thrift shopping! I almost never shop at real stores anymore (other than for groceries and the like) and when I do, it’s only to look at the clearance racks. There is always some really great stuff at the Goodwill near me.
That’s nice that you have the Goodwill right there. It’s definitely good to poke around those stores. You save so much money.
Ooo I’d love to see a picture. 🙂
Of the Pokemon?
Yes. 😀
The post has been edited. 🙂
It’s funny because I was going to add a picture of them, but it was five in the morning when I wrote this post and I just didn’t feel like it. Also, I didn’t think anyone would care to see a picture. I guess I was wrong. 😉
Ahhhhh they’re even cuter than I imagined them to be in my head.
I guess I couldn’t stand not knowing how they looked like in real life. 😛
You’re welcome. 🙂
I don’t find that a weird hobby at all! Unless it’s weird that it takes me two hours to dust and re-shelve my books in my bedroom…
That’s not weird because I do that, too! 😉
Yay! 🙂 I find it relaxing, actually.
It is relaxing. I love organizing no matter what it is!
Ahhh, I LOVE thrift shopping! Unfortunately, we don’t have many thrift shops in Singapore, so I probably won’t be able to do the February #YearOfHappy, but I love seeing what everybody else bought this month 😀
To be honest, the one in my church is the only thrift shop I know of. But it’s March now so I can’t wait to see what people do for that!