Since having three children, I can't remember the last time I went to a store and bought myself "new" clothes. So before we left Texas, I had renewed my love and faith in thrift stores. There are some really great ones in Austin and Arlington and I had some wonderful finds for myself and the family. It renewed my love for shopping and thrifting and I began living under the motto of "why pay full price?"

  Before moving to Poland, I stocked up on warmer clothes for the children at a few of my favorite spots in Arlington. Remember I wasn't able to go crazy because we were limited to about 6 bags of luggage for the entire family. I was really worried about moving to Warsaw and not being able to fulfill my "thrifty" side especially since Warsaw is filled with Malls. I mean there are at least 6 giant malls in Warsaw and they are very popular each with their own cinema and some of them even have a bowling alley too. It was explained to me that after the USSR fell and communism left Warsaw, people wanted access to shopping and everything modern. I mean can you imagine having to wait in line a couple of hours for things like butter and it running out before your turn... that still blows my mind! Also, my friend Margaret said she didn't own her first telephone until she was in college (and I don't mean cell phone).

  Last weekend Margaret took me to about 6 thrift stores and made me a very happy lady. I wasn't able to go crazy because this trip was for the boys but I managed to find myself 2 sweaters for about $45 zloty which is about $15 US dollars...score!I can't wait until I get to go again.

 This is the one of the stores!

Here are my finds!