I love the Salvation Army Store! St Vincent De Paul, not so much. I’ll tell you about that in a second…

I agree 100% with everything in this post! I get a lot of stuff and GIVE even more – *theres 3 HUGE boxes of toys & 2 GARBAGE BAGS of girl clothes in my dining room waiting to go!*

I found all the the cutesy knickknacks for the studio at the Salvation Army store too! The same little bowls were $4 a PIECE at Joanns and I got them for a QUARTER.

Ours has tons of books too! .50-1.00 You cant beat that! I bought an entire set of OLD Highlights Magazines (from the 70′s) Its like 4 years worth! Back when educational stuff was allowed to mention religion and have morals! woohoo!!!!!

Now: Why I dont shop/donate to the St. Vincent De Paul store…

Back when I had my son, and he had outgrown his first batch of clothes, so probably 1997, I dropped off a batch of things to SVDP. I then wondered on inside to see what it looked like in there, since I had never been inside. Just always tossed bags in the Donation BOX outside. As I was looking around I found a nice dress, and some nice slacks etc. And since I was fixing to have to go back to work I thought I would would buy them. Apparently, I was dressed nicely that day, but I have to tell you we were anything if not poor. On food stamps, lived in income based apartment etc. I mean I was a single new mom, with NO outside help. No job, no income, etc… anyway…. When I went up to the counter to pay for the stuff, the woman working there gave me this look+groan. She then proceded to tell me that when people who dont really NEED to shop in there did, it took quality items away from those that couldnt afford to get them any other way. In other words, I wasnt bad off enough to be shopping in there and should be ashamed of myself. I had never been ashamed of how poor I was until that day. Because III needed to shop in there, but that lady made me feel like a real ass. SOOOO… theres my SVDP story. I will never donate or shop in there again.
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