Three Things...Gratitude Thread

[WDWEPCOT]

You can buy things for a Dollar ?? Where???
The Dollar store just raised their prices !
I used to get at Dollar store
Cookie trays
Candle holders to make things with
Glass plates - goes with the candle holders glee them together you have a plate stand
Organization items - baskets / bins etc
CANDY !!!!!
Lottery tickets

 

[WDWEPCOT]

Huge fan of the Birkenstocks!!! Worth every penny

 

[PollyannaMom]

Things I'm grateful to have bought for a dollar (or less) -

Mangos - Sometimes during the season, my favorite grocery store has them for 99 cents each!

Books - I bought two books at a flea market this weekend for 50 cents each!

Scrapbook Paper - I used to be a big scrapbooker, and I would buy individual sheets of special paper at Michael's (sometimes two for a dollar, I think, but I just looked at curbside pickup, and I see some for 99 cents today).

 

[leebee]

Not too much available for $1 anymore; even McD's just raised the price on their sodas, and Dollar Tree is now $1.25, plus tax.
Avocados go on sale for 99cents here sometimes.
Also, corn on the cob is sometimes 2 ears for $1.
Crab cakes were on sale for 89cents each last week!

 

[Tink-osophy]

I'll do a £1 version ...if I can!!

I managed to find a postcard of a place I visited recently (for a family friend who loves getting snail mail) and that was 50p.

I still purchase the occasional individual track from iTunes and they're under £1. It's good, sometimes, to be able to get a song I like without having to commit to the whole album.

Naan bread at the supermarket is £1 or less.

 

[flyingdumbo127]

all always for your love, faith, and kind support. I did just now order on Amazon this pink rug. It's coming today. Dad will be calling our contact at the management office to this building in the afternoon to see what if anything the owner might do for us. Regardless, this way we will get an idea of whether the rug helps (it has to) and also sizing. We would need several small rugs like this if we didn't get wall-to-wall carpeting.

I completely agree that few things cost Dollar or less these days!

Best thing that is FREE? A kind and sincere prayer for someone along with for me reminding someone that God loves and is with them! Talking for me to and with God. 's! Sharing laughter and small everyday moments of Grace!

Monetary things:

1 Stamp
1 or 2 Postcards
1 Small

 

[Tink-osophy]

I'm going to sneak in 3 fictional characters/casts (from yesterday). It's really got me thinking -- there are so many to appreciate.

- Ramona the Pest​

- Tigger​

- The Peanuts Gang​

- Jason Bourne​

- James Bond​

- Jack Bauer​

- The whole family from Meet Me in St Louis​

- The sitcom casts from FRIENDS, The Big Bang Theory, Young Sheldon, Modern Family, Yes Prime Minister, M*A*S*H, Happy Days, The Good Life, Porridge etc. etc.​

- Anne of Green Gables​

- E.T.​

- Several British detectives: Foyle, Morse, Lewis, Frost, Poirot, Miss Marple,​

- Peter Sellers' Inspector Clouseau​

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Sorry, got carried away there! Could probably have carried on for days, too!

 

[newski_mom]

Three things a dollar will buy:

1. At our Dollar General, you can buy a small box of "Whales" (generic goldfish) for $1 still. My kids always loved these when they were younger.

2. Some individual pieces of fruit (for sure bananas and apples). It's funny, when my kids were younger, our local grocery store had a promotion where if you shopped with your kids, they got a free banana or apple every time we shopped there. It was then that it clicked with me how inexpensive they actually were on a per piece price.

3. I'm an on-again, off-again couponer and I still get good deals on somethings at Walgreens. I usually get my shampoo and conditioner (I'm not picky about brands - usually Garnier or Pantene) for $1 after coupons and rewards

 

[PollyannaMom]

Today's Topic (Wed, 8/9) - 3 bookstores, libraries, or people you connect with reading (book lovers themselves, recommended great books to you, etc.) that you're grateful for

 

[mumto3girls]

1. Our library had great free programs for kids when my girls were little. We were there several times a week.
2. I love the free kindle book every month with Amazon prime (and some months it’s two). I look forward to finding out every month what the newest titles are.
3. Kindle app on my phone and iPad mini—lets me read on the go without carrying a book around.

 

[WDWEPCOT]

I don’t go to the library but will go to the used book store
Google searches recommend books for me
Barnes & Noble another great place
Costco / Target / Walmart also can be good
Amazon awesome especially if looking for older book
Often the authors I read will list their source material or further reading on the subject and that leads me to other books - I enjoy reading about people during WW2 so it’s either a real person or historical fiction which is based on something real - my main supply for new books would be authors
Forever grateful as I enjoy reading every night

 

[slo]

Good Morning!

#1 - I’m grateful for the library having Kindle books to checkout - I rarely buy a book

#2 - I’m grateful for Amazon (my bookstore), when I do buy a book - they have the Kindle book that the library doesn’t have.

#3 - I’m grateful for the bookstores that used to be in our mall - I have the best memories of going there with my girls, and letting them pick out a new book as a reward for being well behaved when we’d go shopping. They always loved getting a new book.

 

[MommaKetch]

1. I’m grateful for my book club group. We do not meet on a regular basis, but it’s great when we do.
2. The Libby app that lets me read books on my phone. I just added my DS11 to my account so he can complete his Summer reading. Makes reading on the go much easier.
3. I’m grateful my town has a new library!! It just opened and we have yet to visit, but I’ve heard good things. Hopefully we’ll get in there before school starts!

 

[PollyannaMom]

I’m grateful my town has a new library!! It just opened and we have yet to visit, but I’ve heard good things. Hopefully we’ll get in there before school starts!

Oooh, that's so exciting!!!!

I am grateful for the first public library I knew. When I was about 8 years old, we happened to moved only a couple of blocks away from my town's library, which meant I was now allowed to walk there by myself!! It had a playground too, and I was absolutely in heaven! I can still picture details of that building all these years and miles later.

I'm also grateful for the library in my current town. It's the first place I took DS when we were preparing to move here. I spoke to the librarians and signed him up for storytime here even though it started a couple weeks before the move, so we could begin meeting people. We've participated in so many programs there over the years, borrowed museum passes (and many books of course!) and just generally gotten so much out of our library experience.

I'm grateful for my favorite used book store: https://www.brattlebookshop.com/
When I worked in Boston, I used to go there often on my lunch hour. It was like a treasure hunt!

 

[bobbiwoz]

Today's Topic (Tues, 8/8) - Three things you're grateful for that you can buy with a dollar

Oh my….I missed this

Some produce at farm stand, an ear of corn, a tomato, a cucumber

I’m guessing a deck of cards at a 99 cent store. We are crossing Delaware Bay on a ferry and a deck of cards kept us occupied during the crossing

Cards at the Dollar Tree stores are still two for a dollar by me. It’s nice to send cheer to theirs and stamps for a card are still under a dollar!

 

[WDWEPCOT]

I always have a deck of cards with me on vacation- great way to pass the time

 

[newski_mom]

Today's Topic (Wed, 8/9) - 3 bookstores, libraries, or people you connect with reading (book lovers themselves, recommended great books to you, etc.) that you're grateful for

I'm grateful for our town library - they have so many great summer programs for kids and recently they've started adding lots of community events as well. Movies outside, adult book clubs, etc. They do a great job for a small town library.

We have a local couple who started a "Here's to Reading" non-profit. Their goal was to get a small library in each of the rural towns in our county. They have them in 5 towns so far and they are typically open one day a week. They each also have a computer with internet access if anyone needs to go in and use it while they are open.

We have a neighbor in our subdivision who built a little house to put extra books in and a little area where kids can sit and read if they want. It's in the middle section of a cul-de-sac in the neighborhood. I'm not sure how often it gets used, but it's so cute and makes a nice area for sure!

 

[tasha99]

1. Love my library. They have a system where you can have books delivered to your satellite branch, and pick them up away from the busy, hard-to-park-at downtown location. They also have a free seed program (literal seeds). I haven't used it yet, but think I will before I plant next year's garden.

2. My husband for being my tech support. We have it set up now so I can download library books onto my phone or kindle.

3. My cookbook collection. Love it so much. It's only 3 shelves worth of books because I usually check cookbooks out from the library first, and only buy the ones that look really good. My favorite book of the bunch is The Wok, by J. Kenji Lopez Alt. I'm trying to cook every single recipe in it (on no timeline).

 

[flyingdumbo127]

Grandma's, "So Many Books, So Little Time," sweatshirt will always make me smile to remember. Grandma and later in life Grandpa, sure loved to read. Dad and I truly do as well.

I so miss The One Dollar Bookstore, Waldenbooks, and even Crown Books from my childhood.

Dad and I picked up a bunch of library books this morning, what a blessing libraries are! I also enjoy reading thicker or heavier books for free on my Kindle through the library.

God has sure blessed me by connecting me to many kind friends through a used book swap site that I'm a member of called Paperback Swap.

 

[newski_mom]

3. My cookbook collection. Love it so much. It's only 3 shelves worth of books because I usually check cookbooks out from the library first, and only buy the ones that look really good. My favorite book of the bunch is The Wok, by J. Kenji Lopez Alt. I'm trying to cook every single recipe in it (on no timeline).

My cousin put together a family and friends cookbook about 5 years ago. I've always thought I'd like to cook all of the recipes in it - there are so many, but everything I've tried has been so good!