Don't Forget The Little Man

How did your interview at the Goodwill go? Hope it went well. Have you ever looked at Alibris for books?

I have looked alibris but not in great detail, I'll have to do that. I need to make a list of things again, it got thrown away. Hmm, well it went okay I suppose. I'll hear back by Wednesday, but I'm applying to other places in the meantime.

The good will here has nice stuff as well, we have a few upscale neighborhoods so that's why, but it still has some oldie but goody things too. The Salvation Army actually had a wedding dress in it, still does. I was surprised by that. I suppose someone will buy it up for material if nothing else, and if not then I guess it'll go to another store. I hate to see the Salvation Army closing, but I had a feeling it was going to, I just had that feeling today and so I am glad I insisted on going. We got two things for other people, one was a picture frame with scripture, another was an open book figure (I can't say it's a figurine but I guess knick knack is better) with Twenty Third Psalm and The Lord's Prayer on it. Very pretty.

You don't know freegle? Like freecycle without the hegemony all the best urban

Freegle? You're freegle not frugal? LOL.

It's even more sad when you see organizations like salvation army having to downsize because they help out so many people. We had this one game and movie store we went to go out of business because the guy was going on tour and couldn't get anyone to legitimately buy the store. I hate that for him because he could've bought it back. It wasn't his first store though so maybe we'll see him again some day, he was a nice guy too. I was thinking about the little guy the other day when we went to a small gas station, it's just so sad that so many little guys get squashed just because big business is after that bottom dollar. The Little Man made what so many businesses are today, and customer service will always be better at a "little" store in my opinion.

I so agree. I always visit the small places and give them the business. I have seen alot of small businesses go under over the years. Just can't compete. Sad.

Yeah it's great to be able to find some good stuff, and also help out the needy. We like to go shopping for books and such, won't be doing that for a few months though as we are saving up for our own place.

Yeah we've got to admit it's more likely that it's the recession that's causing them to close a few locations. Wal*mart or any other store can be just as good, especially if you consider the gas to get to the cheaper places, it ends up being not as cheap.

Okay do let me know. She didn't mention any out of state that might close, so I am not sure. I was sad to hear it will, and even more bummed that we won't be able to go back before it does. My husband and I aren't going to spend for anything but our own bills so that means no shopping. Well we'll go out for our anniversary but that's it, and I'm trying to earn as much as I can as a cushion just in case we want to buy each other gifts.

I am happy to report not all will closing, stated the Illinois ones are holding strong. Thank you friend I got great cheap deals on several book selections. This will now be my favorite book store as there way too many for me to be able to really look at them all so I will be returning often.

Maybe so, I am not sure. Well I guess we won't be shopping Salvation Army anymore, the others are too far away. We still have Goodwill though, and there is one website I've bought books from and all but one was in great condition, and that one was even in great condition it seemed, so I can't blame the store. My husband and I usually do a whole day of thrift shopping. We've gone to Three Good Will's (one because of interview) and one salvation army today alone. We do get a lot of good deals, i don't think we'll run out of books to read for a few months, but at the rate we're going we won't be able to as we keep getting books. When you can find authors like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, V.C. Andrews, Agaatha Christie, Laura Ingells Wilder, Diana Palmer, Danielle Steele, Tom Clancy and James Patterson.. well nothing beats that.

The nearest one now will be too far. My husband said the clerk said other stores around us were closing, but I think she meant other salvation army's because she mentioned that later and I heard her while shopping. I came home and listened to "The Little Man" by Alan Jackson, which is why I named the title what it is. My husband and I like support the little man and usually do whenever we can. Nothing beats satisfaction guaranteed when ya know the shopkeep!

That is strange, The Salvation Army we go to (the one that's closing) has books from .50 to $1.50 I believe. It's cheaper then the good will's. The books today we got were each .25 as they were paperback and 50% OFF of it's original price of fifty cents.

It seems like the bigger stores are going to stay, but the smaller ones not so much. This store I am talking about is big, atleast it seems big to me. I guess it isn't all that big though. I hate that it's closing because Salvation Army does help a lot of people, and is cheaper then GoodWill's are even. I hope we can go down there one more time before they close but I can almost bet they'll be closed the next time we get the chance. The clothes, all clothes except for a wedding dress and I think another rack, were $1.00. I kind of "looked" (just glanced at a few pieces) at the clothes. We did pick up a gift for his mom (I read it, a scripture from the bible) that I saw and wasn't going to get but when I heard they're closing I snatched up. We also got a gift for his grandmother too.

My husband and I were driving down the road one day and we passed a small grocers, I think it's been closed for quite some time.. I said "we could go in there.. wait it's closed!" lol.. I hate to see small businesses go down the drain. Good Will is good, my husband and I buy more books then anything so Salvation Army was our best friend because they had so much to choose from, they had the same books like everytime we went so if we didn't get it one time we could reconsider it the next, but now it's going out of business.

Salvation Army is a thrift store, they have other locations, just none in our small county, which is fine with me. If they ever do open back up, I can think of a good place for them to as it's large, though I bet the rent would be expensive. I am sure that's the reason for a lot of businesses closing down or moving, rent anywhere is expensive but I can imagine a businesses rent is even more expensive.