Lots of free things while I was out yesterday
@shaggin (71950)
United States
April 8, 2022 10:12am CST
My car wouldn’t start the one night so I took it to the garage. It started up every time for them but was chugging and it didn’t have any codes come up when they ran it through the computer. They didn’t charge me for that which was very nice! He said to put dry gas in and maybe change the spark plugs.
We had such few ingredients in the house it was hard to plan meals. So I was so glad to be able to go get groceries yesterday.
While I was shopping I found a body lotion on clearance for $2.10 that I will add to the gifts I’m giving the third girl in the adopt a senior event.
There’s a place in an old house and garage that you pay a $2 donation per bag and can take anything you want as long as you don’t resell it. I hadn’t been there in 10 years or more. I went yesterday and they were giving out free food as well so I got some cheese, sour cream, eggs, milk, crescent rolls and cottage cheese. Inside the building I got the baby some clothes to grow into and a large stack of books.
On a local free group someone was giving away a set of brand new onesies. A second person was giving away a baby toy brand new. A third person was giving away new boxes of drink mixes. I got lucky and they let me have these things that you can see in the photo. The onesies were needed bad as the baby is outgrowing everything lately. The toy is for her for Easter.
A friend of mine her grandchild is no longer eating baby food so she offered it to me. I was happy to accept it.
I spent $255 on the groceries at Walmart and didn’t have much to show for it so I was feeling so blessed with all the free things I got.
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@RebeccasFarm (88703)
• Arvada, Colorado
8 Apr 22
Oh the food is so expensive now Shanny sorry you didnt get much that you bought.
Well some of that free stuff will come in handy good job!
I saw those cute onesies..I love those things.
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@shaggin (71950)
• United States
8 Apr 22
@RebeccasFarm the hydration drink mixes my husband had be buy went up $2 a package. These rising prices are horrible!
I have so many pretty onesies but it being cold out she’s wearing them under her clothes and many of her clothes are pale so the designs show through. So I was glad to get these plain white ones!
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@shaggin (71950)
• United States
9 Apr 22
@RebeccasFarm wow that is really expensive. I just buy the cheap white bread at Aldis for 95 cents. My husband hates it and buys special kinds of bread at our local supermarket that is really expensive. Then he doesn’t use it up in time and it molds 
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@RebeccasFarm (88703)
• Arvada, Colorado
8 Apr 22
@shaggin Yes they are so nice and all cotton I bet.
Wow $2 a pack..
I cant believe a loaf of Wonder Bread is nearly $4 here.
I remember when it was $1 something
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@shaggin (71950)
• United States
16 Apr 22
@LadyDuck pretty soon a thrift shop will be opening here in town. The proceeds should go to helping people in the community who are low income with assistance for fuel oil. It will also go towards Easter dinner and Christmas dinner and presents for the kids. It will be nice to have a place like that here to donate things to.
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@DaddyEvil (137232)
• United States
8 Apr 22
You did really well with all the stuff you got. I'm glad the problem with your car wasn't major, too.
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@shaggin (71950)
• United States
16 Apr 22
@Daddyevil seems to be doing go good thankfully. Now just to get the windshield fixed. I’ll have to look up some more places to try
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@DaddyEvil (137232)
• United States
16 Apr 22
@shaggin I hope you find a good price for that. Good luck!
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@arunima25 (87217)
• Bangalore, India
8 Apr 22
That's indeed a blessing. And such a nice gesture on part ot these people who share it for free. Well, if one cannot use, it's better to give it to someone who will value it.
That's a lot of free things
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@shaggin (71950)
• United States
9 Apr 22
@arunima25 yes it was my lucky day.
Today is a lucky day for those in my town. I am dropping these things I will no longer use off to people who want them.
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@shaggin (71950)
• United States
9 Apr 22
@arunima25 I swear every day I get put something in a bag to donate and we still have wayyy to much stuff 
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@arunima25 (87217)
• Bangalore, India
9 Apr 22
@shaggin That's so nice. They will find people who can use them. Next week is for cleaning and decluttering around the house. I am going to have few boxes ready for donations... it's mostly clothes, old shoes, books and some kitchen plates and pans.
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@snowy22315 (177348)
• United States
8 Apr 22
Free things are awesome, and so nice you got so many!
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
14 Apr 22
wow you really raked it in. I wonder if they have such places here. I've only known about the food bank where you can go at times and get a few things that are bare nessesities and sometimes not even anything you would normally use.
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@shaggin (71950)
• United States
15 Apr 22
@bunnybon7 they have lots of things here. We are lucky. Maybe it’s due to being such a low income area.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
15 Apr 22
@shaggin could be. I remember in Cleveland many yrs ago, I got a lot of free stuff for the kids in such an area.
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@Tina30219 (81605)
• Onaway, Michigan
8 Apr 22
You are right that was nice of the car place not to charge you for looking at your car. You sure did get some awesome deals for sure
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@shaggin (71950)
• United States
16 Apr 22
@Tina30219 some places charge to run it through the computer so I was lucky they didn’t. I know one place had to run the codes twice to find out what was wrong with my dads car years back and they charged him $100 each time. So rotten!
@Tina30219 (81605)
• Onaway, Michigan
16 Apr 22
@shaggin That is crazy I mean come in how are you going to find out what is wrong without getting the scan then if it is something expensive you had them doing the scan and parts.
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@shaggin (71950)
• United States
8 Apr 22
@DianneN It really was amazing I got so lucky they chose me to have the things they listed for free. They can pick anyone that comments that they want so I was happy to be chosen. I usually choose the first person to comment and it seems these two did the same.
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@aninditasen (16184)
• Raurkela, India
9 Apr 22
You are lucky enough. I got some discounts today at a store.
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@shaggin (71950)
• United States
10 Apr 22
@aninditasen yay that’s such a great feeling isn’t it
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