Want To Go Shopping With Me?
It would be easy to say that Kathy and I got into thrift shopping because of the bargains. It would even be partially true. But there’s another facet, the fact that you’re sometimes sorting through someone else’s memories. Everything you see, everything you touch, it is a story. It is someone else’s story, granted, but it COULD be yours…for a price. Our story: On vacation in Austin, Texas with my wife’s sister, Lisa, I tag along with the siblings and visit the funky downtown shops. I was never much of a shopper, but Kath and Lisa are good company and there was a likelihood of day drinking, so…duh…I was in. Some stores were filled with tasteful antiques, some were stocked with items of varying and (largely) unknown vintage. A few were like showrooms while others were garage sales. I never knew what I was going to see from one store to the next, and that was exhilarating. Think about it…if you were led into a store bl...