Hobo Store

There is a "store" near campus for students called the Little White House. It is like a free thrift store with various household items, furniture, toys. After seeing Kit Kittredge, An American Girl we started referring to it as our Hobo Store. "Take what you need, leave what you don't."

We have picked up some great things there, mirror for Ella's room, Elmo toy for Jack, Le Creuset spatula for me, and our coffee table ottoman we painted and reupholstered. Pat even picked up a textbook he needed.

Well if I wasn't worried enough about the economy after the stock market tumble, I'm panicked now. When we drove by this evening there was a line 20 people deep to get into our Hobo Store!!! If I start seeing our neighbors in blue scrubs walking to school with their belongings wrapped in a hanky, hung from a stick, I am stuffing my mattress.

The bright side, as I often point out to Pat, is that we picked the best time possible to be broke. Imagine if we owned a house, had been saving for retirement, or had jobs that we could lose. Suckers!

Aaaahhh! Isn't poverty refreshing.

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