Another perk of shopping secondhand (Raquel)
August 16, 2008 by sharppointythings
I love shopping at thrift stores. I think it has something to do with the thrill of the hunt. Racks of identical items kind of bore me. Plus the extra thrill when, after a successful hunt, I flip over the price tag and it’s fifty cents lower than I expected. Now that’s a rush! 
Yesterday I bought a new bag. No more the non-college student backpack, I have now graduated to the non-corporate professional bag. While still using weight distributing backpack style straps, it has a sleeker more polished look, still in classic black, of course. It was a bit a splurge but for a perfect bag like this I was willing to pay the hefty three dollar price tag.
As I admire my new bag I’m realizing something else I like about thrift stores. I have a very clear sense that God sent my perfect bag to me. I know it would still fall under the providence of God if I’d grabbed it off a rack with dozens like it, but just like thanks for food comes a little more quickly when it’s scarce, my excitement over a new bag flows a little more quickly into ‘thank you Father’ when I could have so easily missed it.
Did I mention that I really like thrift stores?