Dig and Save is a dream for:
- people who have time, but no money
- crafters who want cheap material
- hoarders
Dig and Save is a nightmare for:
- people with allergies
- germaphobes
- someone looking for a specific clothing item
- short people
My new favorite place in town is a St. Vincents branch called Dig and Save. The other branches around the city take the items that aren't selling, pack them up in GIANT boxes, and send them to the Dig and Save. At the Dig and Save, everything is extremely cheap. There is a lot of junk, but also a lot of treasures. Furniture is cheap. Most everything else is $1 per pound. One room is filled with furniture and miscellaneous items, and the other room is filled with the GIANT boxes of clothes and linens. These boxes are huge cubes, probably 4 feet on each side. Which means the boxes come up to my chest. And it is practically impossible to get into the bottom of the box, unless you climb in the box (which I have seen people do). I reach as far down as I can as I dig through the clothes, but I usually don't get all the way to the bottom of the box. Unless I see something promising, then I might tip myself over the side of the box, feet off the ground and bottom in the air, to grab it.
Finding things there can be a lot of work. The clothes are not organized at all. I just dig and dig and pick out my own treasures. But I do find treasures. Like these -
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| Ellie's pants and sweater from my most recent trip |
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| Hanna Andersson shirts for Rowan and Violet |
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| Everything else - matching brown cords for Jason and I; four shirts and snow pants for me; a dress and pants and outfit for Violet; and pajama pants, jean skirt, and shorts for Ellie. Plus 6 wool sweaters for crafting. |
And the price for all of these good-quality clothes? $9.68. CRAZY, right?? I spent almost 2 hours there, but it was well worth it. Madison folks, don't say I never told you ;)
2 comments:
If you leave your ID at the front counter you can get a grabber that makes it much easier to get to he bottom of those HUGE boxes. I love Dig and Save too. They recently had their $1 coat sale. I found an Old Navy vest for Den, a Children's place winter coat for Dom, a London fog winter coat for when he grows out of that, a Columbia jacket for Den, Lands end Snow pants for Dora (which were too big, but for a $1 they'll save for later) A black wool coat for me,and a raincoat for Dom or Dora. It does take some time to dig through the boxes, but I agree it is so worth it.
Sounds fun! Sadly, since having children, my time has become more valuable to me, but I would love to have a free afternoon to dedicate to any kind of thrifting!
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