Scottie

I remember the first few months when I first moved out of "Mom and Pop's" place and I had my very first apartment by myself. Money was incredibly tight and I was determined that I would be ok on my own. Some weeks, I would have 25 cents left over after paying bills and living expenses...and I would go to the local Woolworth's store and buy two skeins of embroidery floss for 10 cents a skein! After 10 weeks I had 20 different colors!

I also remember that I drew my own designs on muslin and would take hours to decide which colors of embroidery floss that I would use in the design....then I would enjoy sewing on that design with my "treasure" of embroidery floss.

After all of these years, I still really really enjoy embroidering activities, and I will never forget standing in Woolworth's wondering which 2 colors of floss that I would buy that week.

Barbm

Woolworth's- I loved that place. When I started to work (earning the grand minimum wage of $3.35 per hour) after losing my very well paid job, I used to go to Woolworth's to "window shop"- they always had such cool stuff. I usually didn't have any money but it was fun to walk through the store.

Feathers

I loved Woolworths, too. We had some elderly ladies (3 sisters) who lived neighbor to us and one of them taught me the fine art of "shopping til you drop" at Woolworths...I was about 6 and we'd walk to town and she'd always let me chose what kind of candy I wanted from the bin after bin of bulk cookies, nuts and candy Woolworths had. I loved those shopping trips.

My first REAL job was working at the lunch counter of J.J. Newberry's store. I was barely 16 yrs old and thought the job at Newberry's was the best job in the whole world. I can still remember the wonderful food at the lunch counter and the turkey dinner with all the trimmings wasn't lost on me as it was my favorite. I, too, remember getting yards and iron on embroidery patterns to put on dish towels and pillow cases for my "hope chest." Fond, fond memories. Thanks for reminding me of them.

k_jupiter

I was just in a Woolworth's in December...

in Aachen Germany.

Strange world where the stores you grow up in don't exist here, but you find them overseas.

As for the Goodwill stores? I don't need no stinkin Goodwill store. I just go up to my closet and pull out clothes that don't fit me no more. Dang things shrunk or something. *L*

tim in san jose

ButtercreamCakeArtist

Yes. I think someone should invent some NON-SHRINK spray for the closets! Crazy how things just hang in there and shrink. Maybe there is a shrink monster like the sock monster that takes socks in the laudry that you never see again??!! Must buy monster repellent!

Moonpi

In Florida it's that way too. I have discovered GoodWill's regional Center, where things not right for their stores are sold by the pound. It gets frantic in there, with folks rummaging through bins, but great deals, for sure.

For some reason, folks around here price yard sale stuff just as high as new. I'll stop if I am out and near one, but chasing all day and finding nothing but overpriced baby stuff just burns too much gas.