I love you, SeAM.

I may be giving away a big thrifty secret. Or I may be preaching to the Houston thrift-store-surfin’ choir. Either way, I’ll say it. My favorite thrift store is a tiny little shop called SeAM. It stands for Southeast Area Ministries. Their shop is located in South Houston and almost every other weekend, the whole place is 50% off. There’s one thing I’ve JUST learned, despite visiting the place every couple of Saturdays (they’re closed on Sundays and are only open til 4 the rest of the week): GET THERE EARLY!

Saturday being our prime thrifting day, because Jason isn’t working, there’s no school, and no big family shindigs (those are reserved for Sundays), we usually end up saving SeAM for last. Well, today, we had an appointment to view a house at 10am, so we stopped by the store on our way home. It was packed with stuff! I found the above thread in a bag for $4. But wait! Today was one of the “50% off entire store” days, so it was only $2! Score! Then, I found a brand-new pack of cotton batting for $2 $1! And an embroidery hoop and some cotton fabric for under a buck. It was pretty rad.

That said, if you’re in the Houston area, you should totally stop by this store. Some days the pickings are bleak, but others…well, others are awesome. Some of my finds include these, this, this garland, and this amazing granny square blanket. And they sometimes have pretty vintage furniture. I never get to get any because….well, we lack the space, at the moment. Or sometimes it’s sold. So, GET THERE EARLY!

That is all. I hope you’re having a wonderful weekend!

p.s. Some of the thread was actually tangled together in a bag. I was able to take it apart without having to snip any of it. In order to store it, I busted out the rubber bands. The ends don’t move, now! They’re happily sitting in a big ziploc bag, but I’m open to suggestions on how to store them! They’re so pretty, I’d like to have them in plain sight. Kind of like this thread.