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February 2018" target="_self"]
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Ode to Game Monster
About: Aaron Douglas
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Thrifting Blog: Issue 6
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January 16, 2018" target="_self"]
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Hey readers, long time no thrift!
I’d like to apologize for my hiatus. Today in the great state of [REDACTED]. It was a whopping one degree outside. Combined with the wind chill, we had a “real feel” of minus twenty...
Thrifting Blog: Issue 5
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August 23, 2017" target="_self"]
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End of Summer Thrifts:
Last Friday, we visited not one, not two but THREE Goodwill stores in one day. A Thriftathalon, if you will.
Store #1: The local Goodwill:
As usual, I search the “high roller” cabinet first. This is usually where the new, Target castoff...Thrifting Blog: Issue 4
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July 24, 2017" target="_self"]
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Late July Thrift Blogs:
July 18, 2017 A Comical Haul: As my job is seasonal, I am able to go thrifting three or four times a week during the summer. My mom’s thrifting policy is “If you want to get the best stuff, go early and go...Thrifting Blog: Issue 3
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July 18, 2017" target="_self"]
July 12, 2017 Dark Souls- Prepare to Thrift Edition: I re-visited the Goodwill where I found Ash’s talking Pokedex and almost missed this diamond in the rough. Hiding amidst the stacks of outdated college textbooks was a hardback Dark Souls strategy guide. This was very easy to...
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July 12, 2017 Dark Souls- Prepare to Thrift Edition: I re-visited the Goodwill where I found Ash’s talking Pokedex and almost missed this diamond in the rough. Hiding amidst the stacks of outdated college textbooks was a hardback Dark Souls strategy guide. This was very easy to...
Thrifting Blog: Issue 2
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July 6, 2017" target="_self"]
Crashing N-to Goodwill: So, this is a first. My mom and I went shopping at my local Goodwill on the morning of July 5th. At the entrance of the store, there is a glass cabinet that houses anything that is considered new or “valuable”. Aaron and I...
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Crashing N-to Goodwill: So, this is a first. My mom and I went shopping at my local Goodwill on the morning of July 5th. At the entrance of the store, there is a glass cabinet that houses anything that is considered new or “valuable”. Aaron and I...
Thrifting Blog: Issue 1
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June 17, 2017" target="_self"]
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Hey guys!
As a life-long thrift store warrior, many of the best items in my game and toy collections have come from secondhand shops. I love the thrill of the thrift store hunt and the feeling I get when I find a diamond in the rough. Aaron and...Game & Browse Thrifting Adventures are Coming Soon!
We will be featuring a new page that will document our local finds at Thrift Stores around here so you can tag along and live vicariously through our adventures
... Persona 5: Fast Times at Shujin Academy
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May 18th, 2017" target="_self"]
Contrary to the meme-worthy hit battle song "Last Surprise", I did see this coming. Persona 5 was nothing short of a breakthrough success for Atlus and the long running JRPG (Japanese Role Playing Game). It was the largest...
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Contrary to the meme-worthy hit battle song "Last Surprise", I did see this coming. Persona 5 was nothing short of a breakthrough success for Atlus and the long running JRPG (Japanese Role Playing Game). It was the largest...
Dead Cells: A Smash-Hit in the Making
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May 14th, 2017" target="_self"]
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