Showing posts with label seattle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label seattle. Show all posts

Sunday, June 6, 2010

HONK!!!!!! I'm a goose.



(My sister Amanda hangs out by our basket waiting for the next change-out)
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This is life at the bins.

It is war.
War is hell.
Hell is an allergy attack!

But otherwise, the bins are AWESOME!!!

Basically, this is how it goes:

A huge warehouse is full of rows and rows of big blue bins that are full of things like clothes, shoes, accessories and housewares.



Every 15 minutes, a group of workers roll a row of bins away and bring out NEW BINS.

Now, you can't just walk right up and start routing through ... you have to line up and WAIT until they give you the signal ... then BAM!!!!

FREE FOR ALL!!!!!!!


(Mom is on the hunt.)

Then you basically fill up your huge cart with everything you can get your hands on, and pay by the pound!!!

(Here's the car loaded up with the day's bounty.)


(Here's my sister with the spread/sorting back at home.)

There is this whole class system of shoppers at the bins ... but the ones we were up against were "the pickers." These gals are out on the hunt to re-sell at vintage shops and are rude and all get-out! We spotted a couple today that weren't too much competition (bad taste ... ) but we managed to get some good finds :)


Saturday, June 5, 2010

Welcome to Seattle~

We are here! (We've been here.)

I've been enjoying
the non-Internet dependency too much! But I thought it was time to update with a bit of what's been going on.

--Party with sister's 2 friends and their 2 little (3-year-old boys) CRAZY!!
-- Drastic haircut from sister's friend, Beth. (!!!)
-- Shopping at a couple awesome vintage shops in the U-district of Seattle.
-- Digging for thrift finds at "THE BINS!!!" (Goodwill Outlet store).... (will need a post on that later.)
-- Trip to the zoo.
-- rain, coffee and SLEEP!

Here's some photos for your photo enjoyment! :)








Isn't my sister's house cool!?


Only a couple more days then it's back on the plane ... yikes.

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Up in the air!

Travel notes:

-- Why does the word "Terminal" appear everywhere at the airport? Not cool.

-- Never again eat Chipotle before cross-country flight.

-- Guy behind me tapping my seat needs to die. Firey death.

-- Sky Mall magazine will have a new home at my toilet for hours and HOURS of entertainment.




Up... Up.. and AWAY!

Martha Stewart Weddings magazine for a bit of research (for the shop...not life....) And a Jack and Coke! (The first of two.)

Here's Mom and that guy next to us that was eating a HUGE stinky sandwich!!!

We made it to Seattle safe and sound and I'm wigging out about the time change. Stay tuned for more travel adventures! :)