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Store review: Wonder Hostess bread Bakery Outlet

March 5, 2010
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There’s a (relatively) new bakery outlet in town: the Wonder Bread outlet on Galley Rd, between Powers and Murray.  I’m having a hard time pulling up an address that I’m confident is the correct one, but I do know that it was on Galley between Powers and Murry on the north side of the road [...]

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Thrift store review: Goodwill Outlet

February 12, 2010
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When we had the Goodwill color tag rotation guessing game awhile back, some of you were suprised to learn that there’s a Goodwill Outlet right here in the Springs!  They moved locations a couple of years ago, and I’d been to their old one on Platte but not their new location on El Paso, and [...]

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Thrift Store Review: Sunrise Church Thrift Store

February 5, 2010
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Time to continue our quest to visit every thrift store in Colorado Springs!  This time we’ll take a look at the thrift store that’s run by Sunrise Church at the corner of Woodmen and Rangewood.

This thrift store is run by Sunrise Church and is open Thursday through Saturday.  Finally, I actually remembered to go when [...]

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New store opening next week: Lillian’s Shoppe

January 28, 2010
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Recently a reader, Kelli, emailed to let me know that she is opening a new “occasional” shop here in the Springs and wanted to know if I’d like to come take a sneak peek and see what it’s all about!  So, this week I had the chance to stop in and preview the store and [...]

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Nifty Thrifty Review: Goodwill Retail Center on South Circle

December 11, 2009
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Whenever I step into the Goodwill Retail Center on South Circle, I feel like I’m walking into JCPenney.  Seriously.  If you’re new to thrift store shopping, this is where I’d recommend you start.  It’s clean, it’s loaded with merchandise, there’s a great little teenage boutique called Threads inside – what more could you ask for?!

How about [...]

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Nifty Thrifty Review: Arc Thrift Store on Austin Bluffs

December 4, 2009
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This is the second of a series of reviews I’m unofficially calling “The Quest to Visit and Review Every Thrift and Consignment Store in Colorado Springs”. These reviews are unsolicited and non-compensated.  Read all the thrift store reviews here.

I stopped into the Arc Thrift Store on Austin Bluffs Parkway a few weeks ago, and the [...]

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Nifty Thrifty Review: 2nd Chance Shop

November 19, 2009
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If you’re a fan of Springs Bargains on Facebook, you may have seen that I’m on a mission to visit every single thrift and consignment store in Colorado Springs.  Think I can do it?!  I’m not giving myself a time limit, so it may take awhile, but I’m determined!
And with each stop I make, I’m [...]

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