Yes. The past years of repeated unemployment and less money has meant shopping at thrift stores plus taking better care of our clothes w. wear and washing to make them last.

I adore antique shops and the combination "junk and old stuff and maybe a few antiques" places. Our house is filled more w. antique or older furniture and pieces (some inherited from family, some bought), than anything bought new. Although I don't buy much any more, I still enjoy going to look at a few shops that have pretty displays and I enjoy seeing unusual items.

Not always but that is bc we are limited w. book shops in our little burb. The main town is down to the big box store and a used paperback shop, neither of which is close to the grocery in town. The used/ sometimes new book shop up the road from us has become so cram-filled I am now anxious when I go inside and have not visited in many months. Sadly the owner has overdone w. the books in boxes in the aisles and piled up in front of the shelves to where it gets you can't see titles bc there are just TOO much in the way and it is not orderly. I did not know there could be TOO many books in one room until the owner began putting more and more books into the shop.