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CalmSpirit · May 2nd, 2006, 02:40 PM

I love it when I go into a store and find something that I don't expect to find. Has this ever happened to you. Maybe at BigLots or BiLo? Or a obscure little shop? and find a hidden treasure?

Today I went into a discount store that sells dented cans looking for cheap virgin coconut oil. Instead I found.

1. Coconut milk $0.25 a can (different brands)
2. FOTE aloe gel $2.00 which is almost $4 at Walmart.

Maybe you've found wooden combs at flea markets or hair toys? Oils? Butters?

Tsuyu · May 2nd, 2006, 03:10 PM

Oh yes... I think unexpected treasures somehow make you feel like you are on a roll... Ohhh I love that feeling too...

I am not so into oils so I have never felt this way with oils but well with hair toys it is a different matter. Along flea markets... and all in foreign countries sometimes you stumble upon beautiful wood work and beadwork for hair toys.

And the bonus is usually an affordable price...

Unexpected treasures are great!

Carolyn · May 2nd, 2006, 04:23 PM

Yes I have. That's so much fun to find a little goodie. I found some Ficcares on sale at the Mall of America about 3 or 4 years ago. Marked way down. It wasn't at Nordstroms but one of the other anchor stores. I bought one in every style they had on sale. And then not too long ago I found a nice supply of WR Lemongrass conditioner at a Pamida. I think I bought 14 bottles of it. It's discontinued.

**Teacherbear** · May 2nd, 2006, 05:23 PM

I'm ALWAYS checking out BigLots. I've found a bazillion things there: shower drain screens (to prevent drain-cloggage), no-metal pony ties (thin, thick, small, large, jumbo), ABBA shampoo and conditioners, Goody clips (various - very smooth) etc.

Congrats on your great finds!

Mebo · May 3rd, 2006, 11:10 AM

My best find was Goody hairpins at a Big Lots - usually $3, for 25 cents! I bought all they had.

I love to look at the hair stuff anyway.

CopperHead · May 3rd, 2006, 11:30 AM

When our local Big Lots was phasing out their hair things, they had two huge bins full of hair toys. I was diving for what seemed like an hour. I got so many nice little things for about $.25 a piece. :-)

shrimp · May 3rd, 2006, 11:34 AM

Bargains are great!
I got three pairs of decorated metal hair sticks from ebay for £9 with no postage which are gorgeous, then this weekend I found a pair to bead myself for £2.75 (been looking for these for ages) which I think is cheap anyway.
Tuesday I bought two really nice, reasonably short, shaped metal chopsticks for 20p. YAY!!!!!
Oh and some gorgeous metal and crstal hair sticks in Claires for £1 for a pair (which was annoying as I'd bought them two days earlier at £3odd, but it meant I could justify a spare pair)

I also found a website selling two wooden hairsticks and a hair fork in mixed woods (so they have a stripy pattern) for £7 no postage. Again not an amazing bargain but so rare to find that I would have paid a lot more for them!

I must stop buying hair toys, I must stop buying hair toys.......................

eucalyptus · May 3rd, 2006, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Tsuyu

Oh yes... I think unexpected treasures somehow make you feel like you are on a roll... Ohhh I love that feeling too...

It makes me feel triumphant.

CalmSpirit · May 3rd, 2006, 01:00 PM

It is like a warm sensation inside for me. It's like... I can not think of the feeling. But I almost forgot. I got a wood slide from Goodies, and it cost $.45. It is special, because it is my first slide.

ShanaMaidela · May 3rd, 2006, 05:40 PM

Hmmm.....Big Lots has lots of hair toys? I may have to pop over there. I haven't been in it yet......Definitely tomorrow......

snowbear · May 3rd, 2006, 06:19 PM

As someone who doesn't go to WalMart, I'll check out Big Lots! I love a good bargain!

Elbereth · May 3rd, 2006, 08:43 PM

Every now and then this happens. My latest treasures are Taiwan clips

that I found from a local department store. I have also found a nice fakkare quite recently. It's great to find something like that unexpectedly.

CalmSpirit · May 4th, 2006, 02:15 PM

Elbereth,yes it is great to find something like that unexpectedly.

I just wanted to make a correction. I got my first slide from GOODWILL not Goodies.

gunjee · May 4th, 2006, 03:09 PM

I volunteered to help with my daughter's class Derby party (the Kentucky Derby is a very big deal over here), and I needed cupcake cups so I stopped at the Super Walmart. I didn't find good cupcake cups, but when I wandered over to the hairtoy aisle (which took quite a bit of wandering, since haircare is way on the other side of the store from where baking stuff is located) and found this perfect leather slide. It's stick was wooden and it was the perfect brown color. People asked me the next day when I wore it if I got it in India.

And some of you know about the time I bought my very first hairsticks (which I'm still in love with) after having an argument with my husband at Rite Aid. You can find the most wonderful things when you least expect it!