First Thrift Store Find!

So today after visiting the post office, and picking up a lovely cup of Starbucks blonde roast coffee, I decided to visit the local Salvation army. It seems like the last time I've visited any thrift store all the toys are in clean plastic bags. I remember as a kid getting to dig through bins of vintage toys at our Goodwill. This salvation army had shelves upon shelves on Beanie Babies, which I collected as a kid but I will never feel the need to buy any more of those (I'm sure we have at least 100). There were a few Care Bear Plush animals, but after inspecting the tags they were from 2004.

And then I noticed a little green haired doll sitting all alone among the stuffed toys. I didn't think twice before picking her up. She had $.49 written on her foot, and I figured fifty cents isn't bad for any toy! And once she was purchased and slipped into my purse I checked Ghost of the Doll and sure enough she is a 1981 Strawberry Shortcake doll named Lime Chiffon. She may be missing her parrot, socks (poor girl) and shoes, but her hat is still held on her head with a tag and overall I am so happy I rescued her! Not bad for my first thrift store trip!

Fairy Winkles

Besides Littlest Pet Shop, Kenner also made a line of toys called Fairy Winkles. These appeared to be everyday objects, but they had hidden compartments where fairies could hide. I had a few of these sets as a kid. Mainly the Clock, Swan, Mail away Necklace, Jewelry Box, and Perfume Bottle. This was another toy I spent a bit of time rounding up, but only managed to find the perfume bottle and 3 fairies, one of which is the mail away fairy. It still blows me away that I could convince my mom at age 4 to send away for the locket necklace. But there is evidence she did! I'm sure I wore it as much as I wore my Littlest Pet shop Puppy necklace.

Magic Mirror Swan

Mail away Locket

Cozy Keepsakes

Twinkle Time Nursery Clock

Littlest Pet Shop

In the 90's Kenner made a line called Littlest Pet Shop. This was one of my favorite toys as a kid! I had the blue 1992 carrying case full of animals. At the time I was 3 so you can imagine I didn't keep my toys together very well. By the time I was 10 I realized that I had no idea where my LPS animals were so I conducted a house wide search to find anything from the Littlest Pet Shop line. All I could find was maybe 10 random pieces. I was pretty sad but put them away in a box and figured I would keep looking. It wasn't until June of this year when I started buying them on eBay. Since then I've become a bit obsessed and have gone beyond my wildest LPS dreams. A few of my favorite sets are below. I was lucky enough to win a lot with the Merpet sets which are quite hard to come by. Even though I didn't own these as a kid, I'm sure I would have loved them!

Mommy Mer Catfish

Kissing Sea Bunny

Swingin' Sea Star Monkey

Ocean Goin' Guppy Puppy

Paw Print Club Bunnies and Kitties