This Thrifted Life

In this post I talked about the uber-neat 3/50 Project that encourages citizens to pick 3 stores they would be sad to see disappear and spend $50 a month at independent businesses. I’m excited to pay even more attention to my dollars and keep them as local as possible.

So here are 3 businesses I want to help keep around:

DRM thrift store–The Downtown Rescue Mission is our local homeless shelter and is truly a wonderful organization. They have well-stocked thrift stores staffed by friendly faces all over the area, and I shop them regularly.

Cinemagic Movie Theatre–Our local theater isn’t much to look at on the outside, but it actually has stadium seating and a friendly staff. And their matinee prices are the cheapest in the area: $5 a ticket. They also have one of the only drive-in’s around, and I can’t wait to watch a movie at the drive-in when it warms up.

Pablo’s–Pablo’s is our local cafe/bookstore that has yummy (and fabulously priced) coffee. They have a small book collection I should really peruse more and also sell beautiful local pottery.

I don’t know if I’ll spend my entire $50 at these three businesses, but I’ll definitely make it a goal to stop by each of these places this month and support them.

I just finished reading America Unchained by Dave Gorman. I really enjoyed reading about Dave’s road trip across America and the local businesses he found and supported along the way. I hope to get my hands on a copy of the documentary so I can see some of these crazy-interesting business owners in the flesh (well, on camera). Thanks for the rec Frugal Trenches!