St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Shop in Derby posts weekly sales

Boo-tiful sales every day this week! OPEN MONDAY! Guilt-free shopping as your purchases help fund our pantry! 

We challenge you to walk around the shop, chat with our wonderful volunteers and NOT leave without a little something - or A LOT!

Shared from the organization's Facebook page.

St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Shop in Derby posts this week's sales

 

St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Shop in Derby posts this week's sales

 

Halloween costumes for sale at St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Shop in Derby

 

This is shared from the nonprofit organization's Facebook page.

St. Vincent de Paul thrift shop in Derby reopens Monday

 The shop is at 237 Roosevelt Drive, Derby.

St. Vincent de Paul in Derby seeks donations of clothing, housewares, toys, more

 

HomeGoods slates Oct. 5 grand opening in Ansonia

ANSONIA - HomeGoods, a global leader in discount home furnishings and decor, will make its debut inside the existing Marshall’s store downtown next month.

Renovations to the Marshalls and HomeGoods combo store, at 405 Main St. in the Big Y shopping plaza, are nearing completion, according to a company press release. A grand opening celebration will be held at 8 a.m. Oct. 5.

 Company officials said the remodel will feature a common entrance with “two distinct store environments on either side of the building allowing customers the added convenience of shopping both stores.” 
With the addition of HomeGoods, company officials said they expect to fill 15 additional full and part- time positions. 

This is a corporate press release. 

Gnutty for gnomes, that's me

As you can see from the photo in the sidebar at right, I like gnomes.

I've long been attracted to them. They make me smile. 
And I've collected quite a few pieces of the garden statuary over the years. Easily amused? Maybe.

While shopping Tuesday I went to check out the solar lighting and while in that department I spied some gnomes! And they were on clearance! 
I had to get one.

I bought this "gnome on a stick" for my garden in the front yard. 
And it was half-price. Score one for the gnome collector! Maybe he needs a name.

On Wednesday I went to Lizzie's Corner Consignment and Gifts in Seymour to consign a few things. I saw this guy (below) reading a book and sitting on two more books and had to get him to add to my collection. 

Meet Norm the Gnome. 

Or is that Gnorm? OK, I'll stop.

I looked up garden gnomes on Wikipedia and this is what I found:

"A garden gnome, or lawn gnome, is a figurine of a small humanoid creature, usually wearing a pointy hat, displayed for the purpose of ornamentation on front lawns or in gardens. These figurines originated in 19th-century Germany, where they became known as Gartenzwerge (garden dwarfs). The application of the term gnome in English is first attested in the 1930s."

So this post ended up being a bit educational. I hope it also was a bit amusing.