I got it thrift! Christmas edition

I have more Christmas ornaments that I can use on one tree, but our first Christmas with Minion taught us that she sees the tree as one big cat toy. I didn't mind her attacks on the tree, which hit its apex when I woke one day to find her hanging out in the top of it...

But she eats lights! Occasionally the lights would go out and I'd inevitably find some mauled up socket.

So this year I sought out soft ornaments, or ones without little pieces for her to break off and accidentally swallow. And the next time we have an xmas together I'll build a new Minion Safe cat toy tree for her to destroy.

Since we sell most ornaments as just big grab bags of stuff, I picked out the bags that contained a couple ornaments I wanted...

And then some of the other things I might keep...

What's fun about thrift ornaments is you get every style. Like CUTE...

HOLY...

HOMEMADE...

and WTF WHY DOES THIS ANGEL HAVE A PUSHUP BRA??

I also got lots of cute cards. In fact, there was a large number of cat and dog themed cards, just perfect for the kinds of people I know!

But sh*t, it was 99 cents!

I mentioned Macklemore and Lewis before in re their song on gay relationships. Today we have their song on thrift shopping, something he's addicted to. Since I work in a thrift shop I felt I should share the song. Here's Macklemore's advice on how to thrift shop:

You have to be open-minded, and you've gotta dig around the entire store—not just the men's section. Hit up the shoe section, the women's section, the toy section. Some of my best finds have been in sections that weren't meant for me.

Though the songs are totally different in tone, they have one thing in common--they both run counter to hip hop culture. Acceptance of homosexuality is slllloooowly reaching hip hop (great article on this here) and in "Thrift Shop" he's playing on the hip hop culture of wearing top brands:

Draped in a leopard mink, girl standing next to me
Probably shoulda washed this, smells like R.Kelly sheets, piss
But shit, it was 99 cents

Here are my top 5 fave scenes from "Thrift Shop" :

1. Hottie-driven bike ride arrival.

2. "R Kelly" riding by.

3. "I wear your grampa's clothes

I look incredible"

4. Dancing in Batman onesie.

5. Little girl saying: "Is that your grandma's coat?"

Lyrics explained at rapgenius.com !

[Hook: Wanz]
I’m gonna pop some tags, only got twenty dollars in my pocket
I’m, I’m, I’m hunting, looking for a come up, this is fucking awesome

[Verse One: Macklemore]
Walk into the club like what up? I got a big cock
Nah, I’m just pumped, I bought some shit from the thrift shop
Ice on the fringe is so damn frosty
The people like “Damn, that’s a cold ass honky”
Rolling in hella deep, headed to the mezzanine
Dressed in all pink except my gator shoes, those are green
Draped in a leopard mink, girl standing next to me
Probably shoulda washed this, smells like R.Kelly sheets, piss
But shit, it was 99 cents, buy it, cop it and washing it
‘Bout to go and get some compliments, passing up on those moccasins
Someone else has been walking in, bummy and grungy, fucking it
I am stunting and flossing and saving my money and I’m hella happy
That’s a bargain bitch, I’mma take your grandpa style
I’mma take your grandpa style, no for real, ask your grandpa
Can I have his hand-me-downs? Velour jumpsuit and some house slippers
Dookie Brown leather jacket that I found digging
They had a broken keyboard, I bought a broken keyboard
I bought a skeet blanket, then I bought a knee board
Hello, hello, my ace man, my Miller
John Wayne ain’t got nothing on my fringe game, hell no
I could take some Pro Wings, make them cool, sell those
The sneaker heads would be like “Ah, he got the Velcros”

[Hook 2X]

[Verse Two: Macklemore]
What you know about rocking a wolf on your noggin?
What you knowing about wearing a fur fox skin?
I’m digging, I’m digging, I’m searching right through that luggage
One man’s trash, that’s another man’s come up
Thank your granddad for donating that plaid button up shirt
‘Cause right now, I’m up in here stunting
I’m at the Goodwill, you can find me in the bins
I’m that sucker, sucker searching in the section
Your grammy, your aunty, your momma, your mammy
I’ll take those flannel zebra jammies, second hand and I’ll rock that motherfucker
They built a onsie with the socks on the motherfucker
I hit the party and they stop in that motherfucker
They be like “Oh that Gucci, that’s hella tight”
I’m like “Yo, that’s fifty dollars for a t-shirt”
Limited edition, let’s do some simple addition
Fifty dollars for a t-shirt, that’s just some ignorant bitch shit
I call that getting swindled and pimped, shit
I call that getting tricked by business, that shirt’s hella dough
And having the same one as six other people in this club is a hella don’t
Peep game, come take a look through my telescope
Trying to get girls from a brand? Then you hella won’t, man you hella won’t

[Hook]

[Bridge: Wanz]
I wear your granddad's clothes, I look incredible
I’m in this big ass coat from that thrift shop down the road
I wear your granddad's clothes, I look incredible
I’m in this big ass coat from that thrift shop down the road

[Hook]