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Gone Thrifting
by Rebekah King
Have you ever wanted to hang a sign outside
your door that reads, “Gone Thrifting”? I know
I have! While we await a heavy rain shower
to wash away the pollen bursting from our
beloved pines, let’s talk all things thrifting!
De-cluttering, de-pollinating, and donating
all of the extras that weigh us down comes
along with springtime, spring cleaning, and
all things new...and used!
Truly the best way to clean out is to move
out—the major feat that forces us to narrow
down our belongings to the bare minimum.
We get to the point wherein we just start
throwing things away in the delirium of box,
after box, after box after the initial purging
and donating to local thrift shops.
When my family conquered two major
moves within a three week window of time
due to a home selling before our home build
was complete, the cleaning out was major!
Exhilarating, exhausting, exciting...a swirling
of emotions joined the journey. Once we
arrived at home sweet home and found a
place for everything with everything in its
place, we found rest.
While so happy to have everything cleaned
out, I found myself longing for the heart stop
of the thrift shop. Those of you who know
the heart stop of finding that shark tooth in
the sand, the arrowhead near the river walk,
or the early American coin with the metal
detector—that moment of discovery is pure
JOY! The same thrill is found in the thrift
shops when you round the corner, and there
it is! The comfortable rocker to go beside the
fireplace, the snazzy designer bowl for the
coffee table, the vintage bookcase to embrace
your classics—such are the finds at the perfect
price! Discounted and discarded, the pieces
find new life in the saying, “One man’s trash is
another man’s treasure.”
Tuesday mornings at Habitat Restore of
the NC Sandhills find designers searching
for the jewel in the rough. Opening day after
a weekend of rest for Habitat Restore is the
place to be! No wonder it won first place in the
Pilot’s “Best of the Pines” contest for Place To
Buy Consigned/Used Furniture and second
place for Thrift Shop; the Coalition Resale
Shop won first place for Thrift Shop. Those
experienced in thrifting exclaim a very hearty,
“Amen!” as these local gems shine while
helping locals in need!
With an abundance of thrift shops with
several in each town, we discover our favorites
and make the rounds. One time I tried to see
how many shops I could visit in an afternoon
and ran out of daylight as they run from one
end of the county to the other. Starting in
Pinebluff as the Pinebluff Peddler, Adam’s
Thrift Shop and Heavenly Dust & Stuff Thrift
Shop cluster on N. Walnut Street, I continued
onto Highway #5 featuring the Design Market,
Habitat Restore of the NC Sandhills, and A Bit
of Couture Upscale Consignment offering over
7,000 square feet of home decor, furniture,
and clothing. Highway #211 brought me to
a crossroads in West End featuring Pastimes
and Medley Anna’s and soon enough sunset
with my entire family calling me about
dinner plans. Ha! I forgot to put up my “Gone
Thrifting” sign!
Nonetheless, Southern Pines is a favorite
treat as visits to the Coalition Resale Shops
and Emmanuel Episcopal Thrift Store
downtown are a must. Whispering Pines holds
the popular Puzzle Piece and Whispering
Pines Thrift Shop. Carthage welcomes locals
to Helping the Orphans, the Turning Point
and others. The Bee’s Knees Antiques and
Thrift is a new delight who gives back to the
community. With so many incredible shops,
too many to list, we find our favorites and
frequent them well.
Some shops lean towards antiques while
others focus on furniture, household, and
clothes. You just never know what you might
find as the turnover of goods is constant. If
you want it, then you had better get it!
I’ll never forget finding a pair of Arthur
Umanoff Original 1960s Wicker Basket Chairs
at the Design Market on #5. I needed two chairs
for my round, solid oak breakfast table that I
had recently purchased for $50. Well, one look
at those chairs, and it was a done deal. I was
sold! With the oak table and designer Umanoff
chairs now situated on the black and white
cowhide rug named Ethel, my heart smiles
every single day. Enjoying the perfect sparkle
for the space, I love the story. I love the find...
or maybe I just love the heart stop in the wild
and wonderful gone thrifting days!
A new delight surfaced when my son
Wesley and I were in Habitat Restore and
discovered our latest venture! A bread
machine! And a coffee pot, you know like the
kind they have at church dinners. The bread
machine, originally selling for $300 new, was
now a mere $8 with a recipe book, dent, and
all! I snatched that baby up along with the 42
cup coffee percolator with the blue $10 price
tag, which meant 40% off of the sticker price
that day. Sold!
Kneading up greatness ever since bringing
this baby home, the bread machine has
produced pizza dough, dinner rolls and
cinnamon rolls—you just cannot believe it! The
dough comes out all warm and risen to puffy,
elastic-y perfection! Once you start rolling out
the dough, the magic continues with a filling of
butter, cinnamon, and brown sugar. With the
cinnamon rolls baking to perfection, it's time
to make the icing and start the coffee. That big
old carafe of 42 cups requires an entire bag of
coffee, because that’s how we roll in our home
of eight, plus friends!
Once those cinnamon rolls are dripping in
homemade icing...enough said. Let me just
tell you, all of your New Year’s resolutions will
be out the window with these babies! But hey
spring is here, so get on your walking shoes
and enjoy an adventure! When your family
calls looking for you, just tell them, you’ve
gone thrifting! And I can promise you that if
you bring home a bread machine, then they
won’t mind your escape at all!
Cheers for a happy Springtime full of warm
sweet rolls and thrilling heart stop! ☐
BREAD MACHINE CINNAMON ROLLS
DOUGH:
• 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons warm milk
• 3 tablespoons oil
• 1 egg, lightly beaten plus 2 egg whites
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 4 cups flour (Add a bit more if dough seems
too wet after first few minutes of kneading in
the bread machine.)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 teaspoons yeast
FILLING (DOUBLE THIS)
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2/3 cup brown sugar mixed with 1 tablespoon
cinnamon
ICING:
• 1 teaspoon milk
• 1 1/2 cups confectioners sugar
• 4 tablespoons (or less) butter, softened
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
DIRECTIONS
Put the dough ingredients in the bread
machine in the order listed and run on the
dough cycle. After the dough cycle is finished,
roll the dough into a large rectangle and spread
it with 2 Tablespoons melted butter and 2/3
cup brown sugar mixed with 1 Tablespoon
cinnamon.
Roll up and cut into 10-15 rolls and place
in two greased round cake pans. Bake at 325
degrees for 20 minutes or until browned.
Spread the icing on the cinnamon rolls as soon
as they come out of the oven. Enjoy with love! ☐
(This recipe is from Money Saving Mom
www.moneysavingmom.com/easyhomemade
cinnamon-rolls-in-the-bread-
The Bread machine/)
Machine. No. 142 The Pinehurst Gazette, Inc. p.3