Dumpster-diving: LA Style

Posted on August 16, 2015 by The Goddess

I swear, the problem was probably it needed paper or ink!

Dumpster-diving: LA-Style

Posted on July 23, 2015 by The Goddess

Haven’t heard from this LA reader in quite some time – figured she’d rented out a warehouse and was hauling in $$ hand over fist by staging houses for sale…

Okay, that does it: My next official road trip will be to LA. I’ll even reattach the top luggage bars (the ones I wanted to use with PITA on the NYC road trip before DH interfered).

And the way the dumpsters work out there is you first see a couple of chairs, then the rest of the set and only then do you spot the table and/or hutch; same schedule for living room furnishings. just shoot me now…the only thing I got ever from a dumpster was that guy giving me a folded Uncle Ben. Not that there’s anything wrong with that…

Dumpster diving, LA-style: Couch-o-rama!

Posted on September 22, 2014 by The Goddess

Reader with another bountiful dumpster – looks like an entire office suite just got dumped. How can anyone out there have any money when so much like-new stuff just gets tossed. If I lived here I’d go around picking up these great finds…and then selling them at a flea market!

Dumpster diving, LA-Style

Posted on September 10, 2014 by The Goddess

Reader says she would gladly contact the owner about buying the remaining two chairs to complete the set ’cause she can’t see any damage on these ones!

Reader Deal of the Week

Posted on August 22, 2014 by The Goddess

Reader stops in to Kohls since she’d gotten one of those $10 off $10+ coupons in the mail and the kids needed back-to-school shoes. Kids were not thrilled with the selection, so she decided to just look around when she spotted this dress, fully lined, at 80% off – down to $10.80. Brought it to the register to verify the price and walked out with a perfectly-fitting dress that can be worn dressed down for work or dressed up for a night out. Total OOP was 86¢…damned taxes!