{"id":13396,"date":"2014-11-12T14:15:44","date_gmt":"2014-11-12T22:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.momservations.com\/?p=13396"},"modified":"2014-11-12T14:15:44","modified_gmt":"2014-11-12T22:15:44","slug":"the-thrill-of-the-hunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/momservations.com\/index.php\/2014\/11\/12\/the-thrill-of-the-hunt\/","title":{"rendered":"The Thrill of the Hunt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Momservation: <\/strong>One man\u2019s trash is another kid\u2019s bragging rights on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u263a\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u263a\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u263a<\/p>\n<p>Pop quiz!<\/p>\n<p>What does this:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13397\" src=\"https:\/\/momservations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/boxing-glove-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"boxing glove\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13398\" src=\"https:\/\/momservations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Tommy-Bahama-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Tommy Bahama\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And this have in common?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13399\" src=\"https:\/\/momservations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/fishing-lure-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"fishing lure\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll give you a hint:<\/p>\n<p>They were all acquired by a 15 year-old boy.<\/p>\n<p>Still missing the common thread? How about this hint:<\/p>\n<p>They were all bought for under $10.<\/p>\n<p>Coming into focus now? Here\u2019s one last clue:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MACKLEMORE &amp; RYAN LEWIS - THRIFT SHOP FEAT. WANZ (OFFICIAL VIDEO)\" width=\"843\" height=\"474\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QK8mJJJvaes?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s right! My son has discovered thrift store shopping! And I think it\u2019s fantastic!<\/p>\n<p>What mother wouldn\u2019t love a new hobby that gets her son\u2019s head out of another dumb smart phone app that manufactures adventure for an actual treasure hunt adventure with friends that culminates with the joy of bringing home a single boxing glove bought for only two dollars?! Or that makes him want to get out the house to use a 50 cent fishing lure over sitting in his room with his $200 Beats? Or a kid confident enough in his style to ditch the $30 name brand t-shirts to re-rock the $7 Tommy Bahama?<\/p>\n<p>Love it!<\/p>\n<p>Can I please tell you how much more satisfying it is to turn over $5 to a teen who comes home with a second-hand paisley button-down shirt rather than an empty Starbucks Frappuccino cup?<\/p>\n<p>I must thank my son\u2019s buddy, Tom, who\u2019s been stylin\u2019 thrift store Hawaiian shirts since summer for bringing the guys around to bargain hunting. And Aiden for sealing the deal on going treasure hunting by smuggling over his brother\u2019s flea market machete.<\/p>\n<p>Honestly, I think it was the prospect of finding \u201cmatching weaponry\u201d more than matching Tom\u2019s impeccable clothing style that kick started the adventure\u2014either way, those two just saved me a ton of cash in gift shopping this Christmas!<\/p>\n<p>And you should have seen how excited this group of treasure hunting boys was when they heard about our local flea market\u2014<a href=\"http:\/\/deniosmarket.com\/\">Denio\u2019s<\/a>\u2014the largest in Northern California spread out over 80 acres! When Hubby and I let them loose at our old college stomping grounds it was like releasing them into Disneyland!<\/p>\n<p>When we collected them four hours later after our own treasure hunt one was sporting his brand new $15 sneakers (style\u2014check), each had new pocket knives (matching weaponry\u2014check), my son had his single $2 boxing glove (why the hell not?\u2014check), and another was wavering on going back to get the ukulele he had his eye on (cause who doesn\u2019t need a ukulele?\u2014next visit).<\/p>\n<p>Despite the boys\u2019 fabulous purchases, I think I made out the best!<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the new toy our dog Darby got for $1 (score!):<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13400\" src=\"https:\/\/momservations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/chipmunk-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"chipmunk\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And I\u2019d love to show you what I got my for my white elephant Christmas party gift\u2026but I don\u2019t want to ruin somebody\u2019s most excellent surprise. I will give you this hint though:<\/p>\n<p>Bargained down to $10, it\u2019s going to go FANTASTIC with someone\u2019s framed black velvet Elvis picture!<\/p>\n<p>#poppintags<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When teenagers discover thrift shopping you never know what&#8217;s coming through the door next.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":13397,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[165],"tags":[1509,1510,2,1511,86,3,929,5,6,28,1512,1361,1513,1514],"class_list":["post-13396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-parenting-humor-2","tag-best-fleamarket-california","tag-denios","tag-family","tag-flea-market-shopping","tag-kelli-wheeler","tag-kids","tag-macklemore-and-ryan-lewis","tag-momservations","tag-parenting","tag-parenting-humor","tag-raising-teens","tag-teens","tag-thrift-shop-song","tag-thrift-shopping"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Thrill of the Hunt - Kelli M. 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