one woman's trash is this chickadee's treasure

new brake pads: $300

number hours spent waiting for car to be fixed: 6
number of thrift stores within walking distance of car doctor: 1

the best cake stand ever: priceless

there are many things that money can't buy, for everything else the government prints these little pieces of paper called dollars and you can use two of them to buy yourself the most fantastic ceramic cake stand ever in the history of cake stands. or maybe you can't, because i now own that cake stand. and i will treasure it forever.