Goodwill Store & Donation Center

I guess the obvious joke would be to say that a stop here is necessary before a trip to the nearby Temple of Eating (aka Shady Maple for those of you that live on Mars) as whatever you’re wearing when you start likely won’t fit when you leave.
In all seriousness, there is nothing wrong with shopping at a Goodwill but personally I can’t be bothered with it as at least the one that is nearest to where I live is normally a filthy and disorganized mess.
This GW compared to most is very small and maybe that has something to do with it being OK or maybe it’s because the three people who were working all seemed to actually care about keeping the place organized but again, things were certainly OK.
Typical looking GW upstairs and there is a basement with housewares and more deeply discounted clearance items but when the old lady went downstairs I stayed upstairs waiting until the time when I would be liberated from shopping hell.
She spent around thirty bucks on some things and I suppose it was a good value for what was bought. The one area that wasn’t as good as other GW locations I’ve been forced to go to is the pricing system. Our local GW runs on a system of color coded dots where each dot corresponds to a price. Here, everything is suppose to be priced but somehow the old lady found two things without a price tag and at the register the person working seemed to «make up» a price on the spot. Was it the right price? Was it a real price? I’ll never know.
If you like to hunt/​sift/​sort thru things when you shop in a setting where there is always seemingly a ton of people all around you then coming here will be like manna from heaven. They’re open 9 – 9 Monday to Saturday and like most things in the local area, they’re closed on Sunday.

Super clean and organized and neat items. I scored two hip/​eclectic tops, a purse and two pairs of unused quality winter socks for under $ 15. If you’re going to shady maple smörgåsbord with the fam this is a must-​stop!

This is my favorite Goodwill. It’s far from me so I don’t get here often but when I do I always find something. In my most recent trip I spent $ 80. I got some really great items. One of them being an unopened Spider-​Man toy for son, which I’m saving for Christmas. I also found really nice name brand clothes for the entire family. The store itself was fairly clean. The basement had toys; housewares, books and clearance clothes. I will make it a priority to get here a little more often.

If you’re looking for the goodwill furthest away from civilization, you’ve found it.
When I saw the full parking lot, I knew I was in the right place at the right time.
Sure enough I managed to score a lovely soft leather clutch with 2 indian maidens engraved into the side. Unique and interesting at the same time. There was no price on it, so I headed to the register hoping I had enough cash on me to cover it.
When the girl rang it up though, I was pleasantly surprised. The damage to my purse was a mere $ 2.09.
The star off was because they’ve just remodeled and moved their books, etc downstairs and it was too crowded down there to maneuver.
If they were closer, I’d give them another shot in the near future.