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Part 2 of my San Fernando thrift shop trip! So I came into this little store, I walked in, and saw just shelves of trinkets. Right there I was like «I have to get out of here» But then this sweet little old lady walked up to me and asked how I was doing, she then proceeded to show me the rest of the store, she then showed me the back, and OH MY GOD! I was blown away at how big this place was! She then told me all of the deals they have during the week. She said on Tuesdays and thursdays I believe, everything in the back is 1 – 2 $ but the rest of the week its 2 for 5 $ or just 3 $ for 1. I immediately went after the vinyls and tapes. I didn’t know prices then but I didn’t care I was in heaven, they had some awesome vinyls but nothing I would listen to over and over again until I found my secret lover «CHRISTOPHER FREAKIN CROSS». I jumped and got all giddy finding that vinyl, I kept looking and found the ghostbusters cassette tapes, the matching set! I then found paul simon’s graceland on cassette and Elvis’ greatest hits on cassette! I was so happy with all this stuff, kept looking more and more. At this point I was on the lookout for a record player but no dice. I kept looking, and tried to find the men’s shirts section but it was a little hard to find and wandered in the shoe area where I found my holy grail ZOMBIE SLIPPERS from PARANORMAN! I grabbed both of them when I had the chance! I then asked this lady who was sorting things, how much my stuff would cost, she came back saying my vinyl cost 1 $, the cassettes were 50 cents each, and the slippers were 3 $. I COULDN’T BELIEVE THESE PRICES! I flipped, kept looking but nothing, I then went inside to find a watch among all the knick knacks and that’s when I saw it, an original mickey mouse watch! I wanted it so badly, everything was so cheap in this store I expected it to be super cheap as well, but I was wrong the owner wanted 25 $ but the most I would probably go is 10 $, the watch wasn’t working, maybe needed a new battery, and also the leather strap was deteriorating really badly. So I would have to pay an extra 10 $ for the battery then on top of that another 15 $ for a new strap. He kept me at the register for a while really pushing me to buy the watch but I wasn’t convinced, at one point I thought I heard him say 20 for all my stuff and the watch, then I would’ve paid for it, but I misheard him. I then paid for my stuff, and it actually came out to a solid 5 $!! and on my way out I noticed this little garfield toy and he gave it to me for free! The guy was super nice and sweet, I will definitely be coming back to this store.