My husband and I spent the weekend up in Meredith, New Hampshire and I had a chance to look around the town to check out the junktique situation for the day while he spent the afternoon playing golf. Meredith is very pretty, by the way, and right on a lake. My plan was to check out a couple stores, take a walk along the lake, have a sandwich, and then hit a couple more stores. My first stop was Etcetera, a consignment store that’s on...

Great… this new reality show is going to publicize my favorite places to shop so there’s even more competition snatching up the good deals. Seems to me Thrift Stores are more crowded than regular clothing stores these days. They’re one of the few places left where shopping works better in person rather than online. Though I still can’t believe the Gap near me closed down. There used to be three Gaps within ten blocks....