There are two benefits from thrifting for beach equipment. 1. What house doesn’t have a few things that were bought for a family beach trip, used only one time and then stored in the garage for the next however many years? This means you can buy those things, barely used, and at a fraction of a cost. 2. Once you have it, you have the perfect excuse to go to the beach!
For example:
$2 for both of those watermelon umbrellas. They aren’t just regular “Stick them in the ground and hope they stay put” umbrellas. They’ve got nice clamps on the end, so you can attach them to your beach tables or chairs.
$1.50 for the beach blanket / tablecloth. Much nicer than a towel because you’ll have room too move around and set down your things without covering them in sand.
In the event that the weather turns gloomy while you’re out at the beach, as it did with me, don’t worry. That’ll just give you time to check some of the local thrift stores where you’ll find things like super groovy cowgirl boots…
A large, shaggy, pleather jacket…
Or a nice straw hat for your next beach trip…
Happy Summer!
- Anna Maria
- beach
- beach trip
- best
- blue
- boots
- bradenton
- budget
- butterflies
- cheap
- convenient
- cowboy
- cowgirl
- cowgirl boots
- estate sales
- fashion
- finds
- florida
- fruit
- goodwill
- green
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- ideas
- jacket
- leather
- local
- perfect excuse
- plaid
- pleather
- pleather jacket
- purple
- rainbow
- sandy
- shag
- shop
- shopping
- straw hat
- striped
- style
- summer
- super groovy
- teal
- thrift
- thrifting
- tips
- Travel
- umbrella
- umbrellas
- unique
- vacation
- vintage
- watermelon
Two Thumbs 
Love those watermelon umbrellas, I mean really…so cute, and with clamps:).
Also love the watermelon umbrellas!