Monday, July 23, 2012

80s Toys Thrifting & Corn Nuggets

My mom came to visit this past Saturday and we went together to a nearby town to go to some thrift stores & stop at this awesome little cafe to get an order of corn nuggets! I only know of two or three places that make these little fried delicacies:

They are a mix of corn and creamed corn - fried into little bite-sized pieces. They are gooey and delicious! The cafe is quite charming and I really wish that it was in my town instead of 45 minutes away. They serve coffee, a large variety of sandwiches with great sides like the corn nuggets.

The place is called "Past Times" and is located in downtown Watertown South Dakota. A friend of mine from high school introduced me to the place.

I like the tall booths and cool old ceilings. The people who work there are very nice and the food is fresh, unique and tasty!

But enough of food - we also went to a bunch of the thrift stores in town. A number of them are independent (not chain stores) and have great prices. The Goodwill in town is pretty good too (some Goodwills in other towns just seem to have relatively high prices). One thrift store goes by the name of "Saks Thrift Avenue" (funny!)


I came home with a small assortment of 80s toys including two small Pound Puppies, a miniature Popple, My Little Pony sea pony float (pink alligator), a red Sprite (originally sold at Taco Bell), and a bag full of great 80s stampers! The bag had 6 Poochie stampers and 2 My Little Pony stampers. It was great fun and I spent under $5.




If you're interested in hearing about what other people found on their thrifting adventures check out ApronThriftGirl's ThriftShare Monday!

11 comments:

  1. So happy when I find a new blog to follow, can't wait to see what other thrift treasures you find.

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  2. I've never heard of corn nuggets before, they look good!!

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  3. HOLY COW!!!!!!!! the stampers! the stampers! i had those! the orange poodle and the pink poodle with the sticking out ears! OHHHHH! I love them. that is all.

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    1. :D Awesome! Always fun to see something you haven't seen for years eh?

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  4. POOCHIE STAMPS!!!! Oh my gosh!!! I love those!

    I had one. I think it was the one with the sunglasses on her head.

    Ah! Things I wish had never been sold at a garage sale....

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    1. Well the wonderful thing about the internet is that you can almost always find those long-lost garage sale items. :)

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  5. Nice toys I like the red Sprite most.Thanks for sharing.

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    1. Thanks Steph! It looks like the little guy has probably been in the dryer before unfortunately but he is still cute. :)

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  6. Poochie! I loved Poochie--and Popples. I still have my collections of both :)

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