Thrifty Thursday: Mary's Thrift Store and My Polka Dot Obsession
I've only visited Mary's Thrift Store twice, but I have a love-hate relationship with it. Located in a rundown shopping center next to a Dollar Tree on Auburn Boulevard in Citrus Heights, it's the epitome of a hole-in-the-wall store. Whoever runs it puts little effort into promotion, decor, customer service, organization and modernization. The employees barely acknowledge your existence until it's time to check out or you have a question. You won't find any social media for the store outside of a handful of mostly outdated Yelp reviews. The store doesn't offer much in the way of men's, children's, electronics or housewares. Despite all its lacking, the store has a great women's clothing selection. You just have to devote time to browsing. The clothes are somewhat organized by color, but good luck finding sizes. The store staples its prices onto the size tags of the clothes. Sometimes I'm able to read the sizes, sometimes not. It...
