I have a definitive answer to the question: “Can money buy happiness?” – or in the case of thrifting, “Can less money buy happiness?” The answer is a resounding “YES!” One of my favorite finds from this week’s thrifting adventures was a set of vintage coupon books from the Eagles Drive In Theater in Wabash, IN…each appropriately titled the “Book of Happiness.” Other treasures in the mix: some badminton racquets and a feathered birdie, various things to be used on crafts, some tins that match a set that I have – they look vintage (but aren’t), a set of illustrations for different colleges at Cambridge University, some retro travel maps and pamphlets, a Gremlins Halloween Costume (sadly minus the mask) and some Shiny Brite and Rauch ornaments — it always makes me happy when I’m able to rescue some from the bins…but it sure is a bummer when I see smashed up pieces that I didn’t get to in time.