Kaiser was so excited that I thought Christmas was here. He started sorting the stationary for himself and for little sister.
To see him getting so excited over someone's discarded stationary - I can't help to think that we did do something right to instill the thrifty mindset into him. But than again, he was with me lots of time when I was doing thrift store treasure digging myself.
In fact, other than usable stationary, we've picked up brand new remote control helicopter toys, guitar and kid's roller blades in good condition next to the trash can at the lift lobby of our housing block. I guess that's "freecycle" in Singapore for you. We are keeping the karma flowing by placing usable stuff (mostly children's - e.g. outgrown Crocs, bicycle helmet, clothing, etc), and I felt happy that they were gone pretty fast.Another nice "pickup" - this old-fashioned side table which is serving us perfectly well for keeping newspapers for recycling, while enabling easy access to water, books/magazines we're reading at the dinning table, and snacks/brochures/odds and ends.
