That 3-M bag was a great hit at the small group, lol now I only have about half of it left. I kept back the big piece of Timeless Treasures (the 2 yd yellow/green ivy print at the far left of the picture), 2 1-yard pieces of a metallic that I will use to make a few Stack & Whack type blocks, and the elephant print. BTW, that bag was about 6 pounds.
Today I met up with the guy from Craig's list and bought 26 pounds of mostly 80s-90s fabric from his mother's stash for $50, that was a lot of money for me going out at once for fabric, but I know my cash wouldn't go nearly so far at the quilt store. Will take "Mary's Stash" to small group with me and spread out the joy a bit more. Later today I'll go through it a bit and see if there is anything there I really get excited about first
Went back to the thrift store since I was in the general area, the big piece of Cranston yardage I hoped would still be there wasn't... but I did find another bag of stripes and such from the same person as the previous bag so I picked that up as well as another bag that turned out to be about half non-quilting fabrics -- oh well, we don't win them all. Is all good though, the non-quilting fabrics go into a bag that will be turned back into one of the thrift stores once it gets full.