You go Doug, and stay here with us!
I have become quite the thrift store shopper, at first through necessity but then I found I could find all sorts of things for free or close to it. It's just amazing first what companies want for new stuff, and then what people throw/give away... Seattle is a relatively wealthy area and I'm just pleased to pick among the discards of the rich folk.
I quit almost all new fabric buying a long time ago, but thrift stores are my problem area. Semi-fortunately for me, with Covid precautions, thrift stores were closed months ago and are just now opening up again so I've had months of very little temptation and zero purchases. A lot of people found time to clean out their closets and such, but the thrift stores were closed and you couldn't even throw things away, because the trash truck drivers were out solo instead of having a helper so the weight limits and other restrictions meant nothing extra could go.