Courtenay

We're back in Courtenay for the first time since September last year.  There were some thrift shops that we hadn't known about or understood so we had the opportunity to visit.

I guess the main one is the Habitat for Humanity ReStore as out experience until this past summer has told us housewares aren't generally sold.  At any rate, I looked for it last year but it is hidden in some residential backwater of Courtenay that most people will not stumble upon.

 It doesn't have a huge amount of anything (the staff reportedly can't handle much weight) but it does have a larger amount of housewares than the ReStores in the Victoria area and Nanaimo.  Free lot parking.

ReStore Courtenay

There used to be a Catholic thrift shop, Our Lady, but it appears to have closed (I am pretty sure before August last year, and maybe even December 2014).

There may also have been a Saint Vincent de Paul but it is also gone.

One shop I have been hesitant to list is the Courtenay Community Thrift shop.  It is rather messy and by all appearances is a private for-profit store.