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title: Dumpster Blessings
description: I went shopping... in the dumpster, and now I'm RICH!
---

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# [Dumpster Blessings](https://www.verisimilitude.today/blog/dumpster-blessings)

 Written by [Alex W](https://www.verisimilitude.today/blog/author/alex-w) | July 2, 2015 1:00:00 PM Z

Last Saturday I increased my rolling pin stash by 200%. 

 

Neighbors of mine must have moved out in a rush as I provisioned the following out of my condo's dumpster:

1 [Kenmore Elite Microwave](http://amzn.to/1LzO3JF)

1 [Oster Toaster](http://amzn.to/1FNiLaY)

1 [Aroma Professional 12-Cup (Cooked) Digital Rice Cooker, Food Steamer and Slow Cooker, Stainless Steel](http://amzn.to/1eewD8b)

2 [Large Gibson Housewares platters](http://amzn.to/1egpEvw)

2 [Pyrex Glass Pie Dishes](http://amzn.to/1FNjr0d)

5 [Sango Mugs](http://amzn.to/1egpDaR)

5 Wine Glasses

13 [IKEA Pokal Shot Glasses](http://amzn.to/1SXNJXg)

1 [OXO Cocktail Shaker](http://amzn.to/1T0Slfm)

4 [Sango Bowls](http://amzn.to/1egpDaR)

23 [Piece Bellasera Cutlery Set by Zwilling J.H. Henckels](http://amzn.to/1FNjOI2)

1 [Muffin Tray](http://amzn.to/1GM82j0)

1 [Set of Chefmate Baking Pans](http://amzn.to/1KqEZHO)

1 [Oxo Rolling Pin](http://amzn.to/1FSUFMe)

2 Sets of Measuring cups

1 [Farberware Knife Block with a set of 5 Knives](http://amzn.to/1T0R8EQ)

3 [Cuisinart Knives](http://amzn.to/1LzQwUq)

1 Bread Baking Tin

1 [Pur Water Filterer with Spare Filters](http://amzn.to/1g6vJvI)

1 Hand-made Wooden Cutting Board by some dude named K. E. Martin

1 [Plastic Cutting Board](http://amzn.to/1KqFdi6)

1 [Cuisinart Hand Blender](http://amzn.to/1bNSAIm)

1 [Baker's Secret Flour Sifter](http://amzn.to/1g6xARg)

1 [Calphalon Santoku Knife](http://amzn.to/1IJL7VS)

2 Ice Cream Scoopers

1 Pizza Cutter

6 [Ikea Glasses](http://amzn.to/1R66qdO)

1 Whisk

 

 

The responses I've received from coworkers have varied from mild endorsement to open judgment. But let the judgers know that *I* am judging society's coercion of norms to the sanitary white-washed state they are in today!

Seriously though, this stuff was all wrapped in plastic trash bags, relatively clean/new in the first place and all very recently deposited in a decidedly rat-free (if only moderately smelly) dumpster. And, remember! If you buy from any of these links, it's almost like having taken it from the dumpster; you too can participate in a less consumerist world!

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