{"id":5738,"date":"2018-02-19T08:00:48","date_gmt":"2018-02-19T13:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stripedpineapple.com\/?p=5738"},"modified":"2018-02-27T10:00:59","modified_gmt":"2018-02-27T15:00:59","slug":"day-19-dumpster-diving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.stripedpineapple.com\/?p=5738","title":{"rendered":"Day 19: Dumpster Diving"},"content":{"rendered":"

You are totally allowed to give me a sideways look for this one. But a few years ago while visiting a friend in Pennsylvania, she suggested that we go dumpster diving that evening and see what we find. Always up for an adventure that feels like breaking the law without actually breaking it, I said YES! <\/span><\/p>\n

So we piled four girls into the car, and drove out into the dark and rainy night in search of the best trash. Hilarity ensued, as we climbed up the edges of tall dumpsters, and poked through the bags with the ice scraper we happened to have along. We kept a getaway driver in the car, just in case our presence ticked someone off, even though dumpster diving is legal.<\/span><\/p>\n

We came home with a load of treasures- a bookshelf, a pillow, dishes, a lamp, a speaker- and I was hooked. In fact, I enjoyed the adventure so much that my friend<\/span> I was gushing to about it told me that I needed a life. Probably true, but I didn\u2019t care. <\/span><\/p>\n

I rounded up a group of my girls once I came home and took them on our own adventure. Although it was a much less productive trip, it was still a ton of fun. Well, all fun except the part where Lyn jumped into the car I was driving screaming \u201cGO, GO, GO!\u201d and scared me spitless, just for fun. Pretty sure I still owe her payback for that. <\/span><\/p>\n

If this sounds at all like your style of fun, here are a few tips to get you started. <\/span><\/p>\n