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Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared on The Penny Hoarder. Who among us hasn’t burned a good chunk of the day wandering the racks of a T.J. Maxx or Marshalls, searching for the next item that might truly surprise us? You might go in looking for one thing and come out with quite another, but it turns out that there can — and, perhaps, should — be a method to the madness.
