Back in December, feeling festive, Mr. T and I picked up two Christmas/winter jigsaw puzzles at our favorite thrift store. At some point in the holiday season, we decided to start one of them. Of course it is always a gamble of sorts buying a used jigsaw puzzle. We realized it was certainly possible one or more pieces could be missing, but the scenes were beautiful, and this one called Christmas Cottage was only $3.
What we found upon opening the box was quite a surprise.
The person who donated the puzzle to the store had included a thoughtful note. He or she shared the information that the puzzle had a missing piece, but that this need not take away from the fun or the challenge of working the puzzle. The donor had taken a photo of the puzzle showing just where the missing piece should be. They even drew a blue arrow (visible in photo of their letter above) pointing out its location in the puzzle.
This was so helpful! This puzzle was definitely a challenge, but it was so beautiful that we enjoyed every minute of working on it.
Such a fun thing to find in a thrift-store puzzle purchase. We got much more than $3 of enjoyment out of this. Now we are wondering what surprises might be in store in the second puzzle we bought that day!
