'Hilarious and fun': Ottawa man surprised with 40th birthday party inside Value Village
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As much as Tyler Garvey loves hunting for a vintage bargain, he never expected to celebrate his 40th birthday inside a Value Village location.
As much as Tyler Garvey loves hunting for a vintage bargain, he never expected to celebrate his 40th birthday inside a Value Village location.
“I feel like it's a Twilight Zone episode. I'm confused, I'm excited, I'm having a great time. This is just hilarious and fun,” said Tyler, surrounded by roughly two dozen friends and family members at the Value Village on Merivale Road.
“Only my mother could put something like this together. She’s hilarious. She’s the best and this is one of my favourite places to go. I’m a nostalgic person and this is just great.”
His mom Joan set up the surprise party, inviting handfuls of people to the thrift store Tuesday afternoon.
“Him and his friends are all turning 40 this year, and so many of them have gone on big fishing trips and all these fancy things, but this is one of his favourite things to do,” said Joan Garvey.
“So, I said, I’m going to call the manager to see if we could do something here, and he was such a cool guy. He said ‘yeah! We’ll set you up a table in housewares.’”
About two dozen people came through, celebrating in the middle of the store as others carried on with their shopping and helping to create a birthday for the books, proving that to pull off a thrift store surprise party, it takes a village.
