This Lodge Cast Iron Cornbread Skillet was my best thrift store find of the week! It has a bit of a story. I didn’t get a good deal, although I may try to fix that.
I saw it at Goodwill and of course, I had to have it. It was $14.99. Brand new condition. Someone probably tried to use it and didn’t season it properly, which would have caused a horribly sticky mess, and therefore they didn’t want to bother with it again. That is surely speculating, but I bet I’m not far off the mark.
Anyway, as I was saying, I had to have it. The price seemed a little high to me. I asked for the manager at check out, and asked him if he could come down a little on the price. No, he said, because they looked up this little pan’s value and saw that it was Lodge’s most expensive pan at $85. I said, I’m not sure about that, because you can get a huge Dutch oven for around $40. He said he wouldn’t come down on the price and I bought it anyway. Got home and Jeff looked it up on Amazon.com… $21 to $31, brand new! Now I wonder if I could get a partial refund if I printed off the amazon page and took that in with me next time? Would the same manager even be there? Should I bother? Well, I’ll have to let you know. I think I’ll try but I’ll still keep the pan no matter what. I like it. 
You were blessed! I love baking cornbread in a cast iron, but I don’t care too much for cornbread. LOL What recipe did you use? It looks like it made a lot.