Where are you supposed to find all the goodies to preform your magic? Well first of all you don't need goodies (although they do help..). If you don't have exactly what a spell needs try improvising! If you don't have brown sugar for your protection spell try white sugar! If you don't have sea salt use the one from your table! I'm sure having the right things will help a bit, but the "almost right thing" will help some too! I have heard of "plain cloths witches" that is a type of witch that doesen't use any materials! The only thing you need for magick is yourself!
That said.. You probably still want shiny things.. Well I do too! Hahahaha!! Try health food stores for herbs.. or grow your own! Go to a local nursery (greenhouse). You might have a local "new age" or occult shop... umm.. Barnes and Nobles has a nice New Age section..(at least the one around here..).. hmmm.... Try Rock and Mineral Shows for crystals! I came home with a bag of crystals last time I went to one of those!... I listed a couple stores on my links page.... people really seem to like Ebay and if all else fails try this search engine!