The other day I started to think of all the treasures I have purchased at thrift stores, antique stores and garage sales. I hardly go anymore, and I miss it. It is really true that one person's junk is another person's treasure. So today when we got up, I mentioned that we hadn't gone to any garage sales for a very long time. The response I got was that we didn't need anything and that's why we had our own sale...to get rid of some of our stuff. I looked in the paper anyway and saw there were only a few. We had to go to the hardware and auto parts store anyway, so I brought the paper along just in case. After the first one, Mike was hooked and we had a good time. The best part was we only spent $9.25.
We got a dog crate for Heather's new puppy. It was our big ticket item for $4.00. It is in great shape and with a little power wash, it will look like new.
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Dog crate |
We got this next item for $.25. I always loved Spin and Marty from the Micky Mouse Club when I was young. I thought Spin was so cute. and I was so jealous of Annette. Not anymore because she died and Spin might be dead too for all I know. The book isn't in the best shape but heck it was only a quarter.
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Spin and Marty book. |
The next thing we found were some succulents. Each container was $.50 and there was a variety in each pot. I was inspired to purchase some because of my trip to Saving Grace Salvage Co. last weekend. I posted a picture of the wicker chair and the wheel, but they had succulents growing in and on everything. They even had a flat of them growing inside a old bird cage.
http://cabincountess.blogspot.com/2013/08/saving-grace-salvage-co.html
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Variety of plants including an aloe vera plant and a jade plant. |
The last place we went before going home smelled a little musty, but she had so much stuff and no one was buying. Guilt can contribute to poor purchases at times. We spent $1.00 and got a new Milwaukee Brewers hat and a crocheted doily. If any of you have read my blog, you know how much I need another doily. I immediately washed the hat and doily when I got home and put them out in the sun to dry.
http://cabincountess.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-doily-lady.html
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Brewer hat drying in the sun with a rubber band shaping the bill. |
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Doily in a nice fall color. I could never make one this size for $.50. |
Oh and I almost forgot a UW Whitewater heavy weight sweatshirt. Mike and I both went to college there, and he only has a Packer sweatshirt and a sweatshirt that says Wisconsin Rose Bowl 2000. We paid $3.00 for it from the guy who sold us the dog crate. There was a little guilt involved in this purchase also because the man was telling about how he had a liver transplant three months ago and how he injured himself lifting something too heavy. It is nice though and will get worn a lot. Plus we got such a good deal on the crate.
I didn't get these today, but I have a few more things to show and tell that I have picked up this year and I really love. I live on a marsh in the country, so I am often attracted to ducks. I usually don't care if they are valuable, I just know if I like them.
Then a few weeks later I found some more ducks. These are Mexican pottery which I sort of collect. That means I will buy it if I see it, but I don't go out of my way to collect.
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Mexican Pottery Ducks |
So that was my day, September 6th, 2013. Now it's off to a Friday fish fry where very seldom do any of us order fish. Maybe I will today, just because.