Of Wrecks and Junk

I had an email today from The Queen of Fifty Cents telling me that my now famous birthday "monkey" cake was being featured today on Cake Wrecks. She said she had "outed my cake" to Cake Wrecks. I had submitted it too shortly after my birthday, and received a nice email from Jen, Ms. Cake Wreck herself, declaring her horror of the so-called "monkey". But, it hadn't shown up yet, so I thought it might not be wreck-worthy.

But, then I took another look at it, and knew it had to be Wreck worthy. So, thank you Queen for letting me know that it finally made it. Be sure to read some of the comments on Cake Wrecks. Too funny!

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I made a quick run to the Super Cheap Thrift today. I have really good luck finding books there to use for our homeschooling. So, I hate to miss an opportunity to go when I know they are open. Today I found a good Science book, a 7th grade Health textbook and a big book all about trains - how they are made, how they run, how they came to be, etc. All for 25¢ each. So, worth the trip. So, anything else was just the proverbial icing on the ugly monkey cake, right?

Set of very heavy metal "Thinker" bookends. I saw these at a yard sale last Friday for $5.00. Got them at the thrift today for 75¢. I love it when people price things high and then donate them!

Three old metal receipe/filing boxes. I thought I could use them in my craft supplies that I am trying to get organized. I've mentioned before that the pricing can be odd at this thrift - different people volunteer every day and price things differently. Case in point - these boxes. One was 25¢, one was 35¢ and the third one was 50¢. Go figure. Still, $1.10 isn't bad for three nice old metal boxes.

Now for the "Oh, no you did-un't" purchase. A pair of scarecrow bunnies. I do not need these. I have too much fall decor. I have too much Halloween decor. I do not need these. I picked them up three times and put them back. But, that fourth time, in the bag they hopped. Especially after I saw they were only 25¢ each. I do not need these. I want them!

Outside the store they are still throwing random things in a box for FREE. I dug these two old tins out of a box and had The Bean run them to the car. They are old and have neat old pictures on them, but aren't overly special. But, for FREE, why not?

And, lastly, a set of homemade "Snowbabies". They are cute/ugly. Homemade ceramics, covered in glitter. Actually, they are sort of sweet and I know someone worked hard to make them. I know that this Christmas, nestled in some greenery with some twinkly lights, they will be cute and the ugliness won't show. Much. They were 25¢ each. The lady at the counter "ooh'ed" and "ahhh'ed" over them and showed them to everyone in line saying how CUTE they were. Glad I didn't mention I found them to be borderline ugly. She might have kept them!