Weekend Finds

Another weekend of yard saling down the hatch. Saturday, my dad came over and he went yard saling with me and The Bean. My dad is sort of a "jump out of the car, take a quick look and leave" kind of guy. I am more of a "look at every single thing and dig in all the boxes" sort of gal. So, I had to hurry a bit more than I am used to doing. We went to the Super Cheap Thrift and he was in and out in about three minutes. I did manage to snag one good item before we left. Here is the one and only item my Dad bought - a Dept. 56 Volkswagen. I found it in a box and held it up to show him because we had a red Volkswagen just like this when I was a kid. He handed me a quarter for it. He planned on giving it away, but I managed to make him forget he bought it so I could have it for my Christmas Village. I mean, I need a red Volkswagen for my village, right? Sorry, Leon.
I did manage to dig in one box at one big parking lot fundraiser sale. It was a box of cheapy dollar store Christmas stuff, but sometimes I find a treasure at the bottom of those boxes. This was my treasure in that box - four lovely Poland ornaments. 50¢ for all four.

A sweet little vintage dog planter for 50¢. I got that green paint off his face since I took the picture. I didn't even notice it when I bought it. Luckily, it came off.

Here's my score from the Super Cheap Thrift. And, it was the most expensive item I have ever bought at the Super Cheap Thrift - $4.00. Still cheap, I know. But I am used to 5¢ and 25¢ price tags. It is in great shape and I love that black deco looking handle. I have a couple of the old tumblers already. I will most likely sell it, but I think we will have to enjoy at least one pitcher of lemonade out of it before it goes. My Mother hates these metal things - she remembers them from her childhood and they hurt her mouth.

One of my collections that I try really hard not to add to is miniature chairs. But I just love the little wooden ones and when the price is right, 25¢ each, I cannot leave them. Well, I could. I just don't want too!

Love this vintage frame for 25¢. I will be painting it white. Don't tell me not to - I am going to do it! ;o) The last frame I bought has an oval opening the exact size of this frame so I am going to mount this one inside that one. Got that?

I really liked the shape of this what I thought was a vintage shelf when I bought it for $2.00. But, when I got it home, I realized that it is very tropical with palm trees and such carved on it - it is Monkeywood from Hawaii. It really is not me now that I see all that. Not sure if I will paint if white and re-evaluate it or just re-donate it somewhere. I think if it was white and I put some of our Leo Ward birds on it, I would like it better. *Crossing fingers.*

A sweet cast iron bunny doorstop for $1.00. He will go out in the flowers in the yard. He was on a table in the boiling sun and hot as Hates when I picked him up. But, I liked him, so I carried him around even though he was burning my arms. Yard saling is not always easy!

And, one more thrifty find. but this one was on ebay. I never buy on ebay because I find enough treasures at the thrifts and yard sales. But, when I found this, I HAD to buy it!

Another set of my beloved mini toasting glasses. These are in the original display box with the literature and everything. These are shaped like the ones I remember my Great-Grandmother putting on my birthday cake when I was little. The very best part about these was that I bid on them at 99¢ and six days later - I won the auction! For 99¢! Shipping was only $4.00, so that was an awesome deal for me.

So, what did you find?