Feeling Bad About My Good Finds

Saturday it was nearly 100 and I am so over the heat. I am ready for Fall and walks and enjoying nature. It will be here someday. But not today.

I had been hearing about a fundraiser rummage sale in the next town over for a girl with cancer. "Karing for Kara" it was called. It was held in the Elementary Cafeteria and was quite possibly one of the largest sales I have ever seen. Clothes, oh my word, so many clothes. A toy explosion in one corner, boxes upon boxes of books in another corner. Odds and ends strewn everywhere. It was crazy. As I was looking at the Christmas decorations, a lady said hello to me. I looked up and knew I knew her, but couldn't really place her. After we made small talk which consisted of me saying, "How have you been?" and he replying, "I'm doing pretty good...you?" etc, we went our separate ways. As I continued looking around, I remembered that she used to work at my local Post Office. I couldn't completely place her without her uniform. Then I started trying to remember her name - Oh yes, we used to joke because our names were a lot alike...Kara. Crap "Karing for Kara" was for her and I didn't know it and I asked "How have you been?" Now I feel like a terrible person! I looked for her again, and I spotted her, but she was with a group of people laughing and I didn't want to go back over there and bring her down. But, now I feel about two inches tall. I bought quite a few things and they suggested a price, but I paid double. My conscience was really nagging at me. It still is.....

So, what did I buy?
A silver basket that is heavy as heck. I haven't found any markings on it, but it is metal and very well made.

A purple glass boot. A Santa boot, I think. At least, it was in the Christmas section when I picked it up anyway. I think a purple Santa boot is different, to say the least.

A vintage Santa boot in the more traditional theme and a vintage Santa mug. I have too many of these old mugs already, but his face was different. So, in my bag he went.
A nice old glass jar. It had "50th Anniversary" in good on it, but I have discovered that an SOS Pad will scrub off gold writing on glass pretty easily. Pictured in it is a small portion of a large amount of handmade strawberries. Here's the rest. I can't imagine all the time it took to make all those darn strawberries.

A pretty glass bowl. This seems to be my new favorite color. I have been to drawn to it recently.

Case in point. This blue hurricane glass is absolutely HUGE. It is about a foot tall. I want to fill it with my marble eggs, but I don't want it to break.

Three fun vintage glasses. I see on so many blogs that people actually use these cool old glasses, but for now, I just stick them in the cupboard. Maybe this will be the year we use them!
An old box of vintage chalk. It doesn't have the cute graphics that the smaller boxes have, but it does have character. Mostly, it still has the original chalk inside - and a lot of it. The door that leads from our kitchen into our garage is one giant blackboard and I use it for everything from the grocery list to schoolwork. So, I will use the chalk.

This vintage Kromex canister set is ebay bound. It is so hard to take photos of shiny metal things. Any ideas?

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