More JUNK

I saw an ad in the paper today for a "Grandma's Clean Out Sale" that happened to be about a block away, so I had to go. Had to. Grandma herself was running the sale, and Grandma knew her stuff, so things were priced appropriately so. I about fainted when I saw a stack of random Jadeite dishes on one table. I have never ever seen a single piece of Jadeite. I glanced at the price hoping to see 50¢ or $2.00 or ??? and saw $61.00 for the set. Yikes! Not my sort of yard sale prices. After I bought a few things that I could afford, I drove around looking for any more Thursday sales. I found one out on a dirt road waaaay out of my usual route. But, I scored some very good things there at very good prices. So, it was worth it to go outside my regular zone. On the way back home, I drove past a house where a lady lives that has sales chock full of old cool stuff just to see if she was having a sale. There was a sign on her corner, but it was at another house. As we were headed home, I spotted one last sale and stopped at it. That's when I spotted the a fore mentioned lady at that sale. I thought she was shopping, but she was actually having the sale - it was her Grand daughter's house. So, I got to go to her sale in the end anyway. This came from Grandma's Clean Out Sale. It was $4.00. I like the "legs" on the bottom. It's different than most of the old printer's drawers I usually see.
Here's the old handle on the printers tray. I am forever picking up little things - I just got a teeny pair of handcarved wooden shoes not too long ago. I need somewhere to put all those teeny things. This will be perfect.

I got these two old motel chairs at the sale out of my regular area. Generally when I see these at yard sales they are either a) very expensive or b) being used by the people at the sale. They are hard to come by! I paid $5.00 for the white one and $2.00 for the red one. I really don't know why one was more than the other. I actually like the red one the best anyway. I now have eight chairs and a two seater glider. I really don't need anymore. But, at around $3.50 each, I had to rescue them for my own.

This awesome old metal stool was at the same sale. It was only $3.00. It is exactly the right height to reach my kitchen counters. I do everything at the kitchen counter from cooking to paying bills to my crafts to you name it. And, every once in awhile I gets tared and wants ta sit.
Two old trays with flowers - 25¢ each, two old dolls - 75¢ total and a painted milk glass apple for 25¢. The Bean said, "Why did you buy this? You don't like milk glass." I found it very interesting that he actually knew that I don't like milkglass. He really pays attention to what I say! *Milk glass lovers, don't hate me. I just don't care for it. ;o)

Another folding ruler. I think I have seven or eight now. It was $3.00. I keep picking them up since they are desirable (and I like them). I keep thinking I will never find any more, so I better buy the ones I do find.
A sweet vintage handmade pincushion for $1.00. People certainly used to go to a lot of trouble for utilitarian things, didn't they?

Two vintage tablecloths - $1.00 each. Each badly in need of a soak, but I think they will come out clean enough to make me happy.

Four fishing net bobbers for $1.00. They were in a big ugly modern looking hurricane vase. I asked if they went with the vase and the lady told me they did. I said, "Well, I really just liked the glass balls, so thanks." "Well, then you can have them for a quarter each". Okey dokey.

Three fun vintage pins - two poodles and one mouse for 25¢ each. The mouse's glasses lift up and down - it's funny.

Now, this is sort of boring, but still kind of fun. Glass jars for storage. They are smallish - about five inches tall. All uniform and exactly alike.

There's 35 in all. Enough to store all the beads, buttons, bits and bobs and other such things that I have in my crafting stash. And then some. I envisioned painting all the lids white or maybe even pink as yellow is not my color at all. But, most of the jars have 11/11 written on them. Since The Bean was very small, he would see 11:11 on the clock and get excited. It turned into "smooching time". Which was a kiss on each cheek at 11:11. He has looong outgrown "smooching time" (boo-hoo), but he still likes it when he sees it is 11:11. So, at least a few jars will have to keep those 11/11's. Oh yes, all thirty five jars were a total of $1.00. A good deal!

It is crazy muggy here after all that rain. It was super hot, muggy and so sticky here today. Good days to stay in the A/C. We were hot gross messes after our short yard sale run this morning. We had over three inches or rain, but y Dad who lives about 20 miles to the East had no rain and my Mom who lives 20 miles to the West had just a normal short summer shower. It is crazy how different it can be from one place to another even though we are all pretty close to one another. There are more storms in the forecast, but who knows where it will actually hit this time!