What is a monkeybox?

When I was a little girl, we had a pet monkey named Amanda. My Dad worked in the produce business, so each night he brought home that days culls in a big box - spotty cucumbers, pithy apples, limp celery, moldy oranges and the like. We called it a monkeybox. It was really just trash, but my Mom would take each piece of fruit and trim it, pare it and cut it up to make a beautiful fruit platter for Amanda. Even though it was deemed trash by one, it still had life left in it and was good for the purpose we needed it. That's how I live my life - thrifting, yard saling, looking for another's trash to be my treasure.

Saturday, October 30, 2010

'Tis The Season

"It's the most wonderful time of the year
 With the kids jingle belling

And everyone telling you "Be of good cheer"



 It's the most wonderful time of the year

It's the hap-happiest season of all


 With those holiday greetings and gay happy meetings

When friends come to call


It's the hap- happiest season of all"



***I love this time of year!  The thrifts are digging out the Christmas stuff and the yard sales are full of it too.  Purchased today, Huge tacky plastic Nativity (Coming to Etsy soon), a sweet flocked deer, a fun plastic flocked Santa and Sleigh and a fabulous JAPAN wooden Santa Pencil Sharpener. 

 
And, just to prove that I didn't just buy all Christmas.........Get Ready......It's a good one.....

Vintage.  Aqua.  Pottery.  Birdie.  Frog.  Planter. 
 
How could it get any better???? 
 
Oh yes. 
 
Wait for it. 
 
25¢. 
 
I know!

6 comments:

  1. SHARA!
    LET ME HAVE MY HALLOWEEN BEFORE YOU START SINGING THOSE DANG XMAS CAROLS - WILL YA?!!

    You can do it, just a couple of more days...

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  2. You win.That aqua planter is stupendous.The nativity isn't just tacky - it's my kind of tacky!Enjoy.

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  3. Well happy halloween to you. good finds.
    cathy

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  4. I think it's way too early for the Christmas stuff, although I've been seeing it for a few days now. But I do love the sweet little planter!

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  5. THAT PLANTER! Gahhhh......!

    In an unusual turn of events my local thrifts started putting out dribs and drabs of Christmas a month ago. Used to be they waited until after Halloween but I think they have hardly any Halloween stuff anymore so they have the shelf space available. Fine with me--I've already found some goodies! Can't wait for the deluge to begin!

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  6. What??? 25 cents?? You lucky dog, that aqua planter is amazing!

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