Neat Stuff!!

Another weekend gone, another Saturday of many yard sales, the post where everyone puts their ad was full, I picked three, I just can't be bothered to go around to all those sales, it's just not worth it for me, I think I picked the right ones because I purchased at all three.

The first one was advertised as an estate sale, still not an estate sale like so many of you are used to but for me, it was fine, nothing was priced, just give whatever, they just wanted to get rid of the stuff, great!!

I finally found some Gurley candles - finally!!  I know the angel is missing an eye - I'll fix her up!!  I was so happy to find these, I thought of Vintage Sister Erica right away, I knew she would be so happy that I finally came upon some of these candles!!!  And, she was, because I posted them on Instagram

This lady must have loved Christmas candles, there was a table full - I bought this little box of miniatures - all never used and only one missing, made in Japan.

I already have one of these Santa's and the little girl, but these are in much better shape.

I bought these for display - but you know, the French Fry cutter is a whole lot sturdier than the one we have!  Aren't the graphics great?

My first Pyrex pixie dish and also the first piece in this Blue Laurel pattern

I saw one, I saw two, then the third - I grabbed them all - little Federal bowls that match my mixing bowls I found last year at a yard sale.

I brought something home for the game room too..

At the next sale, I bought this lone Christmas mug, it was an older lady and her son, the son says 25 cents, oh, no, the lady says, that's Christmas, it's more, $1 - I laughed , I asked if there was a set, she said there were two, but I guess only made it - it's beat up but that doesn't matter in the least to me.

I would have stayed longer at this last sale but the bugs were so bad and everything that I was interested in was in boxes under the tables, but Ifound something before the bugs carried me away..  I don't really know why I bought this, but I did - I paid $1 for everything I took home.

This is the neatest old book, copyright 1952, I'm going to read this -  good for a laugh - women back in the 50's had so much work to do - care of underwear - wash underwear after each wearing, mend your underwear when the first split appears, when underwear fades, dip it in a dye of the original color!  Did you know the color white is bad after forty?  Oh, this is going to be fun!!

In the afternoon, I moved on to the thrifts, only luck at one - I paid $1 for all this stuff...  my thrifting trip was worthwhile, I found a Vera!!

I was carrying around this thermos , a guy who I believe to be a dealer, stopped me and said the thermos had a crack in the lid, I said it didn't matter, I was buying it for display!!  

These aren't old and they were unopened, I thought they were just regular playing cards, I  thought the diner was cute, I opened them this morning, they're all different - love them!    Perfect for SMASHing!!

I paid less than $10 for everything I bought on Saturday!   I like it!!

Yesterday we went to get flowers, the flea market that had the large fruit pail that I posted a few weeks ago was on the way, I've been thinking about it ever since so many people told me that I should get it, it was priced at $25.  The more I thought about it the more I knew I had to have it.  It was still there yesterday, I offered $15, nothing doing, which I figured, but I got it for $20 - not bad for this huge old pail!

And to finish off the day, I bought these swizzle sticks for $2.

I know I was lucky on Saturday, that doesn't happen very often around here!!

Linking up with today with Thrifty Things Friday, Thriftasaurus and Junkin Joe

Finally - Some Thrift Store Goods!

Three weeks and finally the dry spell is over, but maybe that is just because I went to a different town - this town has three thrift shops but not much else so there's really no need to go there and besides it's an hour away - it's hard to justify the trip when you are just going to thrift!  I went before Christmas and now yesterday, so I guess that's ok.  It was great - three thrift shops - purchases made at each one...

I grabbed these right up!!  The cashier said she was going to buy them herself but there wasn't four glasses - that didn't bother me in the least!  It's such a cute set - the jug is only about 7 1/2 inches tall.  I paid $4 for it, I also bought the napkins at one of the other shops, they're great for pictures - very 70's!!

These swizzle sticks took my eye right away - they're all from Canadian hotels and restaurants.  I bought the little pink napkin too.  

This is the one I pulled out first - Lichee Gardens in Toronto - I had to buy them.  Gary's mother used to live in Toronto, always, we would hear about the Lichee Gardens - they used to go there for Chinese food and it was just the very best!!

Here's what the Lichee Gardens used to look like - I read that it's still in operation - 60 years after opening....

Snowflake Platter - Pyrex from England - price $1 - this is my third piece of this pattern.  The gold is worn off on the edge but I don't care!

Some scarves that will be listed for resale  - I was happy to find another Liberty of London one, they sell pretty well, the others are Oscar de la Renta, Echo and La Dear

Finally - some Vera - found both of  these at the same shop.  I thought I had a duplicate, but I don't, the flowered one I have in red.

Just what I was looking for - an old cookbook with writing on the spine.  This is an old Canadian cookbook, printed in 1965 - Presented by The Star Weekly - I remember hearing that name!  The introduction reads - " A well-fed family is usually a happy family.  With an attractive, properly, cooked meal on the table "cares and troubles fade away"  Such happy results are best achieved with adequate equipment and utensils."  Wasn't life just so easy back then??

This is the cutest little book, copyright 1955, Carnation Company Limited.

I guess Margie Blake's Mama wrote cookbooks for Carnation so she branched out to a children's one

Cute chapters - " I fixed Breakfast (The Morning Mom Slept Late)" and that menu consisted of - grapefruit "surprise", cold cereal, ham and egg scramble, toast, jam and milk - lucky Mom! Click on the picture and you can read it without squinting!

At one of the shops, I paid $2.75 for everything -that included all of the books I bought, the napkins and the platter - not bad at all.  The Golden Books are all duplicates for me - I'm going to do a Smash page on Golden Books, they're going to be cut up!!  The other two books I plan to share.....

At the rate I've been going though, this might have to keep me satisfied for a while...

I'm linking up with Thriftasaurus , The Nifty Thrifty and Magpie Monday