Showing posts with label 502B. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 502B. Show all posts

Monday, July 2, 2012

Thrifty Finds from Out of Town

I think I maybe should just give up on the local yard sales - there is just nothing!!!    I really didn't expect much with it being a long weekend and  I wasn't wrong!   So, after my husband came home from golf, we took a drive and headed towards Manitoulin Island - for anyone that doesn't know, this island is a Canadian island in Lake Huron - it's the largest island in a freshwater lake in the world.  It was a great day for a drive, we had a hot dog at a street vendor and an ice cream, bought a loaf of homemade bread at a farmers market and to make it a really good day - I found some "things".


I like it when I find Pyrex in unexpected places - a man was set up in a clearing along the road, with a couple of tables of dishes - I paid $2 for this 502B fridgie, with lid - I have one but this one is perfect and my old one isn't!



Further down the road was an official yard sale - I didn't even spot this at first until the lady mentioned that nobody was buying her "Aunt Jemima" - I knew this was a Mrs. Butterworth's syrup bottle and it must have come from the US because we have never had those in Canada.  She's big - 11 inches tall - so cute!  I paid $3 but proceeds were going to a church so you're hardly going to bargain with that.


They had a  laundry basket full of  old Noxzema jars, I took one and one Milk of Magnesia.   When I go to PEI and hunt for seaglass, this blue glass is very hard to find -  if you do find any, it probably came from these types of bottles.


We went to an old flea market building - pretty well the whole upstairs was full of dishes - sadly, no Pyrex that I didn't have.  But, I picked up this little cream and sugar for $2 - they are tiny, only 3 inches high.  They were made in Japan, the brand is Siena Ware by Imperial, it has a crown on the bottom.  They're retro - don't you think?


I'm anxious to try out my new Bar BQ plate - $1 - stamped Japan.  The cashier commented on my purchases, she thought I found a couple of really neat things, I think I did too!


On the way into the building  a lady was selling clothes, and there was a Vera blowing in the wind - $1 - you just never know where Vera scarves are going to turn up!


Today I'm linking up to Flea Market FindsThrifty LoveThe Penny Worthy Project ,Thrifty Treasures and Vintage Thingie Thursday