Scarves were Everywhere.....

My thrifting experience yesterday was probably one of the best I ever had, pretty close to finding the pink fridgie set which I blogged about here back in July, I thought that was pretty amazing, well, I had another day like that yesterday and it involved Vera scarves.  I still can't believe I came upon all these scarves......

This is one of my regular spots, isn't this a great mess - they just throw all the outerwear on these tables - it's full of wool scarves, mitts and hats, I haven't found any nice scarves there in a long time, I found one right off yesterday and then I noticed this bag in the lower corner, then a few more of these bags...

They were all over - the bags were not baggies, some were vacuum sealed.  I'm starting to get weak at this point, there are pretty scarves all over that I need to look at.  It was quite a task pushing everything out of the way, I think I must have been in there an hour. I looked across and here was a woman holding a bag, I stared at her for a while, willing her to put it down, she did, I grabbed it but it wasn't one I wanted.   Too bad!! I'd say that this was some old lady's scarf collection, I wonder if her family just cleaned out the drawer and donated them?  I was certainly in the right place at the very right time, I don't think many people had even looked at them yet.  I did leave a few behind though, I just hope I got all the good ones!

My arms were getting full, I found an Easter basket to carry them around in - there are 27 scarves in there!  I had no idea really how much they would be, I've never paid very much for scarves in there, but this really takes the cake - I paid 25 cents EACH!!!  Start the car and get me out of here......

I came out of there with 12 Vera Neumann scarves - actually I found the dark one earlier in the day at the SA - and it was only 50 cents.

This lady had some beautiful patterns

These two are a bit frayed on one edge, other than that, they are all in really good shape, I think some were never worn.

This one is my favourite!  This brings my collection up to 135 Vera's and yes, I do wear some of them.

I tried to take anything else that I thought would sell - 4 Echo scarves.  I listed eight scarves on Tuesday, already 32 people are watching them, I'm hoping for big things!!!

No signature on these, they're mod designs though , so they may sell

These appear to be hand made scarves by Lillian

An assortment of different brands, including an Oscar de la Renta

My only other purchase for the day!  Carla had this when she was little, a game that we gave away and shouldn't have - I've seen it a few times, I always tell her that I see it, why don't you buy it, she says, two weeks ago I saw it again, well, it was still at VV yesterday, so, now we have it! 

Today I'm linking up with Thrfity Things Friday - it's Diann's 100th Thrifty Friday post - that's a lot!!  I'm also linking up with Share Your Cup Thursday - check out both of these great blogs. 

Away for a Week - Goodies I Brought Home

I've been home to Prince Edward Island for the past week, taking care of family business but I did find time to get to the thrift stores and when we arrived back in Ontario, we had a whole afternoon and evening in southern Ontario to do as we wanted to, before we met up with our son and his Uhaul - moving - what fun!!

This isn't from a thrift shop, it belonged to my great aunt, I've been wanting to bring it back and forgot it so many times - the Holt Howard Kitty Cat String Holder, stamped made in Japan, 1959 - I'm not a lover of cats but I just think this is so cute.  I've seen them in shops for sale - they're not cheap by any means.

There were also two of the spice kitty cats - I've looked it up on online, they came on a rack, the string holder and three spice kitty cats- I have the nutmeg and paprika - the other one was cinnamon, isn't that a strange combination??

I did find a few books, only one Eloise Wilkin one to be had - I did see some at an antique shop but I won't be paying $15 for one, no thank you!!  I bought the other three because they are old and only 25 cents, I couldn't leave them there...  The little Betty Crocker book - 25 cents....

I bought one piece of Pyrex and it wasn't a thrift price, I bought it at an antique shop and paid $18 - but I knew I would regret it if I didn't take it - my limit is $20 for a piece, I was carrying around a small Forest Fancies casserole, I quickly put that back when I spotted this beautiful blue Tulip.

These mugs are a bit faded but they're both Federal coffee mugs, for my fellow Canadians, you will recognize the Fuddle Duddle mug and the caricature of Pierre Elliot Trudeau, our 15th Prime Minister.  I found one for sale on Ebay for big bucks, I can only hope that there's a buyer out there for mine.

I've just spent the last hour or so washing and ironing 25 scarves - I hit the mother load for scarves - 20 of those were beautiful Vera ones - I'll keep those for another post.  Three of the scarves are vintage souvenir ones, I can't remember the last time I ever saw something like that in a gift shop - they have to be old - hoping for some sales on scarves in the near future..

Echo Christmas Scarf

Echo Shoes

Greenfield Village,Dearborn, Michigan

Florida

Grand Canyon

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