Happy Birthday, Mom

Mom - age 17

I think this might have been Mom's first Christmas as a married lady

Mom and Dad

Mom and I

Tomorrow is Mom's 75th birthday, I am thousands of miles away but there is not a day that I don't think about her.  Mom has been waiting in hospital for a nursing home bed since June, I hope each  day that the phone will ring and she will have her bed....  It's such a long wait....

Happy Birthday, Mom!

My Little 80's Valentine!

Dad made this special Valentine for Carla one year, I found it going through some of his pictures last night - love it - she was stylish that day with her plaid vest and skirt set.  And, of course, just like now she needed some jewellery-her Popple heart pin is proudly worn,  now she would be wearing probably at least five broaches at a time!!

Happy Valentine's Day!!

                                                                Linking up with Rednesday

My One Valentine Decoration and It's Old!

I don't do much decorating for Valentine's Day, I used to when Carla and Darcy were small but now I just put out this lone decoration.

An elderly lady I know quite well gave me this a few years ago, before Christmas she gave me some vintage cookbooks which I blogged about as well.   This is the sweetest old honeycomb Valentine, it stands about 9 inches high and was made in Germany, it's getting a little faded and I have to put tape on it to hold it together when I put it out but it's standing the test of time.   Wouldn't it be nice to go out and purchase a Valentine like this for your special someone...  The Valentine wish is on the little slip of paper stuck on the honeycomb. I'm going to link up with Vintage Thingie Thursday - hope you check it out,  I just bet there will be a few more Valentine posts this week..

To My Valentine
Muse bid the morn awake
Sad winter now declines
Each bird doth choose a mate
This day's St. Valentines.

Some Pyrex, Some Vera and Some Other Stuff

I think it's about time I sit down and share what I thrifted last week.  We started kitchen renovations here on the weekend, it's hard to concentrate on composing, taking pics and all that stuff when there's saws and hammers making a lot of noise, and well, let's not even talk about the dust!!

I was so lucky at Value Village last week - I haven't found a casserole of any type in there for quite a while, I turned the corner to housewares and started walking fast at that point - here's why..

I'm going to call this Kelly Green - it wasn't quite so bright when I brought it home and when I look at the picture closely, I can still see some areas that I need to scour a little bit more. It's a 024 - 2 qt. casserole - I see one in the Pyrex Guide with a Jetson like warmer but the lid is different -I wonder if this one goes with that??    I paid $4.99.

I said I wasn't going to buy Cinderella bowls but guess I can't help myself and for a $1 each, what's a person to do??  But, I really can't buy any more 444's - they just take up too much room.

Today was a great mail day - my blue Dots 403 arrived all the way from sunny Florida - thanks Sharon, for the great trade!!

Now onto my thrifted scarves - I was lucky enough to find a couple of Vera's, which I'm keeping for myself, the others are going to my Etsy shop.  The first Vera is huge - about 27 x 27 - way bigger than any of the other ones I have..

I found some other odds and ends too - a couple of old games for $1 each - we tried "Ginny-O" on the weekend - it wasn't too bad, we'll definitely play it again. " Pit" is a commodity trading game with the cutest orange bell - we'll be waiting for Carla and her Darcy to come home to play that one!!

Carla will probably be getting this cookbook for her collection too - but not before I go through it first.  I paid 50 cents.  Don't the recipes always look so elaborate in these old cookbooks?

I linking up to these great blogs -Flea Market Finds, Apron Thrift Girl, and Home Maker on a Dime  - check them out if you're interested in thrifty living!

A Steal on Chocolate Chips!!

Do you ever buy something at the store, get home and check your sales receipt and realize that something is priced very wrong, but it's in your favor - that happened to me yesterday when I picked up a pack of chocolate chips at one of my local stores - the tag on the shelf said $2.97 - someone has made a mistake, they're coming up on the cash register at 73 cents!!  Notice I got a whopping 3 cents off my order for using my own reusable bag too!!!   A few months ago the same store had the same kind of error going on with pure maple syrup, I was stocking up every time I went in - it was about half price and you know how expensive that stuff is!!!

I went right back and bought ten bags this morning - they don't expire until Sept. 2013 - they'll be used! These are good quality chocolate chips too, made by Kraft Canada!!  I'm proud of my deal!!!

Always check your receipt!!

I'm linking up to Sue over at Rednesday because this is a red post, after all!!

Just Some Pyrex

Spring Blossom 475-B - paid $5.75

Autumn Harvest 472-B - I already has this one-a good dish for trading or resale

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I'm starting to like Old Orchard a bit more - I said I would never buy it, but never say  never, I guess - this little 401 was $3.75

Who isn't always on the lookout for Delphite??  I think  $1.50 for each piece was quite a  good price!!!!

I had no luck at my usual thrifts last week so I paid a visit to this elderly gentleman that runs an antique shop, I only go every three months or so, the stock doesn't seem to change much, guess he put some new things out - I bought all of the above pieces there.  He said he just put the "blue dishes" out last week, they were in a box out back for a couple of years.!!  Don't worry, I asked - no more, so he said!!!

I'm including these, they're not Pyrex but I got them at the same shop.  You can't really tell but this is a pink stripe on these little vases - I thought they were  way too special to pass up...


I love the Friendship pattern - but then, who doesn't?  I was browsing one day on Etsy, found this 473 casserole with lid, for such a great price and the postage was even reasonable - it's just the cutest little thing!!

I'm linking up to Flea Market Finds and Sunday's Best - check them both out.

Some More Vera Scarves

I rummaged through a drawer of scarves yesterday at the Saint  Vincent de Paul and found these two vintage Vera scarves - haven't found one with the lucky ladybug yet - I will find one someday!  I bought two other small articles and paid a whopping $2 for everything!!

I received a nice piece of mail today - this Vera from Jeannie Marie in Florida -  she read my blog post about Vera scarves and set out to find some for herself - well, look what she found - the lucky ladybug was really on her side that day!  She was so very kind to share one of the scarves with me - thank you very much, I love it!!

I'm linking up today to Thrifty Things Friday over at The Thrifty Groove - check out the posts!

And, while you're browsing around, check out  The Penny Worthy Project