$10 for All This!!

This morning I came home from the best yard sale I have ever been to -  I have never had to fill a box!! I had gone back to the car to get some more money, I didn't need to, I had enough to begin with, I only paid $10 for all this "stuff"

I already have one so this one is Carla's - it's missing the star but that's an easy fix.

This was the first thing I picked up - a lady had just picked up the 502,  I just reached across the table and picked up that 503 - I noticed her staring at me a couple of times, I'm sure she was hoping I would put it down, like I would be doing that!!  The 503 was the last piece I needed for the Butterprint fridgie  set!

402 Orange Bowl - not sure which set it belongs with...

502 Fridgie, 503 Fridgie Lid, Hazel Atlas cups(I have the bowl), Delphite saucer(I have cups but no saucers), Turquoise Pyrex sugar bowl and a sweet little set of Carvanite salt and pepper shakers - you push the top and the salt or pepper comes out the bottom

I just realized I had forgotten this - so cute!!!

Tipp - Sugar, Flour, Salt & Pepper

1970 Chatelaine

Glass Rolling Pin, Two Yard Sticks, Two Tins, Red Handled Sifter, Androck Chopper, Supreme Brand Curry Powder,  and  Jewel Jar with coffee beans in it.  You can click on the pic to see a closer look..

$10 - I still can't believe it!!

I'm linking up with Thrifty Love , The Penny Worthy Project and Thrifty Things Friday

Pizza on the BBQ

Pizza on the BBQ  - I had never really thought of it before but when you're desperate for a different supper idea that doesn't heat up the kitchen on a hot day, fire up your BBQ and cook pizza, you won't be disappointed!  I really had no intention to do a post so I only have one picture, but it was just too good not to share.

The instructions are here on Simply Recipes.  

 I had to use a store bought crust as it was too late in the day to make my own.  It says to use a light coating of sauce, I think next time I would use just a bit more.  My ingredients were turkey pepperoni, mushrooms, red onion, green and orange pepper and of course, mozzarella.  It also says to go light on the cheese, which you add before the meat, I would add a bit more of that as well.   It was delicious and so easy to make - a completely different flavor than in the oven - give it a try!

I'm linking up with Strut Your Stuff

Our Pizza

Nice!!!

I'm excited to show off this lid...

It's the Zodiac 2.5 quart!!  I found it yesterday at a Value Village when I was away - $5.99.  I couldn't believe it and it's in pretty near perfect condition.

I found this ladybug Vera there too, $2.99

This one arrived in the mail last week  - a small square with  a tiny Vera signature and no copyright - my first one of these..

Hex 404 arrived in the mail today.  I can count on one hand the pieces I've ever bought online, it's just too expensive for me - but the price and shipping were right on this. I paid $9.99.  I love the design!!!

We took a day trip yesterday - drove to Fort St. Joseph, it is located at the southernmost tip of  St. Joseph Island, on Lake Huron - it was the staging ground for the the initial attack in the War of 1812 - this year is the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812.  It's very interesting!!!  Yes, that would be me - trying on the children's soldier costume!!  My face is usually not that shiny - it was so hot!!!

That's the view of the International Bridge between Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario and Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan - we travelled over, then we we were looking up at the bridge- we took the 2 hour Soo Locks Boat Tour - I highly recommend it!!!!  

I did run in to a Goodwill store there but sadly, no purchases were made!!  Didn't matter, I had a great day, but it was a really hot one!!

Linking up with Flea Market Finds, The Penny Worthy Project, Thrifty Treasures, Thrifty Love and Apron Thrift Girl

Mostly Pyrex

I found this sweet little 474B Butterfly Gold at the St. Vincent de Paul yesterday - $2.  It's my first piece of this design of the Butterfly Gold

I couldn't quite believe my eyes when I saw this at Value Village, you can imagine I grabbed it up pretty quickly.   It's an 8 oz little individual dish, flamingo pink - made in Canada, love it!  It was priced high, $3.99 but I had my saver card filled up so I got a 30% discount.  I put the miniature bars in it so you can see how tiny it really it.

I always loved Ode to Billy Joe - I'm listening to the album as I type!

Yesterday I went picking raspberries for making jam, further down the road I picked peas,  I bought all these vegetables there - the farmer went out and dug the beets for me and picked the lettuce - can't get much fresher than that.

Potatoes in Woodland 475B

Red Leaf Lettuce in Shenandoah 475B

4 litre Homestead with Beets and Zucchini

Spring Blossom 475B holds the peas

Spring Blossom 403 is holding the waste

Love fresh peas!  They look right cute in Square Flowers 403

Raspberries in Butterprint 475B

More raspberries in Snowflake 475B

I love showing off my Pyrex -  don't you??

I'm linking up with Vintage Thingie Thursday , Thursday Favorite Things(for the first time) and  Thrifty Things Friday

I Like Old Stuff!

Finally, I found something good at a yard sale here in Town -  I've been wanting a blender for a while and was actually going to price them at the store when I found this - $5 for a blender in perfect condition!  Great deal!  I'm thinking it might be from the 80's, just because of the wood grain.

We went to visit Carla yesterday, this is what I picked up from that trip-a Perkins Pancake House side plate, probably from the 60's - it set me back 25 cents.

Can you imagine buying mustard in this little jar now?  There's a bunch of colored  toothpicks inside, I'll just leave them there.  The little jar is only 3 1/2 inches high

I paid $4 for this chopper/measuring cup.  I think it is made by Dominion Glass as it has a "D" in a diamond on the bottom  

I bought a couple of old catalogues at this shop before,  they were only $3 each, I've seen them at other shops and they're a lot more!  It's a great deal for these old Sears and Eaton's catalogues from the 60's and 70's...

50 cents for a Vera

I'm wondering if anybody has seen a jam pot like this?  My great aunt gave it to me when I was a little girl - I've always loved it and just brought it out for display once again.  There are no markings on it as to where it might have been made...

Today I'm linking up with Flea Market Finds, The Penny Worthy Project ,Thrifty Treasures and Thrifty Love

Just Some Flowers

It's too hot to do much of anything here, the most ambitious thing I did today was cut the grass first thing this morning and take these pictures.    It's lucky they look as good as they do - it's getting pretty dry here, my rain barrel will soon be empty...

Beside an old stump is this one blueberry plant - if the heat ever dies down, I'll be out picking blueberries, just not from this little plant!!

Happy 4th of July to all my American readers!

I'm linking up with Share Your Cup Thursday 

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 Finds, Thrifty Love, The Penny Worthy Project ,Thrifty Treasures and Vintage Thingie Thursday