Goodwill Hunting...

Wowzza! What a great weekend! I hope you had one too! There is a goodwill trip in this post i promise....i just have so many things to show you. I got up Saturday morning itching to hit up a yard sale or two. The hubby said ok but don't stay gone to long...we have work to do. I headed out and found a small flea market set up. It was 7:00 a.m. so they were just pulling things out of their trucks. I spotted something big and looked to be old. Just out of curiosity i asked how much? The lady looked at me weird and said $5 bucks! I had to buy it! I couldn't believe it. I have seen pieces like this at antique stores go for 100 or waaaay more. I kept looking and found a nice Coffee pot (we needed a new one real bad), an old apothecary jar (i have been wanting some of those), 2 decorative flower pots, 2 decorative pieces that i really don't know what to call (ha), 1 large bucket tin, 1 small bucket tin, wall clock, and a superman basket (a friend of mine is a huge superman fan). I loaded it all up in that huge thing that i bought and asked how much for all of this?? She looked at what i had and said $10.00! WHAT!!! I handed her the money loaded it all up and left with a huge smile on my face!!!! :) I was so excited at the haul i got i went straight home. The hubs said that was fast. I said i know but look what i got AND you are not going to believe how much i spent! He was pretty impressed! Here is a pic. I have several things to show you so some of the pics have a mix of finds from other places.

If you like antiques and old things...you will find this piece to be awesome. If you don't well you might think this is pure JUNK. haha! I happen to LOVE it! I still can't believe i got it for 5 dollars. Right now it is on our front porch. Do you see that coat of pollen on the porch...yuck! Anyway you can see a few of the other things i found in there. Here is a pic of the coffee maker i got.

Ok, now earlier in the week i went to goodwill with a good friend that was down for a visit. I found a few things there for just a few dollars. And later in the week i hit up another thrift store in town that i haven't yet looked in to see what they might have. Here is a picture of everything that i have found in my goodwill/thrift store/yard sale hunts.

2 UGLY pictures in the back ($3..i'm taking the pic out and painting the frames), wall clock, wood lamp, white trashcan, 2 planters, apothecary jar, wooden plack with owl, blue glass vase, antique wooden purse, frame easel, 2 wooden decorative items, 2 bucket tins, white vase, brass toothbrush holder and silver bowl. Grand total for what you see here...$12.



This is so cute...it is going in my little girls room. I just love the vintage scenery.
Ok, i know what some of you may be thinking....why the ugly owl? It is going to be turned into something cute for my little girl.... :) Most of what i got will be transformed into something. Stay tuned to see what.

One more antique find to show you...

I found this on craigslist last week. It is a sofa table. I have always wanted one but never had a place to put one. But now with the remodel and where we placed our sofa....i was in "need" of one. I got this for next to nothing! I love the legs. It is so our style. It is painted black. And i think that i'm going to keep it black. And yes that is a taped up wall there in the background...we painted allllllll weekend long. The living room is ALMOST complete! Oh how i have longed for a "normal" living space for so long. Can't wait to show ya.

Weekend Treasure Hunt.....

What a fabulously fun weekend! Weather was absolutely wonderful. The weekend started out busy...plenty of trim work and crown molding to be touched up, filling in nail wholes is not to much fun. Saturday morning we all got up early to hit up a HUGE community yard sale. I haven't been to a good yard sale in a long...LONG time. I had heard great things about this sale so we decided to go and have a look for ourselves. It started out slow. Nothing but total junk. You would think people living in million dollar houses would put their junk to the curb but they were trying to sell it...and asking crazy prices at that. Just when we thought we would walk back to our car and leave...we hit a few that were better. So we kept walking. That place was huge we definitely got a work out walking and pushing strollers up and down the mountain....that was a plus. The kids were loving it. In the end i got a few things and i was pleased. I wouldn't say i made a hall but still it was fun. Family time, exercise, and some sun on my face. :)
Here is a pic of what i found......

2 white roman shades, Lamp, 2 picture frames, 2 sets of candle holders, and that Blue thing you see(i will be making that into something soon)....i think in it's past life it was a calendar holder. I got it for a dollar. When i picked it up i knew exactly what i was going to do with it. Not pictured is a stainless coffee bean grinder.


Framed mirror and metal planter.

Yes, all i got was decorative items. I didn't even look at the clothes (we have plenty). I had a mental list of things that i would like to find and i actually got a few of those things so for me....it was worth it. I only spent...wait for it.....$25! Not to bad. :)

We left around lunch time to come home. We were expecting the hubbies parents. Once they got here we handed over the kids and the hubs and I had a date night. Sunday i got out and mowed the yard for the first time of the season. I actually love to mow. It is relaxing for me. We have a large back yard...it takes me 2 hours (flying) to get it all done. The last time i mowed i was 37 weeks pregnant. :P

Well the weekend wore me out...so i'm off to have a relaxing day with the kids.