Congratulations Sir-Thrift-A-Lot!

I'd like to announce some great news - I am a winner of a $250 Best Buy gift card! Such a perfect win for a guy who is looking for a new, expensive camera with a Canon Rebel in mind. My first Google Adsense check will be issued on March 2nd - another $100 in the bank towards the camera. I just had to share!

Remember:
You can't win if you don't enter.

PS: stay tuned! This has been an excellent thrifting week thanks to my bestie, my boyfriend, my legs my credit card & of course the people who donated - some exciting vintage finds have come my way.

Vintage Musical Bar Set!

Today I picked up this what looks like complete vintage musical bar set from Value Village for a cool $7.99... decent price considering it's VALUE VILLAGE. You can buy a dishwashered, chipped Pyrex bowl for the same price. On the left it's an ice bucket on the right a decanter that sits in a slot with a nice red felt lining. With you lift the decanter, a whimsical tune, similar to a jewelry box, plays from the bar set. I've never seen one of these before.

Joining up with APRON THRIFT GIRL for THRIFT SHARE MONDAY.

A couple more things, if you are bored today.. check out my post on The Pyrex Collective If this ain't delphite than kiss my... assumption that it was and also my eBay auctions for some 1970's Garfield stickers - puffy, scratch & sniff & just regular - HERE!

Thrift on!

This Weeks Finds!

Joining FLEA MARKET FINDS

There was a lot of thrifting this past week, but minimal finds. I had my first Sunday off in FOREVER, so I was able to visit the Sunday Antique Market at St. Lawerence Market here in Toronto. There were some interesting items, but the only thing I left with were these deer sale & pepper shakers. One of the sellers insisted that they were donkeys. I bet he would have sworn his life on it.


A great gift from my bestie, picked up from Cambridge - two Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles notebooks, never used, from 1989. Pretty neat find from Value Village. Also from Value Village I got these Treasure Troll gift bags for 99cents for the lot.

I finally listed a few items in my etsy shop - just two Super Mario Brothers birthday cards from 1989, quite rare. It's been months since I wanted to list things. I have a few more items, but me & natural light never seem to be in the right place at the same time.
You can view my shop RIGHT HERE
If anybody wants to volunteer to make me a beautiful banner, I'd really appreciate it.



Is $20 too much for a Pyrex bowl?



Recently I came across two pieces of the Friendship pattern - 441, 443 & at the antique market I saw the 444 in fantastic condition. I've only seen the 444 once before in a thrift & it was in terrible, terrible condition. Do you think $20 is too much to help complete the set?

PYREX: Blue Friendship 401 Blue

This isn't my piece, but I had to share this great, unusual piece found by Mrs. T. on Flickr.

Once again, not my piece. Such a lucky, rare find. She found it in a little flea market in Hemlock, NY 60 miles north of Corning. You can read more about it here (fourth post down).

Sir Thrift-A-Lot: Thrift Share Monday!

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Thrift Share Monday

In the snowiest day of the year so far, we thrift.
Driving through the city at 40 miles an hour, we thrift.
(not pictured - mint #441 Blue Horizon from Value Village)

Vintage 1966 Linus & Lucy figures. Generally not a fan of Charlie Brown, but I couldn't say no. They were in two different bags of random toys, one had 7 iDogs in it, for $2.99 each. These are going on my new toy shelf located in the bedroom.


An amazing orphan shaker - vintage pink deer. My how I want the set now, you can buy them for me on eBay RIGHT HERE for $39.00 even or a starting bid of $10.99 with a BIN for $25.00 RIGHT HERE. A pair recently sold for $3.24 & another for $29.99. I cannot wait to own them! I paid 99cents for this little guy.

Does anybody else go look up the price of things on eBay when they get home after buying them? I'm just always so curious!

Sir Thrift-A-Lot: Flea Market Finds

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Not very vintage this week, but here's what came home with me:

A set of "Here lies salt, here lies pepper" gravestone shakers that were new in the package from Value Village. Also from Value Village, a canister of "creative pegs" or mini-clothespins made by Mollettine & retail for $18.75. I bought them in a bag full of junk along with a Rubix Cube keychain in need of repairs, two sets of Hematite magnetic gemstones & a bunch of other unmentionables. From a bag at Talize for $1.99 some Transformers & Spiderman cupcake cups & a very neat set of adjustable Hershey's measuring spoons. Lastly, a nice little owl mug picked up awhile ago set to be sold in my etsy store.

I am hoping this week will have a little more vintage in store.

Also joining:

[Sunday's Best].
where my feature is my new salt & pepper shakers!

Lids!! Lids!! Lids!!

Earlier this week I showcased my recent finds of Pyrex lids, picked up from both Value Village & Goodwill. Just the other day, I happened across 4 470-C lids for 99cents each at Value Village! This is the Value Village that lacks Pyrex (well they all lack Pyrex within the city...), but lids seem to be bountiful! This winter season the lids seem to be outnumbering the casseroles. I'll be prepared for spring cleaning.