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Windsor Haul.
Windsor brought a few good finds! It brought all my favourites, retro '80s sheets, Pyrex, '80s nostalgia, NKOTB.. it was fun!
The biggest purchase was the Smurf tray - it was $15 from the curiosity shop, also purchased from the curiosity shop, ceramic shoe to add to the ceramic shoe collection - $2 & the vintage metal Bingo carrying case. As a Bingo player, I absolutely love this item & it was at a great price - $2! I had been looking for a great Bingo carrying bag for a while & almost bought a piece of crap made in China one for $1.49 from Value Village a couple months ago. Glad I waited it out. As Toronto Yardsaler would say - START THE CAR!
One thing about the curiosity shop is that they lack Pyrex, weird huh? It's quite large, but they have one shelf of Pyrex & it's all shoved in there like it could all be stuffed animals or something. There was one piece I was totally digging for $12, went back to get it before I left, they were closing as I was leaving. It wasn't the owners of the store who were closing the front, but two old woman. I asked them if I could come in & grab a piece of Pyrex I saw the day before & the one woman said really all nasty: "WE DON'T SELL PIE HERE!" uhh, OK. So, no, I never got the piece. Wasn't meant to be, I guess.
Value Village...
Unfortunate news, one VV that had been open for years, I have been visiting it for 14 years, closed it's doors. A new one had opened in a booming area of the city & this one was lurking in a dying plaza were there was nothing but a Bingo hall, a sex shop & about 6 closed businesses, so I guess it was a great business move. Between the 2 VV's in the city, I picked up the Pac-Man sheet ($3.99), Rainbow Brite sheet ($3.99), owl lantern ($2.99). I'm quite fond of the owl lantern. I move in about 25 days & this little guy will be a hoot on the balcony. He creeps out everyone who has seen it, especially with his glued in marble eyes.
& from Salvation Army for $2.99 you get this beautiful piece of 1.5 QT Pyrex. The lid was donated by the same size piece of Spring Blossom sitting in my cupboard.
I bought this. For $3.50. I don't know what it is, I have some guesses, but I liked it. Can you shed some light on this for me? I'd really like to know it's use! St. Vincent De Paul.
Bibles for Missions yielded nothing but this New Kids On The Block books & a large woman wearing barely any clothing following my friend & I around picking at her belly button, BEAUTIFUL. 25cents a piece.
Once again it's Monday, once again taking part in Apron Thrift Girl's THRIFT SHARE MONDAY.
Windsor brought a few good finds! It brought all my favourites, retro '80s sheets, Pyrex, '80s nostalgia, NKOTB.. it was fun!
The biggest purchase was the Smurf tray - it was $15 from the curiosity shop, also purchased from the curiosity shop, ceramic shoe to add to the ceramic shoe collection - $2 & the vintage metal Bingo carrying case. As a Bingo player, I absolutely love this item & it was at a great price - $2! I had been looking for a great Bingo carrying bag for a while & almost bought a piece of crap made in China one for $1.49 from Value Village a couple months ago. Glad I waited it out. As Toronto Yardsaler would say - START THE CAR!
One thing about the curiosity shop is that they lack Pyrex, weird huh? It's quite large, but they have one shelf of Pyrex & it's all shoved in there like it could all be stuffed animals or something. There was one piece I was totally digging for $12, went back to get it before I left, they were closing as I was leaving. It wasn't the owners of the store who were closing the front, but two old woman. I asked them if I could come in & grab a piece of Pyrex I saw the day before & the one woman said really all nasty: "WE DON'T SELL PIE HERE!" uhh, OK. So, no, I never got the piece. Wasn't meant to be, I guess.
Value Village...
Unfortunate news, one VV that had been open for years, I have been visiting it for 14 years, closed it's doors. A new one had opened in a booming area of the city & this one was lurking in a dying plaza were there was nothing but a Bingo hall, a sex shop & about 6 closed businesses, so I guess it was a great business move. Between the 2 VV's in the city, I picked up the Pac-Man sheet ($3.99), Rainbow Brite sheet ($3.99), owl lantern ($2.99). I'm quite fond of the owl lantern. I move in about 25 days & this little guy will be a hoot on the balcony. He creeps out everyone who has seen it, especially with his glued in marble eyes.
& from Salvation Army for $2.99 you get this beautiful piece of 1.5 QT Pyrex. The lid was donated by the same size piece of Spring Blossom sitting in my cupboard.
I bought this. For $3.50. I don't know what it is, I have some guesses, but I liked it. Can you shed some light on this for me? I'd really like to know it's use! St. Vincent De Paul.
Bibles for Missions yielded nothing but this New Kids On The Block books & a large woman wearing barely any clothing following my friend & I around picking at her belly button, BEAUTIFUL. 25cents a piece.
Once again it's Monday, once again taking part in Apron Thrift Girl's THRIFT SHARE MONDAY.
Cool beans! I dont know what those orange containers are for, but they are neat.
ReplyDeleteMy Bibles For Missions store has a volunteer that HUMS constantly. Tuneless, incessant humming. You know where she is in the store at all times. I find my best deals there though :)
PS- add me to the list of people creeped out by owls.
How about a couple of kinds of candy and nuts in the orange dishes? They're cute!!! I like the owl!!!!
ReplyDeleteLOL!!! This post had me rolling (and slightly nauseated by the image of the lady and her belly button).
ReplyDeleteGreat scores all around...I am thinking the orange canisters may be a vanity set (like cotton balls storage and such).
I gotta say, I love the expression on the Pac-Man ghosts' faces! Haha! I love that game.
ReplyDeleteYou find the best bingo stuff. I'm loving that smurfs tray. I can't wait to go on my vacation and go to other thrift stores. Congrats!
ReplyDeleteSandra @ The Memory Workshop - that would drive me nuts! Bibles For Missions is so cheap, love it!
ReplyDeleteJill - Thanks! Not sure what I'm gonna use it for yet. Dips maybe at a party? I've got a set of nuts, pretzels, potluck bowls.
GINA - thanks! I was leaning most towards a vanity set, but wanted some confirmation on that. Was hoping someone was sure about it, LOL.
ReplyDelete& you should have seen this woman... wish I had a camera, scratchy voice, wouldn't stop talking to use either...
SixBalloons - I know, right?
ReplyDeleteThanks Lynda! Have lots of fun on your vacation! Hope you find some great stuff, love searching the thrifts I've never explored before.
If it's made of wood, it's lacquerware. From the pic it looks like plastic,
ReplyDeleteI've bought some nice sturdy plastic pieces that are from Japan that I like the design of. Don't know what it was originally intended for, but I would put jewelry in it. :>)
The Value Village on Dougall was the best one. :(
ReplyDeleteI've got no answer on the tray with the orange containers either, but my guesses are it's either for holding whitener/sweetener/sugar cubes for tea/coffee or it's a Masala Dabba that only holds 3 spices, looks like it should sit up on the back of a stove.
Also: I actually have both of those sheet sets. The Rainbrow Bright ones I've held onto since I was a kid & the Pac Man ones I got from Bi-Way when they were going out of business for about $0.50.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE the creepy owl, pacman sheets and smurfs tray! Excellent finds as always!
ReplyDeleteThanks again Van!
ReplyDeleteRainbow Brite! She was my girl at one time, had a lot of it in my room. She was replaced by Strawberry Shortcake & I never looked back lol. Fun to see what I loved as a child.
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