Monday, August 13, 2012

Camping Haul!


This past weekend I went camping at The Pinery in Grand Bend, Ontario. I canoed, I swam in Lake Huron, I roasted marshmellows, sat in the rain for hours in a pair of shorts (omg, I was freezing!), saw a snake, slept in a tent.. that's a lot all in one weekend for a city boy like me. All in all - it was a good weekend! Like a good thrifter, I was able to get a few stops in & got 2 items checked off my want list!



Grand Bend had a "Antiques" Flea Market to offer. By way of antiques.. there was on building, with some very nice pieces of antiques - a extremely vintage peep show! -, but would only appeal to a very small number of buyers with deep pockets. They 7,000 ST FT building with extremely tall ceilings, did have some nice items to look at. I had expected it to be an actual antiques flea market, not a flea market. About 80%-85% of the tables there were regular flea market garbage - disappointing! Grand Bend was lacking in Pyrex, but was plentiful in salt & pepper shakers. I had inquired about a Pyrex restaurant ware set at one booth, that was covered in cobwebs & dead bugs & looked like it had been there for years.. when we asked what the price was the guy was explaining what Pyrex was to me! 

I had been seeking out these Lournay Melmac plates in these particular colours because my grandmother used to serve my sister & I toast when we slept over every morning on these plates. She'd butter it, put our choice of jam (strawberry for me!) & cut it into 4 squares. The bowls were a bonus, not really on my way list, Lournay as well.. my grandmother used to serve me KD in these. Back then my favourite plate was the turquoise. Surprised? 

In June I posted a Salt & Pepper shaker wish list & included on that list was this set of Lefton Blue Birds. $5! As you can see.. they are chipped, but hey, you can't see it from the back & this was probably my only chance at getting them for a reasonable price. 



A cute vintage figurine of a girl on a phone, some hot fork & spoon salt & pepper shakers.


Some vintage Ross buttons... fabric buttons.. 


Thanks for checking out Sir Thrift-A-Lot! 
Here's the big bug I saw. 



Linking up with Nifty Thrifty Tuesdays.

9 comments:

  1. SCORE on your Blue Bird S&P's!!! Love them!

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  2. I love the Lefton bluebird S & P's, as well as the anthropomorphic spoon and fork S & P's. I'm like you, even when I'm on vacation I try to sqeeze in some junking time.

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    1. Thanks! & always, always gotta get in some junking time!

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  3. LOL! That's a big locust bug you saw!!! Nice haul by the way!!

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  4. It's not a locust, it's a ciccada! Don't they have them in TO?

    They are plentiful in Montreal...

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    1. Yes, they definitely got to be around, but I've never seen them.. nor heard them. I've never seen one of these bugs before except dead in a bag of grapes from Mexico.. and it could have been a different bug all together.

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  5. The bug is a Cicada and I just love the sound of them humming up in the trees. Love your blog. Looking forward to your store.

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    1. Thanks! :)

      & I see you're in Toronto too, so I'll definitely let you know when it opens..

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