Thriftasaurus

Thriftasaurus

Gosh, you guys, I am exhausted! I wish I could say it was from thrifting, but I haven't been hitting it too hard lately. I need a vacation. & a dip in a hot tub. I don't even have an excuse as to why I am tired. Even though I didn't hit it hard this week, I still have some fun, quality finds to show off. We ventured into the states last weekend with the main purpose being to see if our friend could get across the border (long story) & [long story] short - we made it across! I have to say, The Cheesecake Factory is insane! For those of you who don't know, we don't have it in Canada. I hate cheesecake, so didn't have any, but the food was all great & it gave me a new obsession: pumpernickel bread. We went to the antique market in Buffalo & I took advantage of the discounted Christmas stuff. Another thing we don't have here: a mass of vintage Christmas flooding the markets in December. Weird, isn't it? There is some, but not like in the USA. 

So first, I'm going to lay out all the vintage Christmas I picked up. It was all from the antique market.

The larger Santa is a Norcrest candle holder. It was $1. The small made in Hong Kong shot glass Santa party favours were also $1. 

After finding my first Napco Santa at Goodwill on the second last day of the year last year, I came home & researched... well of course I needed the other Napco Santa. Well here it is, $4. Another item checked off the list. Also brought home 2 kneehuggers. I don't quite understand the gold one & the green one has some fading, but WELCOME HOME. Also pictured, $2 for this made in Germany Santa bulb. There was another one in a case a few over for $15. & a repro in the same case as the one I bought for $2.

This set of Mrs. & Mr. Claus were something I kinda regretted bringing home, they were a couple bucks each & I didn't notice they were damaged. I wish I had bought those teeny, tiny little stockings instead! Oh well, these guys will chill out & watch over the deer next year. They are about 2.5 inches tall.

A package of vintage Halloween Betty Crocker napkins - 39¢ price, although Betty says 65¢ on the back. What year do you suppose these are from?

I picked up this vintage Napco (I think these are from 1956? Could be wrong) February Angel, perf for Valentines Day decorating at Goodwill. Also picked up some vintage Valentines Day wrapping paper from Value Village, alongside some other vintage wrapping paper... 

I think this one is my favourite. 

Some vintage cards. Not really my style.
& then some 1980's Valentines.

I have a few more items, but I think I will save them for next week, I'm so tired! I hope everybody had a great week, can't wait to see what you've all found. Link up below with your latest second hand finds.

Have a great week - thrift on!


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