Thrift Haul Linkup #1!

Thrift Haul Linkup #1

This weeks thrift haul is part of a Suburban Strip Thrifting Trip that ended up at 2 antique malls I'd never been to before. One of them was even selling boxes of store brand Oatmeal for $1 that was past date. This was the last trip of summer. I'm not sure about everybody else, but I still kinda see the end of summer as Labor Day. Do you? 

The radio you see above - LOVE! I was paying for some Pyrex at the antique market that was selling expired oatmeal & my boyfriend shows it to me. I'm like, "pfft, how much?" Last one I saw, was $70 & didn't work." He's like, "$9.95, but the batteries are corroded." Of course I had to sashay over & take a look for myself. Looked like the battery pack could be replace & the radio scuffs on the paint kinda look neat. At the other antique market, I saw this musical thirst aid decanter, for $15. I have one, but for some reason, my second hand, thrift store hating sister wanted one... last one I saw was $35, so jumped at the chance to buy her this one. She doesn't know it yet, but I am gifting it to her. She knows I bought it, but told her she has to pay me back. 

 

I've done it. I finally bought someone's garbage, for fifty cents. I thought it was easier thank collecting my own butter containers to stack my Pyrex (I can start buying the larger containers again) & don't want to pick them out of the recycling with other peoples crumbs & knife slices in it. At the same shop, I bought this scrapbook for $1.00. I'm going to start scrapbooking/collaging my BF, me & our dog - Charlie. My boyfriend said technically everything I buy at the thrifts is someones garbage. 

This is the dirtiest thing I ever bought at the thrifts. It was $2.02 at Goodwill & absolutely filthy. To be fair it is a planter, but gosh, still. I had seen one at another store before, but it was chipped. Sat there for weeks.. maybe for over a month.   

These Anchor Hocking bowls bowls, the set bought for less than $10, will be a great addition to the dishes in the kitchen that we can actually use. 

I bought this refrigerator dish at Value Village for $1.99 with the intentions of using the lid for the first fridgie I ever found, the turquoise one below (which was also $1.99). I'll still be putting the red bit to good use... somewhere. Doesn't it look better on the turquoise? 

Found a nice linkup with Coloradolady,  Vintage Thingie Thursday.

I'd like to invite everybody to join my linkup this week. My favorite thrifting linkups each have their own reason for not currently being active, but I really do miss them & seeing what everybody finds each week brings me a lot of joy, so I really hope you linkup!  

Join up, link back & have fun! If you don't follow the rules, consider yourself a rebel. 

August eBay Sales

August eBay Sales

 

In August I took to eBay with a few items I purchased & collected & made quite a decent profit. 

First up, I bought a bag of unopened rolls of Sandylion stickers for $2.99.. listed them as unopened rolls, no bites. Opened them, found out the brand (had thought they were Sandylion, but wasn't sure), that they had a year on them & sold 3 lots of stickers for $88.56. I still have a couple rolls left, but not so collectable. I will try listing them in September. 

 

I also collected silver coins in my change - a total of $3.55 pulled aside from my pocket change to later put on eBay for a whopping $47.55! 

I bought 2 bags of these Super Mario Brothers cards on 2 separate occasions & well, I don't need 25 & I'll never use any of them anyways. Will keep a few of them for my vintage greeting card collection. $2.99 for a bag, 5 cards for a total sale of $42.17. 

My last sale of the month was one of my Guiness bar towels that had cost  69cents for $12.99.

Let's tally it up: 

Total paid: $10.22 

Total sold for: $191.27

Total profit: $181.05!
(before taxes & eBay fees) 

If you are ever interested in seeing what I have for sale (nothing at posting time), my auctions are here: and_you_will_know_us_by_the_length_of_our_name.