Oh my heavens, I found some Pyrex. My sister was in town last week, visiting her new nephew, and we decided to make an afternoon of thrifting. She too collects Pyrex and so I was literally shopping with my competition (she has an awesome collection)! Not only did she let me have this piece (a pattern called, appropriately, Golden Hearts), she payed for it! And she even bargained for it (it was marked $12 and because she is so cute she got if for $6). I tell ya, I have the best sisters!
Most of my favorite shelter magazines have long gone the way of the dodo (Domino, House & Garden, Blueprint, Cottage Living, Country Home), but what is this I see? Oh my heavens, a new shelter magazine coming soon?!! And doesn’t it look fabulous? I don’t know about you, but a lot of my thrifty inspiration comes from magazines.
Keep your eyes peeled for this, would you? Let me know if it turns up in your neck of the woods.
So I was out and about yesterday, breaking my personal cardinal rule of thrifting: NEVER GO ON THE WEEKENDS! EVER!
There wasn’t a drop of Pyrex to be had at any of my stops, just a lot of rude people cramming aisles. And there wasn’t anything else for that matter: no sweet little creamers, no bread and butter plates, no furniture, no nada. I’m getting tired of the no-no-nos!
I’ll try to head to some thrifts this week…when things are quieter.
Even though I sometimes run into the worst of humanity at my fave thrift spots, I don’t let it get me down for long. George just won’t let me!
I hope you scored on your thriftscapades this weekend.
I was still living in Portland when I found The Official Preppy Handbook at a St. Vincent de Paul’s thrift store (in my opinion, the world’s greatest thrift store ever; sadly the location closed up shop). This is probably one of my most favorite finds of all time. Copies start, used, on Amazon.com at $40. And that’s because the information therein is indispensible, dahling.
That’d be me, kicking back and relaxing (I wish – this was taken a couple of years ago)! My toes are pointed toward a photograph (silver-gelatin printed I might add) of an old man with a very wrinkly forehead. We picked that up from a Goodwill a couple of years ago. He’s still with us, only in our bedroom!
I hit a Goodwill Boutique today and there was nothing worth taking home! Blast! However, last weekend, we did scoop up a piece of furniture from a Goodwill and I’ll share it soon, I just haven’t taken a photo of it quite yet…
All things thrift: I am feeling very thrifty and interested in tackling the complicated art of couponing. I know, I know: it’s not that complicated, but it sure seems like it! I’m ready to head to the store this evening (baby George permitting) with my coupons in tow.
Many moons ago I picked up these pillowcases thinking I’d repurpose them as the fabrics are so delightful. Alas, I never did! But I still have them. It’s a good reminder that I should probably do something with them before too long!
Just going through photos on my hard drive and thought I’d share this one. I saw a lot of Pyrex this weekend, only nothing I wanted…boohoo!
George was quite babbly yesterday – he went on and on! It was so dear.
I had plans to make quick thrift stops over the weekend but they didn’t pan out so well – I’ll try again soon.
In the meanwhile, if you’d like, please drop by a special new blog that I’m a small part of --- The Pyrex Collective. {If you’re interested in contributing to it also, Pyrex Addicts, please do! Contact info is available at the blog.}
Ok, I mentioned in a pre-George post that we were going to give him our old dresser. Problem was, we couldn’t find a dresser big enough for our things! So we decided to dresser-hunt for George since it would be a bit easier and admittedly, a good deal of fun. It took us a few weekends, but we found this playful number – perfect for a little boy!
I think it’s fair to say I’m loving motherhood! George is such a dear! Here are some photos:
He’s now six and a half weeks old!
I have gone to *one* thrift shop since I had him and was only in it for fifteen minutes, but I did score a juicy piece of Pyrex! I haven’t taken a photo of it yet…but I will soon. My camera is a bit distracted by this little fellow, if you can imagine!
Looking forward to getting back here and checking out your blogs…
Stay tuned friends! xoxo
I'm absolutely thrilled to have so many new followers! Thank you all for your sweet comments about George. These last two weeks have been blissful (okay, so I'm a little tired {hahaha}) and I am enjoying every minute.
It might be a short stretch before I'm out thrifting again; in the meantime, I hope you'll dig around my archives and browse about my blog. I'll be back soon - and again, thank y'all so much for welcoming George!
Bonus George photo:
