The Great Debate

What a F.U.N. weekend I just had.  Spent it in Mesquite, NV with the hubby and some friends.  What do you do in Mesquite you ask?  NOTHING!.. and that is exactly what we did.  We lounged around the pool in 90 degree weather, went to Thor (which was surprisingly good), ate at a most delicious Japanese Restaurant (had sushi for the first time), slept in, played games, and hit up a few Yard Sales (of course) :)    

I have to give credit to April and Shannon for dragging me to the Yard Sales on saturday which is where I found all of these treasures.  Drag me to a Yard Sale?  What's that about?  Well Friday we hit up a couple local yard sales and they were HUGE disappointments.  They were smoke filled, Sante Fe style, so not for me, stuff.  So I was having  a debate with myself whether to sleep in (which I NEVER get to do), or get up and go to Yard Sales that turn out to be flops.  What to do, what to do.  The girlies convinced me to suck it up and go Yard Selling, and so I did! :)  Thanks ladies for kicking me in the butt, otherwise I would have missed out on all this...

 My .50 frame that just needs a coat of paint and a fresh new picture in it.

 Vintage 1968 World of Barbie Doll case~

Ended up getting these for such a stealer deal.  She started out at $20 for the pair and then $10 and down she went to where I got them for $3.75 FOR THE PAIR!!!  I honestly couldn't believe it! 

Ended up getting this precious hand-held mirror for .50.  I LOVE IT SO MUCH!

Spent a whopping .45 cents on these two items plus a pizza cuter that is NOT in the picture. That's 45 cents total for ALL 3 items!  LOL!  Watch out I'm a BIG spender. :) 

Isn't this the cutest vintage lunch box?

  I had to have it!

Oh, and it was full of ROCKS. :) The teenage girl selling it said she started collecting rocks as a little girl and this was her collection.  How cute!  Most of these rocks came from North Dakota.  I knew my kids would be pumped about a rock collection.  I was right, they loved it and have been searching for special rocks to add to the collection themselves.

Now on to the prized find of the day.  We hit the jack-pot when we found a Yard Sale at some storage units.  There were so many people selling some really great stuff.  That is actually where I found the vintage Barbie cases.  But I also bought this sweet little table... 

Yes we are posing with the table because it was somewhat of a fight on who was going home with it.  April spotted it firs,t showed it to me and 'said' she 'wanted' ME to buy it. ;)  After I picked it up to purchase it she started having second thoughts and we had a back and forth teasing match on the table the rest of the trip.  It was funny though because I had to borrow money from Shannon to purchase it because I didn't have enough cash, so then Shannon got in on it saying it was hers because she is the one that actually paid for it. LOL. It was funny. :) When this picture was taken we were still in the 'great debate' on who's table it actually was.

But I WON (although I did try to make April take it) and it's in my possession paid for and all.  This is how I rode home with it loving under my legs for 4 HOURS!  I think I earned the right to the table. ;)  We'll see where it ends up though because I'm not quite sure were it will go.  As promised if I can't find a place for it on it will go to April  for her future house.  

Love you girls had a B-L-A-S-T!

Show and Tell

This week was so much fun.  Yard Sales were practically around every corner...IT WAS AWESOME!  It was also so much fun to bump into a few of you out getting great deals yourselves or even having your own yard sales.  I loved that!  I love hearing that people are actually reading my blog and getting inspired from it.  SO FUN!  Anywho(I know this is not a real word, but it is now. :))...Amber was one of the wonderful people that I ran into this weekend.  I asked her to send me pictures of all her great finds.  Check it out...

Love this clock!  Wish I would've beat her to it. ;)

Cute little cowboy hat cost her "10 stinking cents"!

Spent $3.75 for ALL of this.

All this cost her a whopping $8! 

 Grand total for all her finds for the weekend $37! Look at all that stuff! 

I asked Amber if she was hooked and her reply was, " I am hooked! All I wanted to do when I got home was go back out!" LOL!

I have a crazy busy day today playing catch-up from being at Yard Sales all weekend so I'll try and get 'my finds' posted SOON, but for now here is one little picture of what me and my Yard Sale Posse bought at 'Fleaology' (what's fleaology? Check it out HERE) on Saturday.  Loved it so much and could have stayed there all day examining all the fun finds there.  Can't wait for it to come again in July.

SUPER cute orange chair perfect for my photographer friend, Ashley.  Jewelry box for me to give to someone as a gift.  Not sure who yet...anybody need one.  This was too cute to pass up! Rustic tin bucket perfect for Liz to plant flowers in. CUTNESS all around, don't ya think? Thanks girls for the oh, so fun weekend! I got some REALLY GREAT STUFF!  Including a cedar chest for $10 and they delivered it!  

*Anybody else want to show off what they found?  Send me some pictures!

Weekend spelled...J.O.Y!

Two 'no kid' dates with the Handsome Husband, Yard Sales, upholstery class, some sweet deals, a baby blessing, BOTTLES, and BOTTLES, of BUTTONS, and lots of friend and family time.  This weekend was defiantly a JOY! Here are some of my great finds at Saturday's Yard Sales.

My favorite find was this SUPER CUTE shower curtain, complete with the cute hooks and a shower curtain liner.  You can pick this all up at Target today for $48+tax.  Guess what I paid though?  A mere $10 :)  Love this shower curtain so much and have been wanting one for our upstairs bathroom for (literally) years.  That bathroom doesn't get used much so it was hard to justify spending a lot of money on one.  I'll do it for 10 bucks though and especially when it's this cute and matches my wall color perfectly.  JOY!

 Here it is up in the bathroom!  Isn't it PERFECT!  Oh and the shower curtain rod was one my in-laws had an extra of so they passed the love to me!  THANKS GUYS!

At one Yard Sale they were selling a bunch of girlie BBC movies on DVD. The discs looked new, no big scratches which is usually the case when there are DVDs at yard sales.  BBC movies are the best!  If you love period films and old fashioned life then these are the shows for you. ROMANCE, DRAMA, and LOVE.  These are as big of a chick-flick as they come.  Can you say 'Pride and Prejudice', 'Sense and Sensibility', 'North and South'.  The best of the best of BBC movies.  Here are the ones I picked up.  For $1 each. Cha-ching!  JOY!

 I also picked up 'Little House on the Prairie' seasons 1 & 2 on DVD for $1. :)  Thought they would make a great companion for the book set I got two weekends ago.  JOY! 

First yard sale of the morning was a JACK-POT! That is where I picked up the shower curtain and I also got these clothes (some of them brand new with tags still on!) and a very cute ALDO bag. All this plus one more shirt that I happened to be wearing when I took the pictures. ;)  It's comfy and so perfect for weekend lounging! JOY!

 3 Shirts for the HH (which will be part of his Father's Day gift.), 4 shirts for me (Mother's Day! Am I the only one who shops for her own gifts?), 1 sweater jacket, 1 vest with hood, and the cutest yellow dress, and of course the ALDO bag.  Spent $3 for the bag and an average of $1 on each of the clothing pieces!  How can you NOT love Yard Sales?  JOY!

Here are some close-up pictures of the loot...

 This dress is going to be so cute with some leggings and a little shirt under or even a light cardigan over it. I heart cardigans!

 Love the big collar on this sweater.  The picture makes it brighter then it really is, it's more of a mossy color rather then avocado color you see here.

 This was the shirt I was wearing.  I decided to take it off for you.  It has a cute little hood even, and wide arms.  So COMFY!

Now for the ULTIMATE JOY of the weekend...BOTTLES AND BOTTLES OF BUTTONS!!  This deserves a post all on it's own so I'm going to post more on my 'Leaning Tower of Buttons' later.  I really can't believe this happened to me.  Somebody L-O-V-E-S me!  JOY! and JOY!

*Did anyone else go and brave the cold and snow this weekend?   What was your favorite find?

Weekend Finds.

This weekend was not the greatest for Yard Sales I completely struck out on Friday but  still managed to get a few little goodies on Saturday.

I picked up this cute little Princess Party Set for $1.  It is brand new in an unopened box.  Love it when I find brand new items second-hand!

Ended up using it for a b-day gift for my niece.  PERFECT! 
*Even though she doesn't look thrilled (it was more about me taking her picture and less about the gift), she really did love the gift and so did all the other little girls.  They had it opened up in 2.5 sec. and the b-day girl was so nice to share her new gift with all her cousins. :) $ well spent!

Couple weekends ago I mentioned to the HH that I wanted to find a wooden step stool and low and behold I find this for $3! SCORE!

Note it: Eddie Bauer brand.

Kid's BYU Jersey $2!

At one Yard Sale a lady had over 600 beanie babies that she'd been collecting for years.  they were in mint condition with the tags still on.  I had a hay-day digging through all of them.  In the end I only came home with these nine.  They are SO cute!  They're going to make great gifts. :)

Hedgehog (which was given to Mr. E for Easter), Robin, and a Goat.  We LOVE goats around here and actually own two live ones.  Couldn't pass that one up.

4 ADORABLE little puppies.  My nieces are going to go CRAZY for these little guys.

A Pig, and A Elephant.

I also got HOOKED-UP with these two treasures by a cousin.   She found this 'Little House On The Prairie' set for $4 and the card game 'Bohnanza' for $1(looks brand new)!!!!  She already owned both so shared the love with me!!!  THANKS NATALIE!!!!  I've had my eye on this game for a good six months but couldn't bring myself to spend the $20 on it.  I'm glad I waited and have to say that the phrase, "Good things come to those who wait" must be true. :)

Even though it was a somewhat slow Yard Sale weekend I still had a BLAST waking up @ 6:30am and hanging with my Mom and Sister-in-law who got some great things of their own including a grocery bag filled with 13 pairs of shorts and 2 sweaters for $1, and a Pampered Chef mini-loaf pan for $2!  Good times, good times!

The Goods.

Left my house at 7:30 am on Friday morning with $21 and some change.  Came back at 10:00 am with $11 to spare and all this great stuff.

Kid's bench and chair ($3 for the pair), Shirt for Miss J (.50), Stride Rite Shoes for Mr. E (.50) Leather toolbelt ($3), leather work gloves (.50), Book (.50), Mr, Potato Head ($1), MY LAMP!($2), School Desk (FREE), Snow Suit for Mr. C ($1), storm trooper costume ($1)

All this needs is a little tightening of the screws and some paint and it will be as good as NEW. :)  Can't wait!

Stride Rite shoes .50!

Saturday.  What a great day for Yard Sales.  I think we hit about 20 that day.  This is what I found...

Garden/hose organizer ($4)

Spent a total of  $5.25 on this group.

All this cost me $17.80!  WOW!  I love yard sales!  Yes those are the old school lunch trays.  I had to buy them!  5 trays for $1, yes please.

The kids think they are so COOL.  We had to eat off of them that night. :)

NOW ON TO MY ALL TIME FAVORITE FIND FOR THE WEEKEND...

This was my first find of the day and I can't even tell you how much I LOVE it.  The woman selling it said that it was hers growing up and then her girls used it through their childhood.  This desk had a lot of history and sentimental value to her.   So glad that I was able to buy this from this nice family and I promised that I would take great care of it and that my daughter would use it and love it for all her many, many projects. Oh, by the way I spent a whopping $5 on it!  Worth every last cent!

I'm SO excited about this desk that I hope to have it all painted and pretty in the next couple weeks.  Although I'm trying to wait for my daughters birthday (November) to give it to her. Not sure if that will happen or not. ;)

Show and Tell: Check out THIS BLOG to see the great finds Natalie got this weekend.  I WANT the chairs!  You'll also want to check out her other posts.  She has some really GREAT re-do projects.  Her Laundry room is one of my favorites.  She is SO great!  I might be biased because we're family ;) but I think you'll LOVE what you see.