Thrifting on Thursday

Hey there and Happy Thursday.
How exactly did it get to be Thursday already, anyway?!
We are off  tomorrow for Good Friday and we were off this past Monday for a snow day, 
 so this short 3-day school week is just about over.

If you have been here before you know that I am crazy in love with thrifting and finding that perfect little thing you

never even knew you wanted/needed... or better yet, that thing you  have been searching for and finally found.

That is the best feeling. I  love  that feeling.

Every week I will be sharing things I come across while thrifting/rummage sailing/antiquing/junking--

whatever you wanna call it.

So, if you follow me on Instagram,  you might have seen that last weekend we found the best, most crowded junk 

and non-junk-filled little antique store ever. It was so good.
My kids are really good little shoppers but I really wish I could have gone back without them so I could look a bit longer without
worrying about them breaking something.

{A few of my favorite things I saw there, just a few though cause there was a lot}

And here are my thrifting finds from the past week; the camera is from the shop above and the rest
of the loot is from one of my favorite little hole-in-the-wall thrift shops here in town.

$4.10, folks.
I love, love, love it.
Some times when I go into these places I will give myself a little budget of like $5 just for the fun of it... just to see how much
I can get for such a little amount. It's kinda fun.

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Are you a thrifter?
Have you found any really good bargains lately?  Please do tell.

Flurries, Ribbons, Cranberries and Bullies & Stuff...

So, it snowed yesterday.
Kinda.
Teeny-tiny-almost-invisible-to-the-naked-eye flurries.
The kids were excited.
It didn't last long though.
I was excited.

After preschool pick-up yesterday we did some thrifting (aka: scrounging) as I am in search of
some BIG empty, wooden frames.
I have seen 1.5 million small, medium and every other in-between size, but not any BIG ones.
I have a project I am wanting to do and the BIG frames continue to elude me.
I hate that.
It always happens when you are looking for something specific, otherwise I would be
tripping over them in the stores.

We did find some Christmas ribbon and lace for like ten cents though along with some cute little vintagey bags.
Oh, and to my great excitement (I am easily pleased) out on our search for bulk
cinnamon(which naturally they did not have) for the ornaments we are making at school,
I got three bags of cranberries for $1.00.
It was buy one, get two free.
The Deal of The Day, folks.
I had too many a few empty Mason jars at home just waiting for something and I decided that
something was cranberries.
Now I have jars filled with cranberries with little tea light holders on top, on my fireplace mantle.
Hooray for cheap decorations!
And now,  I need to remember to stop and get tea lights today...#23 on my to-do list ; )

Tomorrow I am going in to school to make cinnamon-applesauce ornaments with Wyatt's class.
Can I just tell you that there is one little boy in his class that Wyatt says isn't very nice to him(and
other kids) and sometimes when a little group of them are playing he tells Wyatt he can't play
with them.
Think it would be okay if I PINCHED that little boy tomorrow?
Pinching was the nicest thing I could think of to do, I can think of much, much worse.
Ughhhh. I hate that.
Why can't kids just be nice?

I am thinking after we are done with the ornaments of surprising my boy by taking him out
to lunch and then take him back to school.
That would be fun.
Have a great Wednesday everyone....the week is half over!