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Who doesn’t love a good yard sale?
Yesterday Ryan + I had planned on going to my hometown’s Memorial Day parade, but it’s a half hour drive from where we live and we left a bit later than we had hoped. It’s incredibly hard for me not to sleep in on a weekend day – I accept full responsibility for our missing the festivities. However, we did stumble upon two fantastic yard sales side by side on our way back to my parents’ land to tend to our garden and that was well worth the trip for me.
If it’s not too weird for me to say, this little clipboard is a dream come true. On Saturday I was doing some planning for the future of my blog + shop and decided to find three clipboards to keep my goals posted where I can see them. One for weekly goals, one for monthly, and one with my broader goals for the year. Perfectly enough, this little beauty turned up in the free bin at one of the yard sales we attended! It’s one of my blog colours, and even has a little calendar in it – perfect for my monthly goals! My thrifting karma must be good.
Also in the free bin were these beautiful big bulb Christmas lights! Ryan has always preferred the smaller twinkle lights, but I grew up with these babies on my Christmas tree! Every holiday season we “fight” over which bulbs are better, but I’m sure he doesn’t actually mind the bigger bulbs since he was the one who spotted these and insisted that we take them home – what a guy!
And our kitchen got a whole lot cuter this week, too! The stove top percolator has never been used! The woman selling it accepted just a dollar for it, and told us that her Mother-in-law had purchased it long ago, but never even opened the box! We gave it a try this morning and are so pleased with the taste – warm and almost a little bit nutty! Even smoother than our french press coffee. The little chopper was another item that came to us compliments of the free bin and will be a lovely accessory for our *coming soon* food blog!
I’m always looking for new ways to organize, so this vintage tin was a must. I haven’t found a specific use for it just yet, but I’m thinking it may become a new home for thumb tacks, safety pins, or my business cards – we’ll see! When pretty vintage things are free, I just can’t turn them down. We walked away from those two yard sales having spent only $3. We also got to chat with an older couple about the quality of vintage items over “new plastic junk” {to quote the old man} and they said that we reminded them of their own children. There were some really beautiful antiques for sale in their garage – roller skates, life jackets, gasoline tins, furniture, and a Swedish toilet {ha!}, but we only had our $3 to spend so we couldn’t take home any more than we already had. It was still a wonderful time in beautiful weather.
I hope your Memorial Day was just as lovely!
xx.
