So sorry

So I discovered that I have a set amount of personal web time..meaning that if i spend all my
time checking out everybody's finds on Facebook then I have no energy to share on Blogger....

we are purging slowly but surely....

Purging is really hard under normal circumstances but associated with grief....Ay caramba!

 I spend way too much time on Facebook

on the Pyrex and all vintage group...

so informative and entertaning 

I saw this at Quebec Goodwill (Renaissance)

and believe it or not I won the exact same plate on a sale blitz

at work about 22 years ago....

This is the crystal chandelier in my stepdaughter's apartment.

I just realized that is so overdue for a good clean....rats!

This will be a project for a long weekend!

be well, be safe and keep on thrifting!

Chandelier

It is by no means grand but it looks great in the bathroom....

This morning I've been scoping out crystals on Etsy....

Here it is!

 

It was the pic I could get with the bathroom's poor lighting.

 

And we installed the new kitchen fan and in a calm and orderly fashion!

No yelling!

 

 

                                        All shinny and bright. I think it will actually make a difference when I cook.

This my new cooking buddy.

My old one went to the big appliance heaven in late September.

 

It is the oven that died and since I didn't want to have it repaired (again)....

Off to the store we went.

Yes there was the really basic white like I had with coils....but it wasn't really cheaper than the one with the flat top.

And one exactly like the one in the picture but with coils was only $20 less.

It is really hard to keep clean, but I definitely LOVE all the bells and whistles on it.

The timer, the bip when it's ready, the keep warm zone, the expendable element, the auto clean feature, but I have to admit that one scares me....  

Well I'm off to fawn over the fan....lol!

1.69 $

It's been a while (a big long while, or at least it seems) since I trhifted and bought things for myself. It's mainly because I didn't find things I needed. Since I have quite a large collection of Pyrex, when I find a piece I ususally have it, it's too expensive or it's chipped.

This has been quite a lesson to learn: I must not bring home pieces that are cracked or chipped or faded. At one point I got so excited that I was blinded by Pyrexia and couldn't see anything in my collecting frenzy....Then I would come down from the high and be soooooo disappointed to find that the bowl wasn't up to par.....So this morning I decided to go to my friendly neighborhood church basement for a nice quiet thrift hunt....Well, well! I found this delightful Pyrex flameware coffee pot, one I hadn't seen before, with a clip on the metal band and so it is real easy to clean, a super cute ladybug pilowcase and a card of black crystal vintage buttons and all for the super dooper price of one dollar!!! It doesn't get any better than this....lol

I think my father will adopt the coffee pot because he now collects Flameware and Fry glass....

Also on the thrifting front 2 weeks ago I went downtown (Montreal) to the salvation army and found one of these Corning army bowls that I keep seeing in Flickr and Pyrex love. For a piece that has probably been to the front it is in wonderful shape a bit scratched but let's face it I have a couple of scratches as well!!! And I paid .69 cents for it, so I figured it is worth it.

On a non thrifting subject.....I started watching Buffy the vampire slayer season 4 (I tell you it's like eating chips.....) And too bad Angel left 'coz Buffy is all sad and moppy....

I hope to blog tomorrow as well because I feel I have slacked off.....Don't put your Pyrex in the dishwasher....