Oh well

This is the BIG yard sale weekend and much to my disappointment we had to wait for a delivery yesterday and it was pouring rain.....

So this morning bright and early I grabbed $30 from my bank and we headed off for second hand bargains....

What I saw was: scratched Tupperware, kid stuff and puzzles....

I came home with $30 that I put back in my bank.It is true that I was looking for more specific things since the sales are really slow (read dismal) in my Etsy store.

 I came to the realisation that my Etsy store doesn't fill me with joy anymore and I think it is time to hang my Etsy skates and get rid of the inventory...

Even with 20% discount I'm not getting sales; I do blame Canada Post for that; the rates are crazy high for shipping to the US!!!

So what was the delivery we were waiting for?

                                   A conversation set for the patio

                                Well actually for the patio (loveseat and coffee table) and the 2 armchairs
                                  will go in the living room.
                                  the existing living room chairs we had to get rid because of pet induced
                                  complications.....
                                  So this was the cheapest we found and we like the look of it

                                 When we opened the box, we were quite worried as we didn't find any screws or instructions! YIKES!!!
                                    After rummaging through everything a second and a third time, we found screws and an allen key but NO instructions!
                                     NOTHING in the internet either....except disgruntled buyers comments that the holes don't align, it takes forever to assemble and the cushions get flat super fast!
                                      Something tells me that I should've read the reviews before buying it!
                             
                                      Maybe we are amazing fantastic people...Maybe
                                      It only took us less one hour to assemble the 2 chairs and the coffee table
                                      and surprise! The holes aligned!
                                      No harsh words were uttered, no eyes rolled, our lips didn't part for impatient
                                      sighs.
                                       And the chairs are really comfortable! I took a nap in one this afternoon!

                                 This is the season for sorrel and I have a big plant in the yard.
                                 Then it is time for sorrel soup.....yum!

                                  I'm happy to say that here in Canada tomorrow is a holiday so we have
                                  a full schedule!
                                   Install the air conditionner, start the pool and assemble the loveseat....
                                   And I was forgetting about the sun umbrella!

                                  Sleep tight faithfull readers

Pictures from Maine

                                          So today I tought I would show you some pictures
                                           of our long weekend in Maine
                                          First picture is from a really sad yard sale. Everything was stale
                                          and cigarette stinky. The boxes were a real mish mash of unrelated stuff:
                                          dishes and allen keys and sparkplugs.

                                You know how I am a Pumpkin pie spice everything fan so I tried it and it did not
                                 taste like pumpkin anything. It was nice but no cigar.

                               Awesome Que from Famous Dave in Scarborough, Maine
                                It was truly delicious and as close to real Que as will have for quite a while.

                               Autumn Harvest 443 Cinderella bowl seen in our motel room.

                                 Footsteps on the beach

And last but not least....

This amazing Pyrex bowl Federal Eagle

I left it there because it was too expensive!

 

So have a nice evening and a nice night!

Be well my friends and see you soon :)

 

This week in thrifting

This has been quite a surprising week in thrifting!

On wednesday in the my fave church basement I found a rocking vintage stainless steel french canister set! I've been wanting one for quite a while!

It has a couple of scratches but other wise in pretty good shape

and the price was right!

 

Today was a big yard sale day here and we were in the car bright and early.

 

We found this

 

A brand new unopened collapsible cooler set -2$

We used those a lot, to go dancing,thrifting,shopping....

We almost always carry water and snacks everywhere we go and the ones we have are pretty

sad now.

 

I bought this book with Dan in mind and I'm sure it will be consulted often because it's a DIY

book on 60's furniture!

 Here's a closeup

SWEET!

 

A vintage Tupperware and 4 micro brewery glasses.

 

2 Stella Artois glasses for my fave sister in law

who reads the blog.

I hope these are like the one you broke.

 

 

A sweet carnival butter dish

 

A vintage aluminum lunch box with.....

 

2 View Masters with a lot of slides

COOL!

 

A green refrigerator dish, vaseline glass maybe?

 

 

I love that lid!

 

It was in the middle of children's games and clothes!

 

Dan also got a shoe rack but it's still in the car.

 

No Pyrex sighting, but you never know what I'll find tomorrow!

 

Be well my thrifty friends,

I'm off to start supper!