Day OFF. Thrift ON.

Today, I took a day off work. I'm pretty burnt out from the last month or so. It's been really busy. And, I have a lot of travel coming up. It's good, but I'm tired. So, I took a day off! I had big plans, but the majority of the day, I spent SHOPPIN'. My first stop was REI. Then, I went to one of my favorite Goodwill's. I bought something I shouldn't have. We just don't have space for it, but I couldn't say no. These are the desks I had in 8th grade. And, only our 8th grade classroom had them. So, when we got to use them, we knew we were the coolest kids in school. (Our school was K-8).



I also got that little bonsai. It's made of beads-type things.

Here are a couple of other finds. The rest are in the dishwasher as we speak.


Awesome belt!


Little guy:

But, I just couldn't end the weekend with a bad thrifting day...

Sunday I wanted to check out a thrift store near Arden Mall that I had not yet visited. It's called Weave Thrift . It benefits survivors of domestic violence and I wanted to love it. However, it kinda sucked. I was there 3 minutes and decided I needed to quickly make my way to the fabulous Goodwill nearby.

The first thing I found was this awesome Russel Wright casserole dish. It was expensive, but I've been reading up on this stuff and thought that even at $13.00 it was a pretty good deal. Plus, it's nice to look at.




Recently, I went to visit Tim's brother and his wife. They had a nicely organized kitchen, including old candy jar-type containers for their flour and other powdery goods. I was on the hunt for something similar. I found the exact thing they had. However, I decided I wanted something slightly more narrow for our flour to fit in-between our awesome breadbox (which I found at the same Goodwill) and the canvas box of food we have on our open shelves. A few moments later, I turned around and saw this 80s (or 70s?) delight:

Weird. Certainly, this was thrifting fate.


I also found a few other things I had to take home:

I've been checking out the clothing section again. It's been some time since I searched for clothing, and I really shouldn't but...

I've been looking for plates I love that come in more than one. I found these:

The green flowered one is vintage Mikasa (got 3 of these). The other is Franciscan Earthenware (found 2 of these) for about $1.99 each They are not worth a lot, but I like 'em! (Although apparently Tim prefers our boring white Crate and Barrel plates.)

Next weekend is the Sacramento Antique Faire that is every 2nd Sunday. Last time I found some great stuff that I'll photograph and post on my photo scroll soon. Hopefully it won't rain this weekend and I can get Tim to accompany me by bribing him with coffee and breakfast. Tim?