All in a day's thrifting......

So, (don't you hate it when people start their sentence

with so?....)...so where was I?  So, I had today off and

miracle of miracles so did Mr. Biff!  We decided to

head down the Island Highway to the nearby town

of Duncan to do a little downtown walking and

browsing.  Although Duncan is a small town by most

standards it has a lovely downtown that is kind of an

eclectic mix of decor, thrift stores and 5 & Dime Mom

and Pop kind of stores.

All of the thrift stores except one was closed but

we kind of hit the jackpot at the one....

Check this out.....

Everything on the cutting board except for the

ampersand was from the thrifty store..... the

ampersand has been on my "I want one" list

for a while but $39 at Pier One was just too rich

to say "and" on my shelf.  I got this one at

Walmart for $4.   Yeah!!

Mr. Biff and I had so much fun.  The best

buy by far (except for the beautiful white

soup turine that had the ladle and a platter

to sit on that I didn't buy - whaaa?) was the

bread tray.  It's an Arts & Crafts (nice use of

the ampersand Peg!) Meridien Hammered

Silver Plate......and it was......wait for it....

50 cents....yup...fiddy-cents.....oh my isn't she

lovely?  The other goodie that I am drooling over is

the glass plate....

It was $2 and is sitting on another fiddy cent find - a glass

candlestick.  I was looking longingly at pedestal plates

with the ball trim in a high-end home decor store and at $58

a pop just couldn't justify but this....this is divine!

The tray and the cannister are going on my desk to hold

all the crap stuff I have to have at my fingertips....I will spray

paint the tray and rub it with some stain

 to bring out the lovely relief work.

This baby ceramic topiary with the mini-bird rounds out the

haul for the day @ 25 cents.  (Secretly there's more....but I will save it

for another day so you don't get too envious!)

Hope you are having fun in this new year!