i'm a thrift junkie. i get an itch every week to go look for other peoples cast-offs. ok, ok, several times a week i get that itch. lol. thrifting thrills me. i browse and hunt and fill my cart and think of how i can use this, decorate with that, or tear that vintage cutter quilt apart to embellish and add to my silver bella classes.
this week i found a new place and then i got shaky in the legs. i l.o.v.e. vintage anything but when i saw these old bauer canisters in the display case i got excited. then i started thinking, dude. they're gonna be $100. {california vintage thrifting can be VERY expensive, i went to a garage sale this morning and the man wanted $60 for an old hoosier cabinet jar. $60 people!!}.
this is when i secretly start dreaming about thrifting in some little country town instead. like in kentucky or nebraska.
le sigh.
but these are amazing and rare and i wanted them SO badly. so i got the sweet girl to open the case, saw the price tags {$57 for all of them} and tried to justify how i could explain to the man that i spent that much on something old at a thrift store. i mean seriously, one of them says "bacon drippings" but it's now holding the sea salt rub ;) he's understanding, but not that understanding.
then i saw the pink price ticket. half off baby!!!
come to mama.
dude, they are so mine now.
don't they look good in my kitchen?
happy friday!
xO
ps : thanks so much for all of your lovely invite comments. if we had a big farmhouse in the middle of nowhere {like kentucky} and could put up tents in the orchard {because there would be an orchard} i would invite each and everyone of you for a spooktacular overnite. xO
I think you need to just go ahead and move to Kentucky.
Or better yet, Alabama. ;)
(p.s. I'm a big thrift store junkie too. I've started going once a week and I have to restrain myself as I only have so much room in my home...)
(p.s.s. bacon drippings make good grease for cooking corn bread. if you lived in kentucky, or alabama, you could use it.) hee!
Posted by: Virginia | October 15, 2010 at 06:19 PM
Come visit me in Kentucky and I'll take you to the antique district in Hazel, which is 15 minutes of where I live in Murray. There's a whole strip of antique malls and stores there; I find treasure every single time I go.
Posted by: aud | October 16, 2010 at 08:12 PM
oh honey you scored a fantastic deal....I have my mother's bauer bowls when she lived in California in the 1940's...they are so much a part of my growing up that when she asked if I would like them, I started jumping up and down like I won the lottery...have fun with your new treasures..
Posted by: bettyann | October 18, 2010 at 04:22 PM
that is exactly how i felt bettyann!!
and my mother has those bauer bowls too
they were a wedding gift that my grandparents received
xo
Posted by: kerry lynn | October 19, 2010 at 08:48 AM