Retro Bargains

Little William and I spent our day yesterday hunting down garage sales. (He slept, I hunted). I got some great buys...don't worry, I won't bore you with all the details. But I am pretty excited about some so I wanted to share them with you.

I got some great board books for 25 cents each. That's a bargain, especially when you consider that they are currently going for $8 each at the stores. A while back, I spoke of my desire to instill a love for reading in my children, so steals like this make me happy.

On to the next bargain...

This gem was discovered last year but I never got a chance to share it with you...
A while back I found this lovely little retro table and chairs

The middle-aged woman who sold it to me told me that it had been in her grandmother's basement for as long as she could remember...so I'm estimating it to be circa 1950's... I'll take it, it's so darn cute!

Then, what I'm so geeked up about today is...

Drumroll....

This great vintage high-chair I found for TWO bucks!

I love that it is collapsible. I love the retro-patterned vinyl seat coverings. I love that the tray is shiny metal. Makes for great pictures...

I love that the foot rest is just metal rails...and I love that my son's chubby feet are nowhere close to reaching it :)

I already have a nice high-chair, but for two bucks, who could resist this one? I'm sure I'll find a lovely home for it...maybe at Grammy's house...

At any rate, we had a great time yesterday breaking it in.

Slightly demonic grin, yes, but I love that you
can really see that tooth!

Happy Eating to you!!

My day in a nutshell

Today was a random but pleasantly fun day...

I started out the day admiring a new garage sale find.

Check out this beautiful crocheted runner

It's probably hard to appreciate on film, but the detail on this thing is marvelous.

I can't imagine being able to crochet like that.

I think it adds a lot to my secretary, which if you read this post you would recognize as having been plucked from a Chicago alley by this bargain-hunting gal. Speaking of bargains, this lovely doily only put me out $1. One buck, to transform this space with a lovely, soft vintage flair! (Have I mentioned I love finding great garage-sale gems??)

Later in the day, I had to use my camera to capture this adorable stage in my son's life...
we have a tooth folks!!

While I think it adds charm to his smile, still, the disappearance of that ultimate baby gummy grin makes this hopelessly sappy and sentimental new mommy just a little sad...

However,
I don't think he's too upset about it...









Later in the day, I was so happy to get to meet up with a wonderful friend who was in town from Philly...and I also got to meet her sweet little baby girl. Happy 2 months little Ellie!

At the end of the day, the warm, balmy breeze dragged me out to my yard where I ended up picking a spontaneous bouquet of flowers.
Magenta yarrow, pink hydrangeas, dusty rose astilbees, minty green ladies mantle, Annabelle hydrangeas and a Princess Diana rose.

Flowers make me happy.

Who needs a florist when you can grow it all in your own back yard?!
And best of all, it is complemented so nicely by my new doily!

All in a fun day's fun.

Ah, Garage Sale!

For all the skeptics out there who think that garage sale shopping is a waste of time, or for the ones who slowly inch by down the street, as they hunch over the steering wheel scoping out the wares all the while telling themselves there's nothing good and it's not worth the time to stop...you NEVER know what you will find.
Check out this great vintage lamp I got (it was the woman's grandmother's) (flowers in the foreground are from my garden :)

And even more exciting is this vintage cake plate! This was originally owned by the woman's great aunt, so I'm estimating it to be circa 1920's or 30's. This find completely made my day! Now...I should bake a cake.

Here's to a great day of garage-saling!