Yes,
it's my 40th birthday today...and I still got out of bed to go yard sale shopping. That's all part of the fun of having your birthday fall on a Saturday, I suppose! And since it's one of my favourite pastimes anyway, what better way to spend the morning on my birthday?
The weather was looking a bit dodgy, but the rain held off and I came home with a pretty big haul of stuff (mostly for myself, which seems fitting since it *is* my birthday and all!)
Here are the goods:
Half a dozen vintage tins (Dr. Oetker's, Maxwell House and Bailey's), a
corkscrew (backup one in case our present one meets the same untimely fate the last one did), a
silicon basting brush, and
two baskets, all for
$5.00. The tins will decorate the open shelves above my kitchen cupboards (while storing less-than-attractive supplies) and the baskets may be used for gift baskets if I don't find another use for them around the house.
Next up: a
dragonfly journal for 50 cents (I keep a stash of journals in my gift cupboard, but this one's for my own personal use!),
3 Christmas tins, a basket, and a Fossil watch with gift tin for $1.25! I really needed a dress watch so this was a perfect find for my birthday. The tins and basket will go in my gift wrapping stash.
I got all of the above items at the same yard sale:
a cat-shaped tin (that will be perfect for "wrapping" one of my niece's birthday gifts!), a
wide-tooth comb still in the original packaging (for my son, so he can stop stealing mine!), a
still-in-the-shrink-wrap box of stationery, a
Pyrex dish that's the perfect size for my toaster oven, a
makeup bag and
three pairs of earrings (one with matching necklace!). I paid
$2.50 for the lot!
Grand total for the day: $9.25 for 25 items, or 37 cents an item!!
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