Yard sales !! Woo Hoo!!

Ah,the first day of spring! The hyacinths are blooming....................
The daffodils are blooming...............................
The Japanese plum trees are blooming...........................smell so good!
The yellow bells are blooming....................................

The pool has been opened & ready to go................................

The yard sale season has started!!!! WOO HOO!!! Finally!!! Micki and I left the house this morning at 6:45 expecting to not find anything. Look what we found!!! It was 11:45 before we got back home!! Two neighborhood yard sales!! Good junk and even better prices!! This is what the back of my car looked like when I stopped at Micki's house. That's a queen size headboard ($5) on top of two tables. It's Micki's, not mine.

This view is from the inside of the car looking towards the back. That's the headboard I was talking about.

Just look at all of this good stuff!! Table ($3), apples & stand ($2), zebra pocketbook lamp (50 cents), "Cow Parade" salt & pepper set ($2), two dog figurines ($1 apiece), funky lamp ($1), square plate (50 cents), three Bakeware mugs ($1), figurine ($1) silver plated pitcher ($1), Turquoise flower vase ($1), teabag holder (50 cents), "egg"cup (50 cents), blue bowl with lid (50 cents) and a cast iron 'boot' doorstop ($1)!

Closer view of the cows, plate, mugs,vase, pitcher, bowl, egg cup, teabag holder & figurine.


Apples, zebra lamp, cows, doorstop, bowl, pitcher, egg cup & vase.

Apples, dogs & lamp.


The Little Red Caboose (1977 - 10 cents), McCall's Make it Book (1953 - 20 cents), Betty Crocker cookbook for Boys & Girls (1972 - 20 cents), "peacock" picture (real feathers - 50 cents), Baby Shrek, Gingerbread man, Mrs. Potts, Bambi, Cinderella, Bernstein Bear baby and small ceramic bird ($1 for all).
Closer view.

At one yard sale a woman had about ten large bags of fabric. If I had been a quilter, I would have been in heaven! I only wanted a piece of black fabric to use for a backdrop for my pictures. Found it for 10 cents. As I walked by a bag, I noticed two pieces of pre-quilted fabric that only would require a binding around the edge. I picked them up for my mother. I started looking through the bags then. The lady brought a grocery bag and told me to fill it for $2. I didn't fill it, I stuffed it!!


Look at all of this!! The red piece and purple flowered piece in front are the pre-quilted pieces that started this. Two bags of crib size batting... the pink has poodles, shoes, checks... the bundle in back (green & yellow) had 4 yards of the yellow that had palm trees, giraffes and monkeys!! Perfect for a baby quilt. The neon colors on the right (Mother sort of snurled her nose at these) but I like them! And look at the black piece with the ladies and 15 cents pattern print!! Love it!!


A Tupperware oval microwave bowl ($1). Never used!! It has two separate racks to allow two different types of food to be steamed at the same time. Has anyone ever seen one of these?


Punch Bowl ($2) !!!



Bride and Groom hat (50 cents apiece). Normally I wouldn't have even looked at these, but I bought them for my son and his fiance, Holly. 21 more days!!
HP PSC 1510 All-in-One printer, scanner & copier ($5). Even had the plug and software which normally people fail to include.

And last but not least, I had to bring something back for Justin! Two halloween pumpkins for the yard (50 cents apiece).


Therapy session is now over! I feel so much better! Can't wait for next week!!