THE ONES I THREW BACK

Just as in fishing, sometimes in shopping, there are those you have to throw back in.  As you probably already know from my earlier blog post today and the post from yesterday, I went second-hand shopping yesterday with stops at Goodwill on the east end of Belleville and at Unique Resale, also in Belleville.  In addition to the killer wedding dress I found (but didn't buy), I also found all the items below at Goodwill yesterday.  I must have timed my visit  just right because I have never seen so many great items in one visit there before.  Unfortunately, none of these items were on my "shopping list".

Homer Laughlin "Diner" China.  Buck a piece.

Vintage look Cocktail Pitcher from Pier 1 Imports, just $3.

Just a few of the large assortment of wedding cake "toppers" in stock!  Too fun!

BEST find at Goodwill that day:  Beautiful Antique Chest of Drawers in great condition and only $80!

Ok, don't know what this is for but its made of coconuts and it made me smile!

Trestle table, 4 chairs and a neat bench, all a set.  A little rough but could be painted up so cute!

Metal twin bed head and foot board, not old, but has that look.

Retro-riffic vintage desk in great shape and I think it was only $25!!!

Vintage pottery vase in great condition and only $3!

Old metal cabinet for $20 makes for great sturdy storage!

TAG, I'M IT!!!

Tag sales.  LOVE'M!  We were driving down to the cabin Friday, late afternoon and saw signs for one in Murphysboro - whoa, DETOUR!  But it had already closed for the day.  You need not worry, we got up Saturday morning and headed there, it was only about a 20 minute drive from the cabin.  We picked up a few fun things, take a look below.  Then, on our way out of town today, we decided to drop back in for the 50% off clearance (which most dealers do the last day of their sales).  And we picked up one more great buy!  Check it all out!

Antique Cast Aluminum (?) Urn Planter for $35 (Splurge for me but my birthday's next week so I told my husband he's done shopping for me!).  I LOVE it!

Vintage Concrete Planter - are you ready for this?  4 Freakin' Dollars!  Wait for it, wait for it . . . SCORE!!!!

Vintage 100% Wool Crewel (?) work pillow for $1

I CANNOT CONTAIN MY EXCITEMENT OVER THIS ONE!!!  Antique (or vintage at least)  cast metal lion's head fountain priced at the already low price of $25 on Saturday, was unbelievably still there on Sunday and half price!  Yes, that's right, just $12.50!  Now, in full disclosure I have to say it has a chip out of the lip of the urn on one side (you can kind of see it on the left in the photo) but I'm just going to embellish (aka cover) that with moss I think!

A rug with a definite cabin/lodge look to it for $4, now at our bedside.

Vintage kitchen towel for $1