Vacuuming in high heels & pearls

A few more thrift treasures from the weekend spree. All of these were in big bags o' stuff that I bought at the thrift for a couple of dollars apiece. Most of the time there's one great thing in the bag and the rest is a bunch of junk, and I have a hard time spending 2-4 dollars for that one item when I know I'll just be donating the rest back. I got lucky this time and the bags had lots of good stuff in them! One bag had these vintage Jello molds and the vintage sifter with the painted handle, along with a set of Tupperwear S&P shakers that I'll try to sell, a set of interlocking travel toiletry bottles and this Rubbermaid thing that fits in the corner of the dishwasher. The little Jello molds look so cute when you put a lit tealight candle in them because the metal reflects the light and you get a really pretty, soft glow. I have them all lined up on my kitchen windowsill with little red candles in them and they make me so happy to see!
This next grouping came from 2 bags: the silver baby cup and the medicine spoon in one bag and the old packages in another. The silver cup was completely black with tarnish and I worried that the silverplate finish might be ruined, but a little silver polish and a lot of scrubbing took all that nasty tarnish off and there is a darling little cup underneath! Don't know that it's very old and it wasn't engraved, but I love it. The old packages were in one bag (at $6 my most expensive buy) and they are neat! There is a tin of Mirro coffee pot cleaner that is still full, a box of birthday candles, a Piper Heidsieck tobacco tin and an old prescription pillbox. There was also an old Army bandage I forgot to photograph.

The little birthday candle box is adorable! It even had a few old pink birthday candles inside, although they've melted into a clump. The box opens like a matchbox and has the most adorable graphic on the back. From the style of illustration it looks like maybe it's from the 1930s or 40s. LOVE IT. This would make the neatest little holder for a teeny tiny birthday card or accordion album.

This is the inside of the pillbox. It's from a pharmacy in downtown Denver, no idea if it still exists. I didn't realize that prescriptions didn't always come in bottles! Never thought about pills coming in little boxes like this one. It has a date of 11-17-54. This would also make a cute little holder for an album or a card, but I'm not sure I could bear to part with either this or the birthday candle box. I don't know what I'll do with them, but I feel the need to squirrel them away for a while until I decide.

In a little while I have to load up the baby and the dog and head to Petco, where Bronco has an appointment to be washed and brushed. He's shedding like crazy and he hasn't had a bath in the longest time so I'm glad to have it done. I vacuumed very thoroughly yesterday morning and there are already clumps of dog hair all over the wood floor and it's making me CRAZY. I love our dog, but sometimes I'd like to just shave him bald. Poor Quin, he probably thinks the same thing about me sometimes!