Yesterday was a BAD DAY. As in, Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day. There was lots of yelling (on both Maren's and my part) and lots of crying (on both Maren's and my part) and I had to schedule an emergency carpet cleaner to come today. I'll just leave it at that.
Today is a new day, and I'm determined to make it a better one. The carpet cleaner is scheduled to come between 12-2 pm and then when he's gone, I need to take Maren and hit the commissary for groceries.
The weather is supposed to take a nosedive starting this afternoon. While we had temps in the 60s yesterday, starting tomorrow our high is supposed to be around 12 degrees, with lows well below zero, a temperature pattern that's slated to continue for about the next 5 days. Oh, and it's supposed to snow for the 4th weekend in a row. Sigh. Anyway, I'm trying to do whatever I need to get done because we may be spending much of this weekend inside the house.
I did escape to go thrifting on Tuesday afternoon. It was the first time I'd been out since well before Christmas, and I missed all my junk! I was hoping to find some lovelies for the Pink & Brown swap. I did find something for my swap partner, but it's small and I'd like to find something else as well. I did find 2 Lu-Ray platters like these and because I have a serious weakness for Lu-Ray, I bought them but I know that I paid WAY too much for them. When I got home and saw what I could have bought them for on eBay, I was hit with some serious buyer's remorse that I just haven't been able to shake. I knew even on the drive home that I'd paid too much, but I think I was just so excited to find any Lu-Ray that I bought them without seriously thinking it through. Anyway, that Goodwill has a 10-day return policy, so they may go back. I've got a few more days to think on it.
The spoons in the photo are from a pre-Christmas thrift trip. All three came in a bag for something like $3.00. The one on the right is a silver loop-handled baby spoon, and the one on the left is brass and inlaid (but damaged) and marked Siam. The one in the middle is my favorite! I don't know how well you can see it in the photo, but the handle is an image of a kindly, bespectacled stork who is cradling a baby. The bowl of the spoon has a clock and it's engraved with the baby's name and birth details: JEFFREY Nov 4 1965 19 1/2 inches 7 lbs. 13 ozs. I absolutely adore it! It will go with my other vintage silver baby cups and spoons.
In cleaning news, yesterday I got started on the GRAND PLAN and did my master bedroom and bath. It's a slow start, but I've got to start somewhere!
Nice finds! Are the platters a matched pair? Or could you return one to ease that remorse?
ReplyDeleteI have errands to do before the cold comes here too.
Remember that if you'd bought them on ebay, you would have had to pay shipping, which can be really expensive for something heavy like china. Thanks for alerting me to these though. I learn about a lot of collectibles from you! (For example, I didn't know about Vera until I read it on your blog.) Thanks!
ReplyDeleteThat round handled toddler spoon is great. Those are the easiest spoons for Jack to feed himself with.
ReplyDeleteP.S. I am so sorry to hear you and Maren had a hard day. It happens to all of us at one time or other another. (I have even been guilty of locking myself in the bathroom for 5 minutes to catch my breath! LOL)
ReplyDeleteI love your photograph! The spoons are adorable and that fabric is just gorgeous. I'm in a bit of a pink/orange/green phase lately.
ReplyDeleteWell ofcourse if you decide to keep the platters,please share a pic and oh,my is that little spoon sweet.
ReplyDeleteI have 6 or 8 teeny tiny silver spoons that I haven't been able to find any info on. Maybe I will share those on my blog and see if you know anything about them. Now if I can find what I did with them. Shoot!!!
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