Thrift Thursday

I stopped at a thrift the other day that I haven't visited in a while. The quality and quantity of merchandise has really declined lately, and it seems like the prices have increased, so it got moved off the regular thrift rotation. Despite all of that, I found some fun things, so I may have to reinstate it!

The item on the cake plate is a vintage wedding headpiece, and no, it is not hot pink in real life! That's just my camera being screwy again. It's actually white, with the prettiest velvet ribbon and vintage rhinestones, and it was only 99¢! The cake plate is my favorite item. It's small but I love the scalloped edge and I think I am actually physically incapable of passing up cake plates. It was $3.99. The stuff in the front is a whole bunch of vintage seam binding and lace. I bought two mixed bags of sewing stuff for 99¢ each so I could get the seam binding, and I also ended up with a bunch of single-fold bias tape. The last item in the photo is a vintage Rhode Island souvenir glass. Now, I've never been anywhere near Rhode Island but I collect vintage travel souvenirs and display them in my guest room. I've been looking for glasses like this but this is the first I've ever found! It was a heck of a deal at 69¢.

Not pictured are a darling vintage apron that was $1.99 and a couple of *secret* items for the upcoming Sweet Goodness swap. The apron is blue print, outlined in a lighter blue bias tape. It is a bib apron, which is harder to find but perfect because I have to wear a full apron when I'm cooking. I tend to be messy and those half aprons just don't do it for me. Now I finally have a vintage apron that I can actually wear! I'll try to take a photo later, maybe when I'm wearing it. I love the style!

I have big yardsaling plans for the weekend! Tomorrow and Saturday are my subdivision's community yardsale days, so I'll be hitting the folks in my neighborhood to check out their junk. What's even better is that Saturday evening, lots of people put out the big stuff that doesn't sell with FREE signs, so I'll probably have to take an evening cruise around the 'hood to check out the pickins'. LOL Garbage day next week will be worth a look too. I know a couple of other local subdivisions are doing their sales this weekend as well, so there should be plenty of sales to choose from. Let's hope the junk is better than last week!