It's the most wonderful time of the year...at the thrift store!

It's 7:03 am and the house is so blessedly quiet! It snowed last night so school is delayed an hour today, meaning that Maren will only be there for 1 hour and 30 minutes and honestly, I'm half inclined to just keep her home altogether so we don't have to go out in the snow and cold. We'll see, I still have a bit before I have to decide.

This most certainly is the most wonderful time of the year at the thrift store for anyone who loves vintage Christmas (and wants to buy it cheap) like I do! All of the thrifts around here keep their Christmas decor in storage until sometime in November and then I become like a woman possessed, just thinking about all the vintage *goodies* that might be lurking unassumingly between the bags of tangled Christmas lights and ugly candle holders. Last week I heard the thrift calling and although the day was snowy and I only had a few minutes to pop in, I was rewarded with treasures!
These went straight on the tree. My favorites are the ones with pale green and pink stripes and sparkly old glitter. I do profess a certain secret love for the ornaments made of styrofoam and sequins as well...I gotta have my sparkle, and I've never met a sequin I didn't like!These were also waiting for me back in the craft section. I can always tell when they've had a donation of someone's old sewing supplies because they have several bags full of vintage goodies at once (the rest of the time it's bags of old zippers and that horrible 'craft' ribbon from the 1980s). Those are my favorite times! I love the button cards with the lovely ladies in the minty pastel colors.

I'm still not quite finished with my decorating. Yes, I've been at this for over a week now but in my defense, I did have a couple of days this past weekend where I was gone and unable to get anything done. I think it's taking so long this year because I've been making a bunch of new items--fun stuff and I'm loving the process, but it does take time. I do have a deadline--my folks are coming on Thursday, and I want everything to be pretty for them. Deadlines are a good thing for me!

I'll leave you with one of my favorite non-traditional Christmas songs that seems pretty appropriate for my world this morning. Oh, and the video is lame-o (just a collection of still photos) so minimize the window and just listen to the pretty music. :)