Rekindling my junking flame

Last week I managed to find a yard sale that restored my faith in garage saling in general. Lately I've lost the will to go junking--I think I'm just OD'd on sales that seem to be full of nothing but baby junk and old VHS tapes. I never seem to find the kind of good junk I see on blogs and message boards and I'm just discouraged. I really haven't been to many sales this season because I just can't muster up the motivation to go wade through piles of stained baby clothes and eleventy hundred copies of What to Expect When You're Expecting. I live smack in the middle of the suburbs so that's why I see a high concentration of baby crapola and toys at sales. I often blame my lack of successful junking on the fact that this area is so new and feel like I need to drive to older areas (older areas usually = more established residents which usually = older junk, the kind I like) to increase my chances of finding the good junk Problem is, I live on the edge of town and to get to the older area is really quite a bit of a drive. This particular sale was in what I would call a newer area of town, but it was held by an older woman, so it helped me remember that older people do not exclusively live in the older parts of town.
See, this is the good junk that I (almost) never find. The kind of stuff that I drool over on Laurie's and Barbara's and Shara's blogs on a weekly basis. Things like vintage glass bead picks with tinsel, and unused bunches of mercury glass ball picks.
Or stacks of vintage foil leaves in all colors and shapes, with the "Made in Japan" paper labels still attached.Or these really amazing twisted mercury glass floral picks, still in their original paper wrappings. (Look for those in my etsy shop this Christmas!)
It really must have been my lucky day, because I even scored at the thrift store. I found a small silver bowl (an engraved trophy from a 1965 tennis tournament), a great metal urn (that will likely be spray painted a fun color), and fun vintage jewelry including a string of big pearls. I even found an apron from this company! It's this style, but in different fabrics. Online they sell for almost $40 but mine was just over $2, and the empire cut is perfect to go over my big belly.

My junking flame was definitely rekindled last Thursday. Finding this sale proves to me that there is still good junk to be had, it's just a matter of being persistent and a little bit lucky!