Weekend Junk Finds: Vintage Pink Shiny Brites and more

 I happened to be coming back from the grocery store with Porter one Friday morning when I saw an Estate Sale sign in a neighborhood not far from my house. I was leery because I live in a new area, so it was unlikely to be a 50-year accumulation sale with tons of vintage goodies. I've been lured into a few "estate sales" in my area, which turned out to be sales of newish furniture in houses that were most likely being foreclosed upon. I almost didn't stop, but I could see that the house was right off the main road so I could likely be in and out quickly.

When inside, I realized that indeed it was full of vintage goodies, even though it was a house no more than about 10 years old and the woman running it was not much older than I. Truthfully, it was a glorified indoor garage sale, but with goodies like this and low prices, I wasn't about to complain!

I love this vintage metal wastebasket! The colors are so bright and happy. This is a small can, much more practical than the big DecoWare cherry trash can I bought a few weeks ago. I haven't decided if I'll keep this one to use or sell it alongside the cherry can.

Vintage Christmas ornaments--PINK vintage Shiny Brite Christmas ornaments, to be exact! I think I paid $2 per box for these.

And more vintage ornaments, which are sitting in an old wooden soda crate that someone painted pale pink. I'm not opposed to pink (obviously!) but I love the graphics on old soda crates so much that I wish this one had been left alone! I can't decide if I should leave it pink and just distress it a bit, or just paint over it in another color altogether--since it's already painted, I have nothing to lose! Sitting on the crate are three vintage pink rose cloth napkins.

When I first walked in, I snatched up the Shiny Brites right away. I hadn't been prepared to go junking so I only had a little cash with me. The other thing that immediately caught my eye was a huge basket full of blue glass canning jars with zinc lids. There must have been close to 20, and they were marked $5 each. I had to cut my shopping time short because I was 1) out of money and 2) Porter was behaving like a bull in a china shop, so I left to go home and hand him off to Quin and get more cash and head back. I thought maybe if I offered to buy all of the jars that I could get them for a lower price but by the time I got back just an hour later, they were gone and the basket was too, so somebody else bought the whole kit and caboodle just like I had planned to do. Cardinal rule of thrift shopping: if you see something you like, buy it right away or risk being disappointed later! Rats.

Did you find any good junk this weekend? I'm linking up with Apron Thrift Girl's Thrift Share Monday!