Saturday, February 28, 2009

My Vintage Spice Tin Collection

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I went to an indoor moving sale today. This was the second weekend of it and I'm kicking myself that I didn't go last Saturday (whe...

Rare Friday Yardsale

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Yardsale season really hasn't started up around here but I did see an ad today for a rare Friday/Saturday yardsale. On paper, the ad lo...
Thursday, February 26, 2009

Thrift Store Buys and I have a Smart Mouth

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I did some thrift store buying yesterday and today. And today I also did some other bargain shopping at retail stores. The above is what I...
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Tuesday, February 24, 2009

The Make It Fit Shimmy - LOL

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This will be added to my Yardsale Humor page, but thought I would post it here until I do.
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.20 JC Penneys shirt & more

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Yesterday I spent the day at home, so today I wanted to shop. My day: bank to cash my $130 jewelry check, Post Office to mail an ebay packa...
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Sunday, February 22, 2009

Kmart Double Coupons

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A pretty boring weekend here at the castle. Making stew for dinner. Had some freezer-burned stew meat from June '08 I wanted to do som...
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Saturday, February 21, 2009

Decluttered some Jewelry

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I saw a full page ad in one of the newspapers that there was going to be a jewelry buy-back event at a local hotel today. So since I ran ou...
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Friday, February 20, 2009

Well Hello King David....and your twin

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DH is working crazy hours for the next few weeks. He was off yesterday so that put a crimp in my thrift shopping for the day. We had lun...
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Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Sex and Horror and Garage Sales

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I went to Smile today and made my usual loop around the store and ended up with an empty shopping basket. I can't remember the last tim...
Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Belated Valentine's Gifts

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As it turned out, on Valentine's Day, my DH was looking on ebay for a new cell phone and found one he wanted. So....I bought it for him...
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Buy of the Day: Terror in Toyland

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I had a coupon for a free haircut to use this month (before it expired). It was at a fancy salon about 35 miles away, so I made a day out of...
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Sunday, February 15, 2009

Chance Encounter at a Yardsale Helps Solve Unsolved Double Murder Mystery

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I was reading today's Washington Post and there was an article about a recent death bed confession pertaining to a 40 year old unsolved ...
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Saturday, February 14, 2009

Farewell Old Yardsale Buddy Rick

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Today I found out (thru reading the obituaries) that my old yardsale buddy Rick passed away a few weeks ago. He definitely was one of a kin...
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Friday, February 13, 2009

Recent Thrift Store Buys

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Here are some of my thrift store buys from both Smile & a different church thrift. .50 black light coasters $1 Warhammer 40,000 playset...
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My Frugal Valentine

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Here's the bunch of stuff my DH will be the recipient of tomorrow. I think the most expensive things - which probably will get returned...
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Thursday, February 12, 2009

About the CPSC Used Clothing Toys Policy

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I had a question over there in the Shoutbox about the new policy regarding the sale of used stuff for children under the age of 12. Guidanc...
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Wednesday, February 11, 2009

My Cake is on the Cake Wrecks Blog!

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I submitted a pic of last year's Valentine's Day to Cake Wrecks and today they posted a bunch of Valentine's Day inspired wreck...
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Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Speaking of Weddings

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I was going thru some old pics/files on my computer and here's a goody that I think I forgot to post when I first saw it in the newspape...
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Monday, February 09, 2009

This and that

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Before I forget, those below who answered my question about the real vs. fake tennis bracelet were all correct. The one on the left is the ...
Saturday, February 07, 2009

Candycanes, Know Nukes, and Bingo??

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For candy cane lovers, boy did my grocery store have a deal. Any cheaper and they'd be free. I didn't buy any though but I wanted ...