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Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Garage Sale Goodies

Saturday my mom and I were on a mission: to find a dresser for Landon. Unfortunately, we didn't find one (at least not one that would work), but I did come home with a bunch of goodies, most of which are shown in the picture below.


Blue Hill had their annual city-wide garage sale day, so we started there before heading to Hastings where we hit a few sales including a 2-block long garage sale and an estate sale. Here's the low down on my loot:

Large beach mat (not shown) - $3
3 glass insulators - .75
4 small bushel baskets - $1
2 blue/green atlas jars - $1
2 blue/green Ball jars - $1
Old Chicken Feeder (not shown) - .50
Old Chicken Waterer (not shown) - .50
Vintage (1948) "Red Book of Trees" - .10
Vintage (1948) "Blue Book of Trees" - .10
2 Vintage feed sacks - .50
Vintage crib sized quilted blanket with hand appliqued butterflies - $1

Total Spent: $9.45

In other news...my uncle is currently in Germany visiting his exchange students from the last couple of years (he's a host). He emailed me this morning to see how we made it through the storm. Apparently the tornado north of town made international news! It sounds like it flipped over a couple of pivots, but not much else.

And, just to toot my own horn, one of my photos (the first one in the post below) made "Picture of the Day" on one of our local news stations! According to Landon, I'm "awesomer than awesome"!

23 comments:

  1. Super deals you got! I hit a few sales this weekend as well. Gotta love garage sales!

    Congrats on the picture of the day. I always enjoy your photos!

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  2. Yowza. Great garage sale finds! And congrats on the photo!

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  3. Oh, what great finds, and what wonderful prices...too bad you did not find a dresser, but the right one will come along. Have a great VTT.

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  4. You sure got a lot for your money.

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  5. I am loving those jars! cool! btw tornadoes sound scary, we don't have them here but glad you were safe.

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  6. Awesome picture--congrats on the recognition. I've been known to chase a few storms; nothing like it unless they do damage:-(
    Now onto your vintage finds...love the glass and feed sacks and bushel baskets and well, love it all:-)

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  7. Congrats on getting your picture published! I love everything you got, and you got it all so cheap! I can't believe you got a chicken waterer and feeder for 50 cents each. Great deals!

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  8. what fabulous finds and great bargains too..love the bottles :)

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  9. Don't you just love tallying up the money vs. the number of items purchased and having such a great haul for such a small price--cheaper entertainment than going to the movies! And more fun and wholesome too!

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  10. That's a great pile of loot!

    Blessings,
    barbara jean

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  11. Great deals but Heather you can't leave us in suspense...we want to see the whole crib quilt! :)

    Your photos of the storm clouds are just amazing!

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  12. Great finds! I really like the old jars and feed sacks.

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  13. How nice that he hosts students! I lived in Germany for 9 years and miss it! I wonder what part he's visiting? Happy VTT!

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  14. Those feed sacks are neat, I didn't realize what they were from the picture. And your storm picture is pretty amazing!

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  15. You got some great bargains!!! Love the sacks - all the items are wonderful!

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  16. Lucky to find such things! I'm rarely rarely this lucky.

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  17. WOW! Great yard sale day! Love those old feed sack.

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  18. Nice score! Vintage garage sale goodies are so much fun!

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  19. Great items you got - at a great price!

    Those storm pics are awesome, too!

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  20. You did very well with under $10!

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  21. What an absolute haul, you lucky duck! Those are some seriously wonderful finds.
    What was your address again...he hee!

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  22. superb finds! worth the money! thanks for sharing & happy VTT

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