Saturday's yard sales had a lot of ups and downs. I definitely started out on an up, because I got everything in the picture except the apron at the first yard sale I went to, for the grand sum of $1.50. The apron came later, for $1. If you remind me that I said I wasn't buying any more aprons, I'll say I don't remember saying any such thing.
I have no idea what this is. Some kind of pitter/reamer/squeezer thing? I try to keep the pitting and reaming to a minimum around here, so I lack experience in this field. After one good sale, and an OK one, and a bunch of ones that took no time at all to buzz through, I hit a wall.
First I went to a church rummage sale, which turned out not to be your usual church rummage sale but kind of a church-going-out-of-business rummage sale. All that stuff that only a church would need was for sale - like trays of utilitarian creamers from church suppers, and kind of boring candle holders, and some 1970s era hymnals. I may be wrong, but I don't think there's much of a market for 1980s Vacation Bible School curriculum.
Disappointed, I went on to the next sale, where I was excited to see many big plastic bins and the sign "Fabric: $1 a bag." Just as I had discovered that all of the fabric was yucky doubleknit, I heard excited voices and rapidly approaching footsteps. It was a van load of women who were members of a religious order, and they were charging the bins of fabric. I barely got out of the way in time. I came this close to being trampled to death by women in prayer caps, flowered housedresses and heavy knit stockings. Over polyester, no less.
Feeling forsaken, I made one last stop, at a tag sale, and waiting for me there was a Jadite swirl mixing bowl. It's the 9 inch one, and I have the 6 inch one, so now I need only to find the 8 inch, 7 inch and 5 inch, and I will own a set of nested Jadite mixing bowls. I expect that to happen in 2018, given my current rate of one swirl mixing bowl every three years. After this, not wanting to press my luck, I headed home. I knew that van full of crazy bargain-hunting religious women was still cruising around, and I didn't want to risk running into them again.
Stop. Enough!! You can't have all of the good vintage stuff in NY state!!!!
Posted by: Vicki | May 31, 2009 at 09:03 PM
Great finds..is it okay to be Jadite green with envy?
♥, Susan
Posted by: black eyed susans kitchen | June 01, 2009 at 08:20 AM
The jadite mixing bowl was worth the risk of being stampeded by religious bargain hunting ladies :-)
Posted by: Kim | June 01, 2009 at 08:41 AM
LOVE the reds in the front picture!!! Glad you liked the towels!!!!
Posted by: Jenny Sellars | June 01, 2009 at 09:37 AM
Looks like you had a very successful garage sale morning to me and just think of the stories you can tell your grandchildren! Twyla
Posted by: two crazy crafters | June 01, 2009 at 11:10 AM
I do believe that there is proof in print somewhere that has you stating "No more aprons!" I love that breadbox, because I love roosters. Isn't that red-handled tool a garlic press? I don't know. I hate to cook. I'm just happy for you, that you found part of your bowl set, and it didn't cost you your life!
Posted by: Carol @ Old Glory Cottage | June 01, 2009 at 12:09 PM
What great finds...I love that apron. It's wonderful...and that bowl!!! You lucky girl.
Posted by: CC | June 01, 2009 at 12:45 PM
You always find the best stuff at sales...do you want to come visit me for awhile? I absolutely love that apron...and only a $1...what a steal!
Hugz,
Michele
Posted by: Michele | June 01, 2009 at 04:16 PM
That breadbox and the Jadite bowl are super winners! You're making me want to go looking for deals!
Posted by: Rebecca | June 01, 2009 at 07:39 PM
Hi! First-time poster but I've been lurking for awhile now. I enjoy viewing your finds and reading the stories behind some of them - a mad dash for yucky polyester indeed! Did you happen to see if they bought it up, or were they, too, disappointed in what kind of fabric it was?
Love that apron and at only a dollar, how could you resist?
Posted by: Aimee | June 01, 2009 at 08:38 PM
Love all the red handled kitchen utensils and that apron. Great finds! I am sorry about the stampede but do you think they know something about polyester that we don't and it will be the next big thing?
Posted by: Jenifir | June 02, 2009 at 12:55 AM
You are the queen of good finds!
Just amazing stuff, those green glass cannisters are gorgeous and would have come home with me for sure too!
Posted by: Wendy | June 02, 2009 at 09:52 AM
Oh...sigh...double-knit. I am so afraid in twenty years, I will kick myself for not buying all the horrible double-knit I've seen. What if I am hit with a sudden passion for it? My tastes have changed so much over the years, could I possibly love double-knit one of these days?
Great stuff!
Posted by: Melony at Whimsy Daisy! | June 02, 2009 at 03:36 PM
That is a lemon squeezer I think? I love the apron. I wish they had rummage sales where I live.
Posted by: nanette | June 03, 2009 at 01:43 PM
What treasures! I love the Bluebird buttons!
Posted by: Lavender Dreams | June 03, 2009 at 03:31 PM