I rarely have anything good to say about Thrift Store 'A,' and I'm not going to take it back. Its shelves are filled with terrible, terrible stuff. Sometimes things are ridiculously overpriced. And the people there drive me crazy. Yesterday, that woman absent-mindedly shaking the package of jingle bells she'd picked up? While she was invading my personal space? I wanted to absent-mindedly shake her.
But week after week I go back because there might be a gingham and rickrack apron so pretty and perfect that I'll violate the long-standing no-more-aprons rule.
And I'll certainly go back next week, and the week after that, because once every few years there's something really amazing. Like a set of Lustro Ware canisters.
Everything I've ever said about that thrift store is the absolute truth. I question my sanity every time I pull in the parking lot. But yesterday, for once, I was not questioning my sanity when I pulled out of the parking lot.
I'm feeling inspired to go this week myself! Doubt I'll find a lovely apron, though!
Posted by: Tina | October 12, 2011 at 11:29 AM
Great finds!!
Posted by: Jori Jeppson | October 12, 2011 at 11:38 AM
I covet your Lustro Ware canisters. One can never have enough aprons. Nicely done.
Posted by: Musings from Kim K. | October 12, 2011 at 12:15 PM
You want to borrow my rose colored glasses next time you go in? I put them on every time I pop in my Thrifts. Crazy what people a. leave behind b. pick up and c. leave the house in! Confirmation tonight...will be thinking of you as I don my Happy apron and pull muffins out of the oven...Ha!
Posted by: Renee | October 12, 2011 at 12:47 PM
that's the thing about thrift stores...it's a love/hate relationship.
Beautiful score yesterday--lucky lady!
Posted by: Whit | October 12, 2011 at 12:59 PM
You just never know ... I think that's the thrill of it. Good thing your swanky swig is half full when it comes to that terrible shop.
And your sanity is intact.
Posted by: Into Vintage | October 12, 2011 at 01:56 PM
I hate the thrift and Goodwill. Seldom, seldom go anymore as I never get lucky. Glad you broke that trend...did you fill the canisters with jingle bells?????
Posted by: laurie magpie ethel | October 12, 2011 at 02:13 PM
LOL! And this, my friend, is why we endure the $1.99 price tag on the item with the Dollar Tree label on the bottom. Great finds!
Posted by: Kathy | October 12, 2011 at 02:54 PM
Those canisters are gorgeous! Love how they look against your green walls and with the jadeite. You've almost convinced me to head to my less-than-stellar thrift shop…
Posted by: Gina @ Vintage Junk in My Trunk | October 12, 2011 at 04:07 PM
I guess you will keep going there. Great finds. I love those gingham aprons too. Especially with stitching and rick rack.
Danielle
Posted by: My Blessed Serendipity Life | October 12, 2011 at 08:10 PM
...just keep your eyes open - if you see any VERA, let me know ~ that way 'I' don't have to go in there so often!!
Posted by: svelteSTUFF | October 13, 2011 at 08:24 AM
Oh my, you did great! Those canisters are so nice. Love them. The apron is cute!
Unlike most everyone in Blogland, I don't go to thrift store very often. I never find anything worth buying. Maybe I better rethink that and go anyhow!
Posted by: Mecky | October 13, 2011 at 08:18 PM
That's the thing, just when you know that you are right about somewhere, something else pops up to prove you wrong. By the looks of things, that really isn't too bad.
Great finds as usual Barbara! You find the things that the rest of us keep going to the thrift store hoping to find.
Posted by: Jenifir | October 13, 2011 at 11:26 PM
Or, even worse at thrift stores is the parent/grandparent of the year screaming at his/her kid that he/she is going to get a spanking because a) that child is screaming also b) that child won't stay seated in the nasty shopping cart or c) that child is running all around the store. LOL. Happens every time, no matter what neighborhood thrift store I go to.
Posted by: Joy | October 14, 2011 at 10:21 PM
I couldn't agree more about thrift stores! They are highly overrated. Until you find something good, that is....
Posted by: Mitzi Curi | October 17, 2011 at 05:56 AM
I LOVE those canisters. Growing kind of tired of my vintage chrome canisters... love that they hold 5-pound sacks of flour and sugar but don't like the maintenance they require. What a great find!! Think I've seen them in yellow. Or am I thinking of something else? XO
Posted by: Margaret @ Eat First | October 23, 2011 at 09:38 AM