Sale-ing for the last 2 weeks...

Well, we made it! We went yard sale-ing without our trusty guide and didn't get completely lost. However, every time we got in the car we would say," Now, where are we?" HA HA HA! Anyway... here are my finds for this week, with last week's finds to follow.

Isn't this pan just cute? It is cast iron and in great condition. This will be my new "go-to" pan and I got it for $.50

Who doesn't love a good candy dish for Christmas? It was $.25 and the best part is that I already have a candle holder that matches.

This looks like a good cook book. If I try any good recipes from it, I'll let you know. It was $.50.

A couple of good church books for $.25 each.

These are my favorite cook books. They are fun to read just like a regular book. They have so many little side notes and tips besides the recipe's. They were $.50 each.

This is a really cool notebook filled with handmade paper. It was also $.50. Could make a cool journal or note-taking book.

Could this lamp be any cuter? I put it in my office on my cute green and white wicker desk from a few weeks ago, see here. It was $2.

This will also go into my office to put all my knick nacks in. It was a $3 find. Well worth it.

I also got a few things for Christmas gifts but I cannot post them here because of the risk that one might spoil their Christmas by seeing them on accident. I spent $10 on those.

Last week was probably one of my favorite weeks and it was even raining. As a matter of fact, it ended up pouring by the time I got home to unload my finds. So here's the finds from 2 weeks ago...

How can you not love this Santa? He's about 2 1/2 feet tall and made out of resin so he his super heavy. Got him for $5. He'll be a cute addition to my fireplace this year.

I have been looking for these for awhile and I got a great deal. 15 Hardy Boys hard back books for $10. This was my favorite find of the day!

My friend Mindy reminded me that the tiles can be used for many other things besides just playing a game with so her and I each got one to use for decorating with for $1 each.

Have I ever said how much I love Ann of Green Gables? Well, I do! And yes, I'm old school and still watch movies on VHS but I get such good deals on them that I just can't pass them up. Anyway.. I got both video's for $1. And they are double tapes. Fun!

As a kid, we would look forward to this coming on TV every year so we could watch it. It was like The Charlie Brown Christmas for us. I can now share that excitement with my kiddos for $1.

Total spent for the last 2 weeks: $37.25

Good ol' yard sale-ing

I am going to be going yard sale-ing with my friend Mindy this weekend but we are going without our guide (Cindy). I have an extra seat in my car if anyone wants to go. Several of you have requested a trip. Let me know and the first one to respond gets the spot. We'll probably be leaving about 6:30 am Sat morning.

Gently Used... Gotta love it!

Here are the finds from last weekennd:

Set of 12 Boxcar Children Books. Cost $2.00

Whole bin of Playdough toys. Cost $1.00

Nancy Drew book, includes book 1, 2 and 3. Cost $.50

Nancy Drew book #2. Cost $.25

The Phantom Tollbooth. Cost $0.00 (thrown in for free with Boxcar Children books)

Set of 8 I Spy books (great for church!) Cost $2.00

3 boxes of Tangrams and extra pieces. Cost $1.00

Whole box FULL of Lincon Logs. Cost $3.00

2 cute birdhouses to put in my garden. Cost $1.00

Total cost of yard sale-ing for the weekend... $10.75

Excitement over things that I got... PRICELESS!!!

Are you looking for anything fun for your house?

Yard Sale Update...

I have been bad and not updated my blog for a little while. So here are my finds for 2 weeks ago. (We did not go last week due to the holiday):

My super cute windmill for my backyard. It is out in the rocks by my pool and I love it. It was only $5. And it WORKS!

I got one just like this. It was only $2. Mine didn't photograph well because it doesn't have anything in it yet. I have always seen them with really cute things in them and have always thought how fun it would be to have one. Now I have to figure out what to put in it. Any ideas? I was thinking some fake lemons but they are pretty pricey.

And this is my favorite find. I got this pressure cooker canner for $5. Yes, I said $5! I can now can my meat and beans any time I want which is fabulous! (This deserves another post all in itself but we will leave that for another day!) I can't wait to use it!

Saturday Sales...

Red polka dot fabric. I think there is about a yard there. It was $.50. Who doesn't love a good polka dot pattern?

Some really cute vintage fabric to make fabric flowers out of. It was $.50 for about a yard in pieces.


I love pumpkins and this jar will go great with my fall pumpkin collection. It was $.25.

Isn't this a cute lamp? I put it in the kitchen for a night light with one of those cool flickering bulbs that make it look like a candle. It was $1.

What a great stool this is. It was a little bit dirty but part of the fun of yard sale-ing is finding the potential in things. I brought it home, cleaned it up and put a goot coat of furniture polish on it. It was $3. This will come in really useful for the kiddos when they get to help cook in the kitchen.

This cute duck will be added to my wooden duck collection. It was $2. It will go great on my back porch with my other yellow ducks.

I was just thinking about how sad our picnic table umbrella was getting out by our pool and then we found this today. Mom-in-law purchased this one and it was $15. Great buy and in great condition. It will be great to have a non-torn and easy-to-put-up umbrella now. Thanks MIL!

This will be great for the kiddos this summer when we go to the Zoo. Last time we went, we had a smaller wagon and the boys had a hard time sitting in it with the lunches and all of the other things we brought with us. Now we have our own separate spot for the lunches and a seat for each kiddo! It was $10 but once again MIL helped with this one. I split the cost with her and then she got my old wagon.

These are probably my favorite finds of the day because they are so cute. Don't know if you can tell but they are old crochet aprons. I hung one up as a valance in my laundry room. It still lets in the light but adds a little bit of whimsy.

Aren't the roses on it fabulous?

And this one I am not sure what I am going to do with yet. But it was too cute to walk away from and they were only $1 a piece.

I also got a skirt for $.50 that I will be wearing to church tomorrow so it's in the wash. If I remember, I will take a picture of it tomorrow. I also got a 1950's cookbook and another book to add to my tween collection for $.25 each.

So the grand total for the day was $15.25

Buy of the Week!!!

So, today's yard sale finds were... dare I say... AWESOME!!! I have to just say that I have never really liked my office. I could never get it just quite right and so it seldom gets used. I am a firm believer in the fact that in order to be creative, you have to be in a room that inspires you. Well, I now have said room thanks entirely to today's yard sale finds! Today I found this:

Yes... almost all of this! A few weeks ago I got the printer stand from a friend of mine at her yard sale and it has been working great. Today I painted it white to go with all of the new things in the room.

The first thing I saw was the brightest most happy bookshelf I have ever seen! It was only $3. Yes... I said $3!

And sitting next to it was the most fabulous sturdy white desk with wicker accents. It's a little worn but that ads to it's character and charm. Some people pay good money for that kind of wear. I buy it for $5. I'm not even kidding you! The desk was $5!!

And then there was this unbelieveable chair that coordinated with the bookshelf and was in perfect condition. They didn't do a very good job of covering the seat the first time (they tacked the fabric around the bottom with finishing nails... never seen that before). I brought it home, took the fabric off and washed it and then put it back on with my nail gun. I had to go get a few screws to attach the seat to the chair as it didn't have any before. I think they cost me $.62 at the hardware store.

And finally there was THIS awesome pair. I really like yellow and for $5 for the pair I just couldn't pass them up. They look great on this shelf if I do say so myself.

So total cost for the office makeover... $18.62. I cleaned out my office today too and re-arranged my favorite books so I have plenty of room to add to my collection. A few things went to the Goodwill and a lot of old papers and things went into the trash. Doesn't it feel good to purge your junk? I hope that my office can stay this clean ;)

Books, books, everywhere...

Many of you may not know but I am a big fan of books for tweens (young teens/teens). My love of books came when I was about 10 or so. I had a lovely 5th grade teacher who shared her love of books with me. She often brought me books from her personal collection to let me enjoy. That love of books has been on the back burner in my life for quite some time. I had trouble adjusting my reading schedule into the life of a new mom and just never got back into it. So after having gotten into the Twilight craze with every other person I know... I thought I would continue to keep up with my reading. I even visited the library to preview some books on my "Want to Read" list to see where I wanted to start. I have now started reading the Harry Potter series of books and I am quite enjoying them so far. I really like reading books in a series. I am not a fast reader by any means but I do love to read a whole series of books. We'll see how long this series takes me.

This brings me to my Yard Sale Finds for the week. I found these:

I could not have been more excited. I got 18 fabulous hard cover Nancy Drew books for $5. You just can't get that kind of deal anywhere else. I hope some day my kids love to read books as much as I do. And if any of you happen to see or know of anyone who is wanting to get rid of the old Hardy Boys books, I would be more than willing to take them off their hands. Keep your eyes peeled for me ;)

I am also a big fan of games and I happened to find these at the Goodwill on Saturday (50% off day every other week) for $1.50 each. Those will be fun to add to our family game collection. As a child, we spent many a night playing games. Always was fun times.

Yard Sale Finds...

Okay, so I haven't posted about my finds in a couple weeks so here I am to catch you up!

Last weekend my brother came over to go yard sale-ing with me in hopes of finding some camping gear and or fishing gear. We were totally unsuccessful. All I bought were these:

They were only $3. Okay... that was a smokin' deal!

So my friend Mindy suggested that we go to the Antique Mall. I haven't been to an antique store in FOREVER. So we went and got some breakfast at Denny's (thanks d-dawg for the fried egg sandwich and OJ) and headed to the Antique Mall. Oh my goodness! We had a blast. Hanging out with my brother is pretty fun and we spent 2 1/2 hours in there walking around and looking at EVERYTHING! This is what we found:

I got one of the quart sized and the pint sized one for just under $10. The other one (without a lid) I found at a sale with 35 other regular quart jars for $6, 2 weekends ago.

Danny bought this sickle so that he could do a really cool shadow box with all of the tags from all of his missionary companions and his mission president as well as his and the scripture in D&C about "the field is ripe, ready to harvest". I think he paid just under $12 for it. What a deal.

We laughed at all of the things that our mom used to have, our grandma's used to have and all of the things that people collect that are just weird. I will have to go there and walk around more often.

I almost forgot... a couple weekends ago I also got this:

to go with these that I already had, and I only paid $2 for it!
Now for today... it started out pretty slow and to be honest, most of the sales we went to were really sad and not to many things to look at. We found 5 pair of nice Gap jean shorts for Peanut for school for $.25 each. That was awesome. And some more swimming suits for $.25 each. We go through them so fast at our house because they wear them almost every day in the pool. But the finds of the day were these:

A butcher block for my kitchen for $15. It was on wheels but I took them off. I could just see my kiddos riding around the house on it like a scooter or something. What a great find. We have been talking about getting one for awhile and this will make food prep so much easier!

A tent for the kids when we go camping. I put it up to make sure it worked good and washed it off with the hose so it will be clean for our next trip. Oh, and it was $3. You just can't beat that anywhere.

My friend Ashley has been looking for small globes to put on her mantle for a display and told me if I ever saw any, to pick them up. Well, I found one today for $.10. I dropped it off to her today on my way home. Can't wait to see how it fits into her display.

Hope you liked what I got... I sure did!