Fun Little Trip to Maumee

Since I have to work tomorrow, my usual day off, I got today off instead. What awesome weather we had!!! It was fun to treasure hunt together again-it's been a month since we've gone anywhere together. We're going on another adventure on Saturday when we go to the Michigan Depression Glass Show.

We visited the Maumee Antique Mall and Great Finds Antiques (also in Maumee) today. Here are some pics of what I saw today...

This was super huge-about 2 feet tall!

Too expensive for me...but oh, how I drooled over it!

What is it? I got distracted and didn't ever get over to read the sign-LOL

What a great idea for a cutter quilt!!

My mom had a few of these when I was growing up.

That blue guy is pretty creepy

LOOK at this lunch box!!! How cute!?!?  Is it $90 cute though??

This is a kitschy napkin holder that Auntie bought...someone put a lot of work into it!

For lunch we went to Five Guys---YUM!!!!

Back to Michigan!!

After I dropped Auntie off at her car, I saw a garage sale sign pointing to a house that used to belong to a great aunt on my mom's side of the family. I went to a sale there a few years back, but thought they'd sold the house when she went into assisted living after breaking her hip. I was very pleasantly surprised to see all kinds of vintage stuff in the driveway as I walked up. Even more surprised to see her daughters running the sale!

I picked up the picnic tin set-in the original box (just like the one I saw in Maumee), the thermos, some vintage pillowcases, a little plastic bowl, a plate to plant in my flowerbed, a beer box, and a couple of hot pads. The other things are things I picked up at the two antique malls.  The butterfly quilt came from online-less than $15 for some seriously long hours of work!

It's kind of silly to buy an empty box...but the beer box reminds me of my childhood. When I was a kid, my mom got two beer boxes and painted them shiny black and then she painted my name in big pink letters on the top.It became my "suitcase" for camping. I packed my clothes in it and it fit in the camper quite nicely. I didn't even know it was a beer box until I was older. I just assumed everyone had that type of "suitcase". So, for $3, I got a piece of my childhood.

Look at this tablecloth!!! How FUN!!! It's already on my table!

I found this online earlier this week. I've been looking for years for this! It is a metal 12 days of christmas wreath that comes with mini plates depicting the 12 days of Christmas. I don't want the little plates, because I want to use the wreath for my Fiesta ornaments. I can't wait to hang it!!!

Bonus Day Off!!!

Things at work are pretty slow right now. something that very rarely happens, and I had everything that needed to be done for the week, done yesterday, so I asked my boss if I could take today off. She said go for it! It turned out to be really gorgeous outside, and I had an absolutely wonderful day!!

It started off with a few sales in the morning, a lunch date with Mr., some yard work, and some organizing of treasures. My shelves are overloaded with vintage Pyrex!! My youngest son said they might collapse, but Mr. says he made them extra sturdy to hold a lot of weight. I'm very lucky that he is so talented, and can make me such nice things out of wood!

The first sale I went to this morning was less than a mile from my house. They had a sign out that said "SUPER VINTAGE SALE". I was anxious to see what treasures they had! I wasn't disappointed-they had a LOT of great things. I enjoyed looking at it all, and even bought a few things. I went to 6 more sales after that one, and I didn't buy a single thing. I enjoyed looking at the things they had for sale and saw quite a few very interesting pieces, but things were either priced too high for my cheapness, or they were things that I liked but could live without.

I sent out a few text messages to people who've had me looking for things for them. They took a really long time to respond, so I ended up leaving the sales. You can only walk around so many times before (I think) people get suspicious-especially if you aren't buying anything!

As things like that go, I got about 10 miles away and got the response text of "YES!! GET IT!!" I had to say sorry, I'm too far away now. I gave them the address, so hopefully they were able to get over to the sale and hopefully the thing they wanted was still there!

I used to buy things as soon as I saw them, when people asked me to look, but now I make sure I get a confirmation before I pay. I've been stuck too many times with things that people decided they didn't want after all, or they just bought one and forgot to tell me to stop looking...or other times when I've bought something they've asked me to find, I've given them the items, and they don't have the money right then and there, but will get it to me-which doesn't always happen.

This is what came home with me today...

 A small old oak child's chair and an ivory beaded purse jumped in my car too, but they didn't make it into the photos. :)

These pics are of my cramming organizing efforts...