Earlier today after I got off work, and came home long
enough for the toilet to overflow into the bathroom…I got back out and went
thrifting!
Okay, so I’m aware that this is what all the cool kids do
these days, but I was doing it long before it had a rap song. It’s just good ol’
redneck retail therapy.
Little had asked me about making a bowl out of a record…I
know right? Has he been on my effing Pinterest app? He doesn’t know what a
record is! Granted I have previously made one out of a Patsy Cline album…It’s
the soundtrack to a movie...the title escapes me…anyway… While we were there I
had to BEG him to not pick up these really retro (90’s…) swimming shorts.
We did go through the vinyl collection…and I scored this:
I know right? Be jealous. I youtube’d it while I was
browsing, and was like “ohhhh yes.” Just like that. Old-lady-version of one of
my friends asked me if a certain pair of shoes she was trying on was cute. We
were no where near the shoe section, by
the by. And please let it be known, I was at the one I frequented with Mystie.
Awww, I know!
I actually came home with a nice bounty. I did decide to
turn down last minute, a valentine candy heart plate that said I LOVE YOU (how
the hell would I display that? Normal plate hangers wouldn’t hold that up.), a
giant black wooden spoon with “eat” painted on it (I left it because the handle
was some weird tiki carving…didn’t dig it.) No regrets. I’m not sad about these
I did, however, score:
A pair of sz. 7 swim shorts (blue with green dinosaurs!)
A random record to do the bowl with my kiddo!
An over the cabinet basket thingy…its target brand, brand
new in the package…I have bananas and the apple corer in it.
2yds of this black/dark paisley print fabric. It’s a heavier
duty fabric, more than likely intended for curtains. I'm going to try to make a purse of some sort out of the
dinosaur ones…I just couldn’t help myself it was so fucking spectacular! The
fabric I’m going to make curtains for the family room with it. Currently I have
a thrifted curtain that gets the job done, but I’m just not IN LOVE with it.
Let’s just say I knew who the brand of the major retail corporation it belongs
to. Upon further inspection I deem it to be acceptable as a tablecloth…rugged,
durable, colorfast...a good workhorse table cloth. May be a little big, but I
think it creates a romantic ambiance when the fabric pools at the floor…on curtains
this is acceptable too.
Speaking of romantic, billowing curtains…A while back at ANOTHER thrifty store, this was a family outing of sorts, tiny-me and I came across some GORGEOUS vintage sheets in this happy yellow floral print…I adored it. I can’t tell you how much I adored it. I have 2 pictures one at night, one at dawn…no actual daylight photos…They don’t really see daylight…they see a blackout curtain…or just black curtains I made to block out the sun for my vampire boyfriend, Chris.
I love the yellow so much!
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| Night |
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| Dawn |
Okay Another one at dawn...
AND NOW!!! Some pictures just because...
One more preese.
I wanted to show you my white tights and pink felt shoes. Tights were borrowed from Alice in Wonderland, and the pink felt shoes were scored while thrifting in the girls-with-giant-feet section!
