A Little Loot

What can I say? Sometimes a little trip out to some of my very favourite thrift haunts does me the world of good (and coming home to lovely parcels from friends, that does the heart good too!).

I don't know about your town, but here each thrift place seems to 'specialise' in certain types of little treasures - one is good for children's educational books; one is good for ceramics and occasionally crafting paraphenalia; one little, hidden gem is perfect for linen and doilies and lovely old sheets. I don't get to visit my favourite haunts very often - having children in tow isn't conducive for rummaging, but yesterday I managed to untangle their suckered tentacles (er, bless) and have a good old nosey around. Bliss.

Books, doilies, linen, tableclothes,  a blue old thingy with a handle thingy. Vintage, old and pretty. You get the idea - bliss.

I think I deserve, yes really really deserve, perhaps a couple more thriftstore highs this week, and if you could all cross your fingers, toes, arms and what-have-you, I need to find my sofa! And some more rimless mirrors. And a suitcase full of money (imagine that...!)

Bliss, I tell you.

Comments

[Kristy]

Nothing like a spot of thrifting to raise your spirits!

[Mu Mu Design]

indeed. and much needed as well!

[LIsa L.]

Oh I love old books. We don't have great thrift shops where I am (sigh) - wishing I did!

[Mu Mu Design]

well I thought we didn't, but keep hunting and ask around - they are there somewhere! :)

[Sabera]

I see you did much better than me on the shopping front masha-Allah. Is that a mincer, does it work?

[Mu Mu Design]

It is a mincer and I have no idea if it works. Looks pretty though ;-)

[Four Dinners]

Often mooch about the charity shop in Harlington. They support the Harlington Hospice - let's face it - you go in there you ain't walking out so that has to be a worthy cause eh?

You'd be amazed at some of the books I've come across in there.

2nd edition 'Five(?) - I'd have to go downstairs and check - Pillars Of Wisdom : T. E. Lawrence (of Arabia).

It's worth over £100 and they sold it to me for £1.

I felt so guilty I donated several Subbuteo Teams (worth about the same together) and told them so.

Apparently they e-bayed them and got £150.

...Don't feel guilty now...

Your books look classic and I adore that mug!!!!

[Four Dinners]

...just checked...Seven Pillars etc...

[Four Dinners]

...actually I must read the bloody thing!!!...;-)

[Mu Mu Design]

Ours are quite canny - they know their antiques from their 70s crap. Fortunately its the crap I love so I'm on a winner.

[Sonya]

Wow, what treasures you got there! Excellent. I'm crossing my fingers for you.

-Sonya

[Mu Mu Design]

Great! keep crossing til you hear otherwise ;-)