What $13.50 will buy..

A couple days ago (the now infamous McD day...) the girlies and I went to Goodwill.

I promised to share with you what I found....

I know, you thought I forgot...

I didn't...

So here goes... this is what $13.50 will buy:

Two Felt Pillows... $1.99 each

(Sophie...priceless)

I will pack these away for next Christmas...

Even though they are not exclusively Christmas, I didn't have as much luck at the post Christmas sales as I usually do, so it will be nice to "find" these in my Christmas bins next November.

FOUR washable dupioni silk 84" long curtain panels... $1.99 each!

I love this fabric and was thinking of taking these apart to make a new duvet cover...

They don't really work in this room as curtains, and it doesn't look like it in this photo,

but there really is a lot of fabric here.

What do you think?

(I seriously want to know... spill...)

Close-up of fabric...

Because I can.. I guess..

I wish you could touch this... it is really good quality.

Three "Buffalo China" dessert plates .49 each

I am a sucker for dishes, but these I have plans for...

I'm thinking of hanging them on the wall...

We have a little spot behind our door that always looks kinda empty,

and I think these would be fun there.

Plus I like things hung in threes...

Ready for a mid make-over sneak peek?

 (What am I talking about??? Click here...)

This is the plate next to the new paint...

It is a deeper color then it looks here, but you get the idea.

Yes,

I noticed every thing I got was red & white....

I wouldn't read too much into it...

Yes, red is my favorite color...

but this was just what I found that day.

Girlie finds:

AL: 2 ae blouses, a ralph lauren "red label" skirt & a black cotton blazer all for $6.79

KK: a gap black cable knit sweater (new with tags) $4.29

Overall a very successful trip...

if only lunch that day had gone so well....

Re-do Update:

Still no Headboard... 3 thrift stores, 2 indoor flea markets and 6 asthma attacks later

 I am starting to think about making my own...

but not yet...

Embarrassing story of the day:

(because you love them...)

I started a new Christmas scrapbooking project.

Let me explain... a couple years ago a snow globe broke in a bin of Christmas decor & ornaments, and it molded... big time! We lost a lot of memories all at once, so I decided to take a picture of all of our ornaments before I put them away this year. I have these cute 6"x6" holiday albums I bought last year just for this...(I know, you are blown away by how on top of things I am...) Anyhow, I sat down with my camera and started the slow process of photographing each ornament..

This was my first photo:

This is KK's "special" ornament from 2002

She was really into fairies and mushrooms that year...

I didn't like the glare and was having a hard time focusing,

so I moved the ornament...

and it smashed into about 20,000 pieces approx. 2 seconds later...

Yep...

When all was said and done and my

"Photo Shoot Path of Destruction"

was complete, we had lost EIGHT more "special" ornaments...

at least I have the photos....