A Thrifting We Will Go!

So I haven't posted anything in awhile so I hought I'd drop in and share a quick note. I am going to a new thrift store today with my mom. It is a little bit of a drive but we wanted to go and check it out because my cousin is always getting alot of really nice things there. And well my mom and I are not opposed to driving to find a bargain.

Summer also has a night hike with her Girl Scout troop tonight so I have to be home to make sure she gets there and she is going to stay warm. Nothing like a mom to worry about eveything!

If I find any good deals I will definitely take pictures and share them with you later this evening after I get home and ecverything settles down.

Hope everyone has a great weekend! The temps here aren't to bad so the kids are outside playing already this morning!

Leslie

Sick as a dog!

I'm not sure what is wrong with me but it ain't pretty!

As I sat watching the premiere of the new Project runway it hit and I sat there and thought nooooo!!!!! I made it through my show but now I feel awful and have no medicine to take for it. I was supposed to go with my mom in the morning to the thrift store butif I wake up feeling like this I won't be goin'...

Leslie

Thrift Store Finds

So my Mom and I were undecided if we wanted to try and go to our favorite thrift store because we were unsure if the roads were alright or not. We decided we would try and go and I'm glad we did!! Event houghwe got there late as it opens at 11 am and is only open a couple days a week it is crowded when they open and stuff is usually gone rather quickly. We got there around 11:45 and discovered they were having half price sales! Everything in the store was half price!!! Yippee!!! So here are some pictures of my new finds. I'm sure these things will find homes somewhere in the house rather quickly!

This is the whole group of everything, mius a black Daisy Fuentes shirt, an Ann Taylor jean skirt, and a pair of jeans I found for my son.

This is an Amish girl sampler ina wooden frame half price she was 30 cents!

Cute Homecookin sign! It was 25 cents after half price!

I had to get these the reminded me of being a kid and yes they even fit me. They were 20 cents after the half price!

This is just a cute wooden box with a heart cut out it was 30 cents after the half price! And last but not least is an old Ball canning jar. I am trying to get a bunch of these because I want to use them in my kitchen built in china cabinet for flour and things like that. She was a bargain at 30 cents after the half price discount!

Hope all of you find some good bargains this weekend! There is an auction I want to go to tomorrow but dont think I will make it because DH is going hunting in the morning. Bummer. Have a good thrifty weekend!

Leslie

Snow, Snow, and More Snow!

Here I sit in NW Ohio and there is a ton of snow outside. I would guess at least 5-6 inches. I haven't went out in it yet but the kids have been out and building their forts and igloos. This what it looks like in our backyard

They will stay out there building for awhile and I will make them come in to warm up and for some hot chocolate and I am sure they will be right back out! I like th snow but I hate having to bundle and unbundle the kids a million times a day!

This is Jakob and Summer out back

And this is Gwen and Summer, Jakob came back in rather quickly!

Hope all of you stay warm and this weather is getting my creative juices going, now if only I could make it somewhere to get what I want to create! LOL

Guess What I did today?

I painted my built in kitchen china cabinet!!! I painted it and I am making sure I don't need a second, or third coat because I painted it a dark color, its called burgundy wine. After I make sure it looks ok and I get my stuff back around on it I will post some before and afters!

My New years resolution is to go to the thrift stores less and also to declutter and get my design style down to one and stick to it and I feel I have made some good steps to do so. Primitive is what I want and its what I am working towards. I took some stuff to my sister in law who wanted it and I plan on working some more tomorrow after I get the kids lessons done.

I will see you all tomorrow so that I can show you all my pics!

Leslie

After Christmas blahs...

i love the holidays don't get me wrong however they day after is so blah... you work for weeks for this one day and its over in a blink of an eye. Sometimes it reminds me of a wedding.

The kids all hada good time and ripped open far more presents than they needed. Tomorrow we are going to work on getting their presents into their rooms. Their rooms really needed a good cleaning so we are going to do that and I am going to start working on getting th Christmas decorations down too.

Today I took a huge box of stuff I didn't want anymore over to moms because she wanted to go through it before I donated it. It feels good to have that box gone. It had sat in the living room so long it almost felt like a piece of furniture. I also took over a bag of the girls clothes for a cousin. I need to get rid of alot more though. I have a thrift store fetish and well it needs to stop. Maybe that can be my New Years Resolution, to give myself a limit of a certain amount of trips and cash a week. If I could stick with it that would be great!

Anyone else have any New Years resolutions? We still haven't decided what we are going to do foe New Years. We were thinking of going out but then it also seems nice to stay home and have our own little party with the kids. My sister wants us to go see some of her friends bands that night so I guess we will see.

Well I hope everyone out there hada great Christmas and also has a awesome New Years! Everyone be safe too! I am hoping to have some more pics to put on here soon after I get my Christmas stuff down and packed away and hopefully I can have it done by the 1st!

Mery Chistmas!

Here's hoping that you and your family have the merriest of holidays and your homes are filled with love and laughter!

I thought I'd share a photo

So here's to you and yours! We'll be seein ya'll soon!!!