My bargains for the week

It's been awhile since I've gotten such good bargains,

but this past week I found several.

I know the price tag says $1, but it was

.16 cents!!!!!

yep, only .16 cents!

I saw this little birdie at Dollar General when I had to rush to get my daughter some marshmallows for a science project that she forgot... anyway, I saw this little fella and picked him up and said to myself, "I don't need that, even if it IS only a dollar." But.. then I talked myself into it and when I checked out the checker said, "16 cents." I had to ask her to repeat herself. I just love him. He's so cute and he goes perfect in my bathroom. Now I just have to find a place to stick him. He's supposed to go in a plant, which I don't have in my bathroom.

My next bargain of the week are these funky reading glasses from Goodwill....

$1.39!

I'm WAY past due for a new glasses prescription. I need bi-focals BADLY!!

I'm hoping to use these when I'm creating. I have trouble seeing the small pieces I'm working with. Yep, I'm getting old.

I found these yesterday at Goodwill. I knew they were good quality. I'm not an expert on boots so I called my husband (who is). I wanted him to Google them for me or look on ebay to see if I could get any money for them. They're size 7 and I'm a 7 1/2. They fit me, but are a little snug. I could probably wear them if I wasn't doing a lot of walking. Anyway, my husband was in the field and not in the office by his computer so I had to decide if I wanted to pay $8 and take a chance on making any money on them. I decided to go for it. When the guy rang them up they were only $4!! The sign said that boots were $8. I didn't mention that to the guy. Was that wrong of me? Hey, he works there, not me. (Rationalization?) Anyway... I like 'em and I hope I can wear them. They will add some style to my wiww outfits!

I've been looking for more cardigans to add to mywardrobe

and I found this one at Goodwill for $4.19. I already have a

red one almost identical to this one, but this one is more

of a darker, cranberry color.

Can't have too many cardis!!

(sorry for the bad pictures. my house is dark and dreary this morning.)

What bargains have you found lately?

Antique Alley LOvE.....

It's that time of year again... time for antique alley.

My friend, Julie, and I usually go.

Our favorite spot is

Whipp Farm

We had a really good time this year. We didn't stay too long so we weren't exhausted and hot.

I saw a lot of purty stuff!

My FAVE of the day was this booth. I spotted it and pretty much ran over to it and started taking pictures. The first thing I said to the vendor was "I want to buy everything in this booth!!"

and ... I bought nothing :O)

Only because I didn't have any money. We talked for awhile about all her cool stuff and about blogging. 

 Here's her blog

Take a look at all her cool stuff that she makes....

I wanted this peace heart SO BAD!!!!

Just look at all the rusty goodness!!!

LOVE!

Tin letters... love those too!!

One day I WILL buy some of her stuff!!

I thought this was cute. I've seen these at Hobby Lobby with the natural wood and they painted it my new favorite shade of blue... aqua!! I'm thinking I might make a trip to HL to get one of these and paint it the same color.

This was also a neat booth. They had rocks and metal work animals.

Cute turtles

An army of ants

This was a very cool dragon made of metal.

People just amaze me with their talents. I would love to go to people's

work spaces and watch them create their art.

I want a fountain like this in my backyard.

She reminds me of a fountain in a little courtyard

of a beautiful shop in Fredericksburg.

I fell in love with the shop and the courtyard fountain!

Aren't these the cutest things ever?

If I'd had money that day I would have definitely bought one of these!

Now I'm wondering why I didn't get peoples business cards!!??? I'm pretty sure this lady

sets up every year so maybe I'll see these little cupcakes again.

And this is what my dear friend, Julie, (who always pays for stuff and won't take no for an answer) bought me. I showed this to her because I really liked it and when I walked to another booth she was

VERY SNEAKY and hung around that booth and bought it for me when I wasn't looking.

Thanks Julie.

Shopping with Julie.... a trip to Granbury Texas

Here is me and Julie.

Neither one of us like this picture.

We only took one other picture of us and my eyes are closed in that one.

Julie called me on Tuesday and said "let's go to Granbury tomorrow"

and I said "okay, I'm ready to get out of my house."

We only have a few more weeks until schools out and then we'll never get to hang out!

We saw lots of *bLinG*

and pretty flowers...

A pretty window display (sorry about the reflection)

This is one of my favorite stores in Granbury

Lots of pretty light fixtures!

mercury glass! LOVE!

Cool, colorful purses.... love those fabric prints!

I took a picture of these because we decided we could make these ourselves to go in our back yards... cute, huh?

Craft day project!

LOVE the fabric for these place mats and napkins!!

fish measuring spoons... oh my! so cute!

.... other pretty stuff

These napkins cracked me up! I had to take a picture.

Julie didn't see these. When I showed her the pictures later

she cracked up too and said she would have bought these!!

I guess we were s.l.u.t.s. yesterday Julie :O)

Look at those troll leggings!!!

A cool coffee shop... we didn't go in.

LOVED these too!! LOVED!!

Colorful piggies

and table

This was so cute. It was a little notebook made of newspaper

with the little birdie and tree applique.

Upstairs... i think this was my fave store

Not sure what these were... long match holder?? I just thought the print was great!

pretty glass hummingbird feeders

A light fixture made of branches and sticks....

neat-o!

Julie thinking...

"I don't want to go home yet!"

We stopped in here. It was really cool. You can paint pottery, make

mosaics and other stuff. We might be going back there with the girls.

... more cute stuff

I took a picture of this. I'm going to use this scripture in one of my collages.

We sing this song at our church too.

Last minute jewelry looking....

time to pick up the kids...

WAIT!

Where was that fudge we saw? or do you want ice cream instead?

(We decided we looked like 'duh' and 'durh' in this picture.

We were really photogenic yesterday)

We made it home!

Late picking up the kids.

We blamed it on a train we had to sit and wait on.

There WAS a train, actually TWO just sitting on the tracks.

I think we were late picking up the kids because we had to find

a cookie to eat on the way home though... but don't tell the kids that.

Here is Julie writing on my new chalk wall.

I think she looks a like teacher.

And... here's what I bought. A vanilla candle and a mercury glass candle holder.

I only spent around $7.... and about $4 for the cookie we had to have and a coke.

The cookie tasted awful, but the coke was good.

And I had a FUN, FUN day with my friend!!