Thursday, January 6, 2011

Oops… I was thrifting again…

Warning! This is going to be a very picture heavy post. I’ve done a LOT of Goodwill and after christmas shopping and haven’t shared it in awhile, so I fully intend on making the most of this post.. But hopefully everyone will enjoy looking through my great finds as I am excited to have found them and want to share with the world! Smile with tongue out 

I must also note now that I am planning on cleaning out and organizing EVERYthing. We plan on moving eventually so I don’t want to go super crazy, but the more organized I am now, the easier I am hoping it will be to move and put things away in whatever house we buy later!

Ok.. now on to the good stuff!

This cute snowman found at the Goodwill check out line with no price. The lady said “um, $1.99 and he’s half off (since christmas décor is 50% off at all our goodwills) he'’s a plaster.. or feels like plaster, and really tall (note the tupperware box in the back for reference!)

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$1 1000 piece puzzle. I haven’t done a puzzle in forever yet this is the second one that I’ve bought in the last year. I love penguins, and this one would be nice to do, frame and have up around christmas time!

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2 of those plastic shamrocks. My mom always had these, cupids for Valentines day and other stuff for other holidays. She gave them to goodwill years ago though so when I saw these I had to get them. There’s only two but I can make do.. and I’m sure I’ll find more over the years! they were only $.29 each too!

(note my helper)

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Peebles after christmas find. These suckers were $24, I got them on sale for $4.80. They are candles but I will never use them as such.

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Little basket. $.99. I have it in the laundry room right now waiting for a use once I start organizing. I think I might use it in my kitchen in the cupboard where I keep all the canned goods and other random packets of stuff and use this to hold the packets and snacks that find themselves straying from their boxes.

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I had to have this. I wish I had it for christmas so I could’ve filled it, but Valentines day is good enough!

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2 sets of cards from Kmart, they were only 50% off since Kmart is appearantly behind everyone else.. but the one has all kinds of assorted cards, and look at how adorable some of them are!

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I just like the front picture on these!

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The next 3 are ornaments from Kmart. I believe they were $2 something each but I liked the colors on them all so I just picked them up.

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Is this not cute?! $.49 and half was off that for christmas! He’s really heavy too, and shiny! hahaha I just love him!

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$.49 original, and was half off that. . because of my snowman addiction, and the price couldn’t pass it up!

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I don’t typically like santa’s but I thought he was cute! he has a chip on his bottom backside but nobody will ever notice! and if they do OH WELL! $.50!

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$.25  I don’t like the deers eyes but I love cute little knick knacks.. and for a quarter he was coming home with me!

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Could it get any cuter than this?! I think not!! $.99 I don’t know what I’ll put in here, maybe I’ll do some computer print outs or something for easter until I have kids.. or put my pets pictures in here, but I loved these books growing up and was ecstatic when I found this!

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Santa boot with tree and bell ornaments. $.99 + half off.

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$.99 each, + half off for each. These things are bigger than they look and I thought they were adorable, I saw them from far away and practically RAN to them and scooped them away before anyone else saw them.  I love the stitched look almost like they are soft stuffed animals but they are defiantly not.

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$.49 for both of these candle holders.. appearantly someone tried selling them at one point for $3.  (note, my helpers tail at the bottom)

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Another figurine

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ornaments from Walmart. $.25 each! I wanted to get more, but I showed some restraint.

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Some random picks from walmart.. I was planning on using these for my January wreath but I think I might just go straight into Valentines day, but I could still use these in there too I guess! $.25 each

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Walmart ornaments. $3 with 75% off. I got some other colors before but I wanted to get some blue and white for after christmas. They had purple and dark blue there too but I have no idea what holiday Id use them for.. I guess purple could be used for halloween, mixed with black or something.

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Last of the birds from Target. I am glad I got to them since I only had the red one but wanted some of the others. Plus a lollipop ornament. I think I might use this for Easter actually. 75% off for this.

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Michaels garland. $2.09 each.. more than I wanted to spend but I really liked it. I bought a wreath for $5.99.. It’s a berry one but its not round its like a spray kinda.. I’ll get a picture of it later its in my car right now. and a bow to replace the one that was on the wreath since it was kind of blah and sick looking. I spent $11 at Michaels.. more than I wanted but I really liked the wreath and these two garlands.. I plan on using these garlands on my corner hutch next year.. or who knows I might have some where else for them by then!

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This mug was love at first sight. I don’t use mugs as much as I used to but I have an obession with them. Seriously. My cupboard doesn’t hold them anymore. I have to clean out another one and move some stuff around. This one says it was handpainted on the bottom I forget by what company or person, but I just love it, love the colors.

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Some organizing tools. these were all between $.49 and $.99  Different lengths, widths and heights. I am excited to put them to use!

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Another box for storing stuff. I might use this for my Yankee Candle tarts ($.99). The ornament is another Hallmark keepsake. It says it’s the first one of this line so I am excited to have started at the beginning and will defiantly keep on buying these now! ($.50). And two poofy bow things for gifts. They had a ton more the last time I was there but these were the last two left, I think they’re cute! ($.69 each)

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Closeup of ornament.. is it not adorable!!

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Joann’s find. I spent a little under $8 on this and saved $17.50. Those two packs of ornaments despite how super teeny tiny they are were $6.99 and $9.99 at one point in the season. Ridiculous! The picks were all $1.99 and were on sale for $.59 The peacock one is an oddball, it has little jingle bells in it. and there was only one in the store. I have no idea why I bought it but I really liked it, no matter how much I tried I couldn’t put it down.  072

What? Don’t judge me!

I collect beanie babies. Yeah, that’s right. I am 23, have no kids, I collect them for myself. I’ve always done it since they started back in the early 90’s and have a TON of them. I need to make a list so I know what I have and don’t have when I go out. two of these are actually from the originals back in 93 and are in perfect condition.

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Target ornaments $.25 each. Again.. I wanted to get more, but restrained myself. They still have a TON left. so maybe I’ll go next week and get more if they still have them. who knows maybe they’ll be like 90% off!

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More Target finds. The pin was $7 and was 75% off. I have been trying to find some cute after christmas deals on pins but haven’t found any. This was the cutest one I’ve found. The Andes mints looked good in the aisle. I tried one tonight and was instantly hooked. I think I ate like 30 in a matter of minutes. Yummmm.

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Goodwill finds. The two Snowmen were $.50. They are tea light holders but I just liked the way they looked! and the glass thing was also $.50 and will be used in the bathroom to hold… something… maybe q-tips and I’ll move the q-tip container elsewhere.

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ok… I DO have a book problem. Really. I need help.

I have SO many unread books on my bookshelf because I cannot stop buying more and I am not reading them fast enough because Blogs and the internet in general and video games and work and sleep take up the most of my time lately.  but here’s what I got in my last two or three trips to Goodwill. Two of these books I have wanted badly for awhile but since I haven’t bought books full price at a book store in awhile I have been waiting paitently. I am such a happy camper! ($.99 each.. I wish they’d do half off day on books!)

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Two recent finds. both $1.99 each

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I debated not getting it, but I love the old cover, the pretty side and I would like to get more books like this to set up somewhere and make them look pretty in a group.. and for $1.99 I wasn’t going to let it slide by!

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Ok. If you have been reading this particular blog a few pictures up with the beanie babies.. remember me saying that I have NO kids?? Yeah.. so I will present you with this picture.

I had in my hand an AWESOME copy of a bedtime stories book which was HUGE and had gold leafed pages. but I put it back.

I know every single story in this book and what really got me was the cover. It is so cute, it’s velvet and I just love it. It’s a Hallmark book, I didn’t know they made books, but the inside back cover lists it for $15.  I will have kids SOME day and I can’t wait to use this! But until then it will sit in waiting!

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Target dollar bin Valentines finds.. only the bubble bath was $1, and I believe those hearts too, but everything else was $2.50. The blocks spell something different on each side, and I like the pink stones.. I can use them for easter too. I have red ones that I got from Walmart last year so I was excited to see these since I wanted more.

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And I will leave you with my helper kitty, Lucy. Being a lazy bum while mommy was playing video games.

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If you’re still with me and not in a picture coma by now. Thank you! and have a wonderful day bloggers!

Thursday, December 30, 2010

Goodbye 2010!

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Hello everyone!

I can’t believe this year is already over, it feels like I just decorated for Christmas last week!

I’ve never been one to make resolutions or be excited about the New Year.. to me nothing changes just because the ball drops and we have to spend a month or two getting used to writing a new date.

This year though I am making some resolutions.. simple ones, but resolutions none-the-less.

I want to dwindle my to-be-read pile down on my book shelf. I have TONS of books left to read and want to have that cut down greatly by the time book sale season comes back around so that I wont feel so bad about buying tons of books again!

I want to cook more. I do like cooking and baking, but I don’t do it enough. I want to try out new recipes and start making GOOD food instead of occasional good food and lots of fast food.

Pay down our credit cards! We were doing so good up until we moved out of our apartment and our landlord screwed us all up and since then we haven’t payed anything off like we used to. So I’d like to work with the hubby and put more money towards those, and also work at saving more money too!


I did some Goodwill and Target shopping the other day and came home with a few finds I’ll share with you! Smile

Goodwill snowman only $.49

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Picture frame – $.50.. It has a small scratch up at the top, but I can fix that, or hide it..

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Basket for easter.. I loved it, the shape, colors and bow! so cute!

and LucyFurr checking it out.. probably contemplating whether her big butt would fit in it or not.

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My new stocking! I saw it before Christmas but was NOT going to spend $10 for it. It’s so soooofffftttt and I love it. it was half off so I had to have it before it was sold out, I know if I returned later for it when it would be 75% then there wouldn’t be anymore and I’d be upset.

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Cardinal clip ornament. I might keep him up all year in my one little birdhouse, I think he’s too cute!

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I have no idea why I got this, I don’t need anymore pillows but it was $6 and super soft. It just suckered me in.

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Goodwill ornaments. I can put them on my little teeny white tree next year.

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Mug – $.25 I plan on putting this in a little bag and giving it to hubby for valentines day.

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Easter light up house.. Couldn’t pass it up for less than a dollar! I love the colors of it!

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little strand of lights for my little white tree. I didn’t agree with the price but they were there, and they worked, so I just grabbed them. Plus they are small enough to fit on the tree!

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Present for the Hubs. He loves drinking from mason jars, and I found a smaller one a month or so ago and he loved it. I found this one which is like twice its size so I had to grab it!

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I also got 5 books

The Red Tent – Anita Diamant

Tales of a Drama Queen – Lee Nichols

My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding – Multiple authors

Ice Queen – Alice Hoffman

Dewey: the library cat .. which ive been looking for FOREVER and finally got it. I am SO happy about that one!

I have been seeing Valentines stuff up in stores already, and a few blogs with Valentines posts and was just wondering… When does everyone take their christmas stuff down? I wasn’t planning on doing mine until next week since the Christmas season isnt over until the 6th or 7th (I cant remember now the exact date).

And after you have your christmas stuff down, what do you put up? I usually leave my silver stuff and snowmen that aren’t too christmas-y up.

When do you start decorating for Valentines day?

I will miss my christmas stuff, especially since it feels like I just put it up. But for once in my life I am actually ready to take it down. I am excited to start decorating for Valentines day too!

Hope everyone has a safe and happy New Year!!

Monday, December 27, 2010

My Christmas!

Hello Bloggers! Hope everyone had a great holiday weekend and that everyone got what they wanted and had safe travels if you went anywhere!

I have pictures to share with you of my weekend.. =)



I was playing with the color filter on my new camera, the mess after opening presents at hubbys grandma's house. I love it. (can you spy the pillow pet? =P )

Christmas Morning out the computer room window.

Lucy is stalking the presents, hoping that one of them is hers. Lucky cat got 30 cans of cat food. For free. YAY coupons!!!

How cute is this. I seriously cried when I opened it. I suggested that we get each other ornaments since I always get him one but never get any in return. Not really expecting anything or at least nothing this cute.
I cant stop looking at it. I don't want to pack it away with the christmas stuff whenever it comes down.

The ornament that I wanted to get for him was gone. Actually ALL of the ornaments from the store were gone, I was pretty upset.
I found this at Bon-Ton and it was on sale it WAS $10 I got it for $2, so not too bad!
and I thought it was pretty awesome that I picked this out, not even knowing he was going to get me any ornaments, and defiantly not knowing it was going to be gingerbread people, and I got him this gingerbread letter ornament. I thought that was neat.

So at the end of my christmas list, and for the last several months, ive been asking for another cat. And he knows that at some point in my life I want a big orange fluffy kitty.
He kept telling me that he got me a cat, it was stuffed in the ammo crate that he packed my presents into and he broke its legs and it was going to die by christmas morning. and he seriously kept going with the "the cat i got you is going to die" thing. I unpacked and unwraped everything in the crate and got to the last package on the bottom and pulled out this orange kitty stuffed animal. I cried again. I dont have any idea why i was such an emotional mess LOL but I was so amazed that he would think of that. I just thought it was cute, and funny.
Lucy approves of her new brother!

my new gloves. I had cheap pairs from walmart which are just fine but these are nice inside, nice and grippy on the outside and they have that smart touch feature that you can use your cell phone with. It's not EASY to use the phone with them but it beats having to take your gloves completely off to do stuff on your phone.

my electric tart warmer!!!
hubby walked into Yankee Candle and the first thing he said to the girl who was helping him was "my fiance wants a tart wamer, I have no idea what kind of crazy sex toy that is but can you help me find it" or something along those lines. It had sex toy in it either way and appearantly the girl was cracking up. I'm sure that totally made her day.
He told her I was going to have it in the kitchen and she helped him pick out this one and two tarts to go with it. I am proud of him for actually going into the store since he complains that I have too many candles, but he wasnt really buying me a candle, he was buying me something to use all the candles I have stashed in the closet already!!!! =P

My after christmas sales!


I ran to walmart today to pick up a few things for dinner and of course had to stop by the christmas section. I picked up a few ornaments that were half off (pictured below) I wanted that reindeer in gold or red, but they only had it in green, but whatever. I'll do something cute with him next year. and the little ornaments for my little tree.
I want to go back and buy some more different kinds of little ornaments for the tree, they had a lot of cute ones there I could use outside of christmas.

Christmas balls! I only got the green and gold today, they had TONS left, so I am going to go back and get some of the other colors. I want more green because I can use those for St. Pattys day.

I got this at Goodwill. $1.49. It's actually really big, a lot bigger than the picture makes it look. It's like a dept. 56 house only I think its a cheaper version, but I thought it was just too adorable. I snatched this up as fast as I could.
It didn't come with the light but I can find one of those somewhere, i'm sure.(hopefully)

This little tote was $2. I wasn't going to get it but I have SO many things that I can put in there. It's only 14x11 so its not huge, but it can go in my closet, or be scrapbook storage .. the possibilities are endless!

4 cups, $.25 each.
Basket $.50 It's actually fairly deep .. Idont know what to put in it yet, as with every other basket I have, but it's really cute I don't want to hide it in a closet!
a pair of khaki pants for work, a black t shirt and a yellow tank top $7 total.

I got a package of 3 wrapping papers at walmart also. half off, and it was one of the ones i was looking at before christmas so I was defiantly getting it today. I told myself I wouldn't buy anymore paper until I finished what I had, but I really liked this stuff, and I couldn't help it!

I also got one of those zip wrapping paper storage things. not the tupperware tote thing. I put all my paper away and all my bags and stuff are in there. I am going to try to fit it under the bed to give myself a little bit more room in my closet. It is seriously, SO nice to have a place for my wrapping paper instead of just thrown in the closet.

The only thing that I didn't get on my christmas list was baskets for under the coffee table, but I needed to measure first to make sure the baskets I got would fit.


Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Top 2 Favorite Christmas Memories

Top 2 Favorite Christmas Memories...



#1. Christmas morning (and christmas eve!)
Growing up my dad would follow me EVERYwhere with the video camera. We have everything ive ever done recorded, especially Christmas. I loved going to both grandmas for Christmas Eve, especially the one, she would get us 4 grandkids TONS of stuff. and I mean a tupperware tote full of stuff for each of us, plus some extra little things. I loved it. I hated being recorded though.
and Christmas morning.. coming downstairs to the tree, dad would be playing christmas music, opening the presents and rolling around in the strewn about wrapping paper.
Ahh to have those simple days back.



#2. Decorating the Tree (and the house!)
Ever since I could remember I have always helped to decorate the tree and I have always loved it. I love singing christmas songs, putting the lights on the tree, hanging the ornaments! We always had real trees for many years when i was a young girl, so I remember always getting hurt by the branches when I would put the ornaments on and I HATED that but I still did it anyway I just tried to look for ways to not get hurt! We eventually switched to fake trees and while I love the smell of real trees I will probably never go back... maybe when we have a kid, but who knows!
Now that I am on my own, I love and look forward to putting up the tree, decorating it and decorating the house. I wish more people would get to see it in person.. but I guess that's what I have a blog for, right?!

Sunday, December 19, 2010

Under $5 Goodwill Mirror

So I made this mirror in the spring time and posted one picture of it but I wanted to actually make a post about it because I love it and want to show it off.
It cost me under $5 but I cant remember the exact amount now.
It was a gaudy gold color too, I KNEW that had to go, but it took me quite awhile to pick a color that I loved.
We found a textured stone paint and decided this was the one! We hung it in our apartment .. above the same table.. right by the door.. and here we did the same thing.. same table.. right beside the door.





Bottom of the cheese dome thing I bought at goodwill. I posted it before but wanted to put up painting pictures!




Monday, December 13, 2010

I Heart Faces | Pet Faces

This is my fur baby - LucyFurr. She's a daddy's girl and she defiantly lives up to her name! I have SO many pictures of her (and all of our other babies, past and present) that I had a very hard time choosing just one!




She's around 6 years old.. We were out at some local shelters looking for another cat. My fiance kept saying while driving to another shelter that he really wanted an all black cat. About a minute down the road from the next shelter we were going to he stopped the car suddenly and asked "Did you see that?" I had NO idea what he was talking about until I saw this little all black kitty in the bushes on the side of the road. He told me to get out and catch it since I have a magical way with cats, sure enough I opened the door and she ran right up to me. We took her up to the shelter and they took one look at her and said that some guy was just in there not too long ago and said he "found her" but they were too full to take her and gave him the name and address of another shelter who would but he appearantly just dumped her right down the road. How horrible! They ended up giving her all of her shots plus a giant goody bag for free because we wanted her!

She has THE biggest eye's and the brightest yellow color on ANY cat that I've ever seen. Everyone comments on it, and it has even earned her the nickname googly-eyed-cat by some because they are so huge and even kind of stick out a little!

She is our big fur baby and we love her to pieces!






I am entering this into the Iheartfaces contest:


Lookie what my mom got me!!!!!!!!

So my mom texted me today while I was leaving work and said she had something for me, I figured it was just a candle or something random so I continued on my way home.. she proceeded to tell me that it was a Willow Tree nativity set, I just about slammed on the breaks and did a complete 360 in the middle of the highway to get to her house.

She said she was at the mall and saw it and had to get it for me, she didn't even know that I've been wanting it!!!!! She bought me the 6 piece main set and the 3 wisemen.

There are no words to describe how happy I am about this... Now I just need the Creche, the metal stars, and theres an ox and goat and the shepherd and stable animals also.

Onto some crappy pictures!


I put the tree behind it to take away from the all white background of the blinds, but I don't really care for it. I wanted to put it on my other stand but I had more room on this one.


the entire buffet.. I didnt want to put away my other figurines and was too lazy to move them elsewhere, so I just moved them around.
Close up.. I love it!


This nativity I figured I'd throw in there again.. It's a nativity set that my mom had for years, and I always used to LOVE ever since I was a little girl, I took it with me when I left home a couple years ago and will never EVER get rid of it, It will always go under our tree and the Willow Tree can go on the table/buffet or wherever.
Sorry for the crappy picture, sitting it like that on the ground was the only way I could get some semi-decent lighting for my crappy phone quality pictures. (I cant WAIT for my new camera!)