Tuesday

* Warning - warning - warning *
Ho-hum post ahead; miscellaneous boring freebies found;

This Milano brand bag is in fantabulous condition and is hardly used.  I've lots to store in it and believe me it's much bigger than what it looks in the photos.

Extra boring.... *yawn*.  The ugly is also very useful.  All my terracotta pots have terracotta saucers now.

Extra EXTRA boring but I promise it's the last for today.  This is only a very small portion of what I've found in the past few years.  

Large rug.... in beautiful condition.

Coloured buttons!  Who doesn't need buttons?  Oh please, we all need buttons at some stage.

Hot and cold

We're all set for winter and summer.... for free!

A lady was giving away her Pyrox gas heater for free because she said it kept cutting out.  Well, I thought.... we'll pick it up anyway and hubby might be able to fix it.  So he did.  This was about 2 months ago and we've not had a problem with it at all so far.  Even putting it on the lowest setting makes me sweat after about 10 mins - that's how great it is.

We do have reverse cycle air conditioning (cold and hot) but honestly, at today's power prices one is insane not to use gas.

 I also found this small cooler fan on somebody's pile of junk, and it works just fine!

Dreary day...

The sun won't show it's delightful face and it's cold today.  I'm still in my pyjamas and I keep thinking about making a cup of coffee.  But I'm just too chilly to move out of my warm chair.  So instead I'll warm myself up by ranting about curtains....

I think it was a couple of months ago when I mentioned that I found 3 calico curtains.  Very plain and boring indeed, and I was going to jazz them up a little somehow.  Still haven't and I don't think I ever will. 

But onto nicer things....


This glass candle holder was being trashed, so I snapped it up;

Cute, huh?  The sun is now shining.  :)

The little things

It doesn't take a lot to make me happy these days.  It's especially exuberating for me to find something I've never seen before.  These little pegs I found at the op shop almost made me squee aloud.  Thankfully I didn't.  

Check out the original price by clicking on the first photo, then check out how much I snagged them for in the next.

I love the pastel colours and they remind me of the 1950's era... although it's obvious from the price tag that they aren't that old.  Still, washing day is fun all of a sudden!

The fancy table

I was with my mother when I found this tablecloth at the op shop.  At $8, I thought it was a bit much.

Mum looked at it carefully and noticed it was brand new, probably unused and good quality.  She insisted I buy it, so I did.  An unlikely buy for me because I have plenty of tablecloths, but now I have another and a gorgeous one it is!  

Cutest little wooden towel rail

At the top of my list of 'things to find' at the op shop is knitting yarn and knitting books.  Just recently, I've added light fittings onto the list.  

But on rare occasions I find something totally unexpected like this:

I wasn't looking for one, I didn't need one, yet I bought one and a cute one it is!  The price on it was $10... which I thought was a bit steep but I just had to have it.  When I went to pay for it at the counter I was told it was $5.  It was half price day on certain coloured tags and this tiny bit of information completely made my day.  Yay for coloured tag day!

Think before you squirm

It's possible that my disgusting, filthy, uncomprehendable habit of picking up other peoples garbage in front of their own property is either rubbing off on other people in a good way or making them vomit.  I'm sure there are snobs out there that think it's a disgusting thing to do, just as there are people out there cheering me on and wishing they could do the same.  And I'm not forgetting the people that do it and keep it to themselves and not tell a soul about their own little ventures - get over yourselves!  Each to their own, I say.

If you love the idea, then just do it as Nike suggests.  If you don't, then instead of being repulsed, at least be happy that it brings me (and my niece Rebecca) and a whole lot of other people joy to find some lovely and useful things that are cleanable.

To me at least, it's exactly like buying something from a second hand store.  Only difference might be that it's a little soiled, exposed to the outside elements for a day or at the very most a week and that it costs $0.   And if it is soiled then that's what water and bleach is for.  

Take other peoples kitchenware like plates and bowls for example.  All you need to do is wash and kill those germs, the germs we all have and live with in our own homes.  Don't forget this important piece of information!  The germs are with us all every second of the day.  Do not tell me your house and everything in it does not have germs.  The germs don't discriminate and don't care that you want to be the most hygienic person in the world - you aren't and you never will be.

So instead of fighting the idea, think about it instead.  Try it before you judge it.  

That's my 2 cents worth.

And now onto my next lot of freebies. 2 vacuum cleaner bags (but I don't own a Hoover), a bunch of cleaning products (yes, most of those were full!?!) and an unused Spiderman lunchbox.  I say unused because I couldn't find a scratch on it.  The first two things are a little ironic, don't you think?
Finding the things that I need to clean with is funny to me - but very much welcomed of course.

Snow White Mirror

As I was paying a whole $3.99 for this mirror at the op shop, the sales assistant said something like ' OH! You can be Snow White in this mirror! '  After a big chuckle, I couldn't help but wonder if she meant that my looks weren't up to scratch, or maybe it was just an innocent comment.  I like to think it was the later, because she was no great beauty herself.  Not that looks have to do with anything.... it's the heart and how much of it one has that counts the most.  Now I'm babbling on about something other than the mirror.  Back to the mirror... I love it!