Yep...back to normal.

Hello friend!  I told you I would be back to my old posting habits!  I've been busy though.  I am in the process of decluttering more.  I started last year and it was a slow process because I would do one closet and then not do anything else for a few weeks.  Anyhow...it will get done eventually...maybe.

So, back during Blogmas, I showed you some of the things I found at the thrift store and said I would be back to post what I actually bought.  This is that post.

I picked up this picture.  The picture, itself, really isn't my style but I love the rustic frame.

The corners have these metal pieces that I call reinforcers.  They may simply be for looks but they also hole the frame together nice and tight.

The picture is sweet but it wouldn't go with anything in my home.  If you like it, and want it, I would be happy to mail it to you.  Let me know.  Oh and yeah...Grandma's are just antique little girls...and I'm getting more antiques by the second!  Aren't we all!?

I grabbed these two spools of Christmas ribbon.  Certainly not for the ribbon that is on them because that stuff is flat out ugly!  I liked the vintage spools and used them in a Christmas vignette.  I may use them somewhere else but I will wind some prettier ribbon on them if I do.

These book just jumped off the shelf and into my basket so I had to bring them home!  They may have had some help jumping but I'll never admit it!  I've seen the movie, "Under The Tuscan Sun" but I don't think I've ever read the book.  Should be a nice way to spend a cold, dreary day...if our weather ever changes.  I'm still not complaining about the wonderful weather we've had!  It's been wonderful and certainly has kept my S.A.D. at bay, for the most part.  Anyhow, I wanted, so badly, to read the Little Women Christmas Dreams book but if I'm honest, I just wasn't in the mood to read.  Too much drama surrounding our kids and trying to figure out if they were coming or not and if I even cared if they did.  Long story that needs to be thrown in the shredder!  BOOKS!  That's what I was talking about!  I absolutely love the Gooseberry Patch books!  I will snatch one up in a heartbeat.  I don't know that I actually use the recipes much but they are so pretty and I have found a recipe or two that have become favorties.

Remember that big rack of vinyl records I posted about?  These are the ones I got.  I bought myself a small, portable record player for Christmas and didn't have a single record so when I found that rack, and the price was only $1.00 each, you better believer I dug through every one of them.  I didn't find too many that I liked but these will do until I find the ones I want.

If you are of a certain age, you might remember the boxed album sets that Reader's Digest "presented".  That was how they introduced things back in those days..."Reader's Digest presents, this thing or that thing".  There was a large box of these sets hidden under a shelf by the books.  I naturally dug through it.  I found this set and of course had to get it since I love folk music...well, vintage folk music...not this new crap.  I loved the cover, too!  Can't you just hear that young man seranading his sweetheart!  Oh, those were the days, were they not?

Now this record, here, I have no idea what the music is because I didn't and still haven't looked to see.  I just fell in love with the cover.  If I don't like the music then I might use the picture for a craft project.  Who knows, it may end up being my favorite.  We'll see.

Last but not least, and perhaps my favorite thing I bought that day, is this little resin mushroom.  The cap is a bit sparkly and the little darling was all alone on a shelf and I felt bad for her so she also jumped into my basket...with help.  I have a little cubby shelf she will look cute in.

Well, that is my pre-holiday thrift finds.  I have been thrifting since then and will show that trip and purchases soon.

Thank you for stopping by!  I hope to see you again soon!

Shalom,

Pam