A Good Evening at Goodwill

While visiting many of your blogs, I've seen all the wonderful thrift store finds that you've come home with and I have to admit that you really got me in the mood to see what I could find. I must have been having TS withdrawals as I hadn't been in one since right after Christmas. So...Tuesday night while Joy was in dance, my friend, Tonya, and I stopped in Goodwill. While Tonya did really well on finding her daughter several dresses for church, I didn't find anything except a couple of books for Joy.

I did pass by a shelf that had a couple of the brown cheese crocks. On the other side of the store, I happened upon a third one. With the three put together, they were graduating sizes. I couldn't make up my mind. They had $2.99 on the big one, and $1.99 on each of the smaller ones. I just didn't know if I really wanted them for that and couldn't process in my mind what I would do with them, at the moment. Then lo and behold, I click over to Tammy's blog, The Olde Hollow Crow, and she had three of the very same cheese crocks in graduating sizes that she had redone by adding some of the old farmhouse crock and jar labels that alot of you have used (and I have loved). So then, of course, all I could do was think about the crocks I passed up. It really bugged me! So last night, I asked Tonya if we could stop by again while the girls were in dance (again) for just a minute because if by chance those crocks were there, I wanted them! Not only were they there, but I got all three for $2.99 (instead of the $6.97 they were on Tuesday).
I also picked up the frame with a golfing picture (which will be removed of course) for .99. It will be used for a stitchery and primmed up.

And then I thought while I was there, I would at least stop by the furniture section and see if there might be a chair for Joy's desk. There wasn't one on Tuesday. As I got closer, I could see IT......I wanted to run to beat anyone else to IT.... THE chair!

Not only was it nice and sturdy (and I loved the shape), but it was $9.99! I must have been grinning from ear to ear and I'm sure Tonya was a little surprised when I came out of the store hauling a chair over my shoulder! I'm glad we were in her Suburban! Boy, was I happy we stopped by last night and Joy is SO excited. Of course, it will get a coat of the buttermilk paint and I'm not sure if I'll do any stenciling on the back of it....we'll see. It's a simple thing, I know, but this good evening at Goodwill just made my whole day! It felt like it was "just meant to be". :)

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On another note, I have to say thank you to all of you that commented on Colt's bedroom, but I have to tell you that it's not ALWAYS like that. I took that picture on a clean day. Of course, he has days where he left his quilt out on his futon, has drinks sitting in there and clothes lying over his guitar stand. And like I said, he might have a pile of clothes in there waiting to be folded on any given day, but for the most part, I really can't complain about him, because for a guy, he is fairly neat. But in all fairness, you had to know that I took the picture on his best day! On those "other type of days", I just close the door! :)

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And I want to thank Amber and Joy for giving me this award. That was sweet of both of them. Thank you girls!


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I would also like to introduce you all to a new blog. A new friend, Gigi, that I met through an email has just started her own blog, Happily Ever After, and made her first post. I bet she would love it if you would stop by and say hi!

Have a great weekend, everybody! :)