Junk in our trunk

Hello there virtual hitchhikers. 

I checked in at Goodwill this week and found a booster seat Kelley had on her list; great price and in great shape. Hopefully young Hugh can now sit at the table at Grandpa's.

$2.49...sold!
Then I went to a church sale on Friday and found a few items...prices were awesome! The John Deere wagon was $3 and I am planning on cleaning that up and selling on Craigslist. 

Sheaffer pen may go into hubbie's stocking, always need an extra umbrella, and the other items are just handy.

 Command strips come in handy, are pricey, and I have wanted to try the nail biter. Ball is for Hugh.
Including wagon the items above and the mouse pad...$8.50. Sweet!

Also found a new, still in shrink wrap, 3M mouse pad with gel wrist rest.  This item will go either on Craigslist or Ebay. These are selling for $25-$38 on Amazon and Ebay.

I paid $1!!

I am happy to report Johanna pulled into my driveway Saturday morning and I jumped into her car with great joy. My yard sale cohort was with me again! Your burning question is probably..."what time?" Sigh. Still 0'dark thirty. Yes, even with close to freezing temps here in Eastern NC, 2 homes had sales listed at 6am. Of course.  First sale was a quick drive-by. Folks had black garbage bags out, no tables, and no way Johanna and I are rummaging in bags at 6am in the cold and dark. Those are very lazy sellers. 

We moved on to McDonald's around the corner to meet my daughter Brenna and her friend, Joelle, for coffee and breakfast since it was only 6:15 at this point and no other sales starting until 7am.  Brenna and Joelle are both teachers, Brenna has a Kinder class and Joelle teaches 5th grade. Joelle was hoping to find prizes for her students this morning and of course, anything else she might find. I heard no prizes were found, but she did find some nice holiday decorations. This was Joelle's first yard sale experience. Brenna reported later, Joelle will be coming back for more. Another convert!

7am was fast approaching so we finished our coffee and took off following Brenna and Joelle to the next sale. That was the last we saw of the younger crew except forone more encounter at a later sale. Johanna and I were so happy to be back together and the yard sale fairy was good to us that day. 


She found treasures galore, especially for her arts and crafts group. They have set up a fund to buy supplies and Johanna was able to find a gracious plenty of materials for them. I found several items on Kelley's Christmas list for Hugh as well as Tanya's wish for books.  

Johanna found this bag of small decorations she plans on hot gluing magnets on the backs and selling for 50cnts each. The bag was $3 and stuffed. 

Other finds for  me include in the picture below: the basket of ornaments, a baby formula 4 compartment holder, 2 blown  blue glass  ball ornaments. I know, that's a little pricey but, they are new with tags and  I can give as  gifts. Right now they are hanging in my kitchen window and look really pretty with the light shining through. I lose sunglasses regularly so I picked 2 pair. The Happy New Year head band will be worn at this year's Penguin Plunge  on New Years Day. I think I will offer them to my sister  Cee. She looks fabulous in purple. That way she can be blue with cold and purple on top :)

basket of ornaments: $2, Baby formula travel container: 50c, 2 blue blown glass ornaments, $1 each, headband 50c, and $1 each for sunglasses

 I took the heavier ceramic ornament and the glass one out. They will go on the tree and these pretty ones just may stay in the basket. I'll think about it.

the smaller stained glass ball is absolutely beautiful held up to the light. The colors are jewel like. I might end up putting this in my kitchen window.

  I picked up the plate hangers for 10c each. there are 2 different sizes. These are for Hilary's wall arrangement/project. The electric candlesticks were $1 for the lot. 
Um, funny story. I couldn't find the ones I usually use in the attic last year and just knew my husband threw them away(he is not a big fan of these in our windows, claims they could be a fire hazard). So I happily purchased these. Only to find a box with my old ones later that day when I went in the attic . Husband wrongly accused and now I have more than I can use. Anyone want some really nice ones?!!
Also found the new, still in shrink wrap, Shrek dvd. Will add that to Sonny's collection. $1

I have always enjoyed the Claymation movie Rudolf the Red-Nose Rain Deer and when I saw these figures, I felt compelled to buy. They were $1 each. I was thinking maybe of selling on Ebay since they are collectibles (label on "Tall Elf" is 1999). I checked later on Ebay and they are selling either individually or in sets. 

Yukon Cornelius is my favorite character 

               I liked how the seller used the fence for display.                         

                          

Some glamour in my dining room. The Christmas crackers were 50cents for the set. I bought them on clearance last year. Brenna's reccomendation is to add gold ribbon right under the top of the glass. 

I do like diffusers, especially lavendar scent. This one I opened and started using immediately when I came home. New in box.

Trunk shot of Johanna's car below. The pink thing is a girl's plush bundle...new with tags, nice and warm, going to a needy child for Christmas. $1. We had lots of "smalls" and most fit in our reusable bags. If you look closely, there are a couple of metal stands with black velvet bases next to the diffuser box. These Johanna is going to use to display jewelry the A&C group makes and sells. 50cents each!

This is one of Johanna's finds.  Will make a nice stocking stuffer.

Game: $1

Found this book for Tanya. Looks like a light and breezy read. She said she wants a mix of genres. And that is what she is getting.

Book, $1 Hardcover   

This lot goes to Kelley for Hugh. Most was on the wish list. Apparently she isn't waiting til Christmas since I received a text that "Hugh loves the boots and truck!"

Big size Little Tykes truck: $3, rain boots: $2 Bag of socks and the extras are in the truck: 50c, $5 for the box with the tepee/tunnel and tent combo.

Now for Brenna's finds which she emailed me pics of them. She was thrilled with this advent calendar. Each drawer at the bottom has a little ornament you hang on the tree (pegs are on tree). All but one ornament was accounted for and it will be an easy replacement. Actually, one in that bag Johanna bought would do well.

Wooden Advent Calendar $5

Yes, it even came with a box!

The computer paper was purchased for 25cents each, the salad tongs, new, $3, down from asking price of $5, and $1 for all of the pants hangers. Sorry for the glare....bargains sometime do that :)

This lamp is made of solid wood. She didn't like the shade but did like the working compact florescent bulb still in it. Fortunately I love shades and never pass up an opportunity to buy a pretty shade at G'will or yard sales. So Mom to the rescue

Lamp:$3

Here is the after. Yes, I even had a tall harp to adjust to "new" shade. 75 cents at  yard sale a few months before. What can I say?! Glad they went to a good home. 

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Picture frame, new with tag, onsies,  white and unstained, long and short sleeves, and new packaged Newborn baby mitts

Picture frame: originally $18, bought for $2. 25 cents each for onsies and baby mitts: 50cnts
That's it for this week's Saturday morn. Oh, by the way, the 2-way radios I bought last week work great with new batteries. So I am ready for the next excursion.

Hope you have a great week.


Thrifty Christy