Fredericktown had there annual garage sales this weekend! Mom and the two of us went all out on searching for treasures! Our adventure actually started Wednesday with the auction. The three of us went this time and we came home with a few great things. Sarah got a pair of cool French figurines to add to her collection. I got this very interesting glass battleship. Turns out that they were sold during WWII. They came with a paper bottom and were filled with candy pieces. Very different. It isn't everyday that you get a glass statue of a WWII battleship! We got some other things, a couple old dresser lamps, some really nice fake flowers, and Mom got a beautiful old glass cake stand that has swallows on it.
Thursday dawned bright and clear (for a change)! We were out of the house by 9:00am and and did several sales. We headed down to Mt. Vernon and did another sale before taking Dad out to lunch for pizza. We got really nice stuff. A gorgeous floor lamp from the '50s that is Colonial revival style, painted pumpkin orange. Really gorgeous. We are going to put it upstairs behind our love seat in the back room. We got a stack of wonderful cotton woven rugs, some kitchen utensils, a couple TY beanie babies, and a large stack of kids books! We also drove to the MT. Vernon book sale warehouse. What a dump! Everything was so dirty. Really, book sales are not what they used to be. But let's change the subject as it just makes me sad! :o( I did get some Judy Garland LPs, though. That was great, as I can never find her records. Mom got a stack of old kitchen booklets from the 1930s -50s. One really fun one about garnishes. Inspired me!
Friday we went to more town sales. Got some fun stuff. Sarah got a desk lamp that is yellow and matches the the floor lamp that we got. She put it on the sewing stand upstairs for felting. I love these style lamps! After lunch we had to head up to Mansfield for massage appointments and did a couple of rummage sales up there. We got some of the best stuff there. A set of old hard sider Samsonite suitcases. Navy blue. A large one and two matching smaller ones. They have tiny wheels on the bottom, and an attachable strap, so that when they don't need to be carried, you can pull them! We are so thrilled. Sarah and I are going to use the matching small ones when we go to FLA. Got a few more stuffed animals (like we need any more, right?), and some cool nick nacks. We got these old Christmas ornaments (plastic and felt, like the old elves and santas) that are Snow White and the Five Dwarves (missing Grumpy and Sneezy). They are some of the coolest things! I also got a cool tile to hang up in the kitchen.
Saturday we did the last of the town sales. One more rummage sale, that turned out to be really good. We got some glass serving bowls that will match our nice winter Silver Pine dishes and will work perfectly for Cuban meals. A couple of old British tins (I love British tins, they are so different from American style tins), some little figurines, a Barbra Streisand CD (for guess who?! ), a gorgeous old framed cardboard litho for the bathroom, and a bunch of other stuff.
Actually, we did really well this year. We didn't over buy. Bought stuff we really liked or needed. What was sad was the state of garage and rummage sales. Small and everywhere we went the stuff was filthy! It was amazing how many places were selling dirty things! Rummage sales that have been large every other year were really tiny this year. All in all, after we washed everything up, we had a swell time and it was loads of fun. We got some really nice things.
Today we hit the record highs. Made it to 91 degrees F here. 88 F in the house! Needless to say, I am dying. The cats are dying. Mom is dying. Sarah is even hot. And people wait all year for this season. They can have it!
