What I didn't Buy at the Thrift Store

Hey guys! So try as I might I just couldn't bring myself to buy anything yesterday at the Memorial Day thrift sales. I went to five stores and came away with nothing! There were just too many people and I was really just not in the mood. I mean one savers was giving out numbers for the dressing room, nope no sorry not gonna happen. So instead of a thrift haul I'd thought I'd do another addition of things I didn't buy at the thrift store.

1.  Wagon Wheel Chairs 

 I'm Mildly obsessed with wagon wheel furniture.  If I had a house with a finished basement I would be tempted to decorate the whole thing in mid century wagon wheel furniture, it's just so kitschy and cool. These chairs are pretty awesome but I don't have a finished basement awaiting a sweet wagon wheel collection and if i'm going to go through the hassle of buying thrift store furniture It has to be something I know I can use.  So I left these for a better home.

2. Barber Chair

This chair is pretty cool but it was also pretty beat up. One of the arm rests fell completely off and  I also have no immediate use for it. So it stayed at the thrifts.

3. Mosaic-y Lamps

These are cool and I kind of regret not getting them but I have enough lamps and don't really need anymore unless they're something I can't live without. These I could live without so I  left them.

9. Dirty Wavy Lamp

I liked the pattern on this lamp and thought if cleaned it would have a lot of potential. But again I don't really need anymore lamps.

10. Mid Century Sliding Door Bookcase

Ok I kind of regret not getting this. It was only around $10/11.00 and I've wanted one of these for awhile. The catch? I want one with glass doors and these are solid wood. In hindsight I should have gotten it anyway but I guess I'll wait for the next one I see.


11-12. Cat Statue and "Marble" top side table

I really liked the egyptian cat statue but it was like $14.00 and that seemed a bit pricey for a decorative cat. The side table was really cute too but one thing I really don't need is another side table.

13. Emily Anne cross stitch

I have an old friend named Emily Anne who is exactly one day and eight years younger than whoever this cross stitch was made for. I kind of wanted to get it but I decided to just take a picture and maybe send it to her later.

14. Dress Form

I like the idea of a decorative dress form to hang clothes and stuff on, so when I see them at the thrifts I'm always a little interested. This one was a whopping $50.00 so I kept on walking.

15.  Pitcher

I liked the design on this pitcher but didn't need one.

16. Mid Century Lawn Chairs

These lawn chairs were pretty cool but they were also in need of refinishing and were a bit pricey at about $70.00 for the pair. They're very cool but were a bit expensive and not really practical for me right now, so I passed.


17. Mikasa Cups

I thought liked these but they were kind of small and into larger mugs at the moment.

18. Mid Century Small Dresser/ Nightstand 

These dressers ( there's a twin behind it) were nice and would be good storage. I think they'd be cute with different pulls. But  A.) They didn't have a tag and B.) I realized I liked them 99% because of the mid century style legs, which you can buy anywhere.  I decided to leave them since I really wasn't in love.

19. Jelly Bean White House

This is a thing. My grandpa loves Jelly beans so I was slightly tempted to get it but ... I don't think anyone really needs a jelly bean white house. Except maybe for Jelly Bean Barack Obama, Obama bean?

Superhero Chic

    After Avengers : Age of Ultron I realized I was in serious need of some superhero tee shirts.  So what's a girl to do? Turn to the internets of course! Heres a little sampling of some of the shirts I liked the best. My favorite by far is the Eartha Kitt as catwoman tee, It's from a website called candybomb and they have an assortment of tee shirts with various black icons on them. The shirts include the Eartha one below as well as some with Josephine Baker, Dorothy Dandridge, Donyale Luna, Iman, Grace Jones, Diana Ross and Andrae Leon Talley. You should definitely check out the site and get one if it sounds like your thing. I'm dying to get the Eartha one but they're a little on the pricier side ($30.00) and I just haven't taken the plunge yet.

superhero chic by cleopatrajonez featuring a blue top

Adventures in Antiquing: LINDSTRÖM, MN

A couple weeks ago after brunch with my boyfriends family my mom and I took a mini road trip up to Lindstrom Minnesota to check out a closing sale an antique store was having close by. The pictures on the estate sale website showed a vintage dental cabinet, which i'm obsessed with, so even though there was a very slim chance it was still there we decided to make the trek anyway.  When we got there the dental cabinet was gone and there wasn't anything great or any great deals at the store so we left and decided to go to some antique stores we passed on the way.

Fortunately we came upon one huge antique store in Lindstrom and another smaller one close by. Here are some of the cool thing I found while looking around.

Guitar Lamp :

 I love old tins with cool script.

I was definitely tempted by this cool decorative tiki mask, but decided to leave it. Still cool though.

More old Tins, bottles, some mod cups and pyrex.

Howdy Doody doll.

 This was actually pretty tempting, it's an acupuncture model. I googled it and you can get them on amazon for less than this seller wanted, so it was a pass.   I may eventually buy one online though.

                      

Another cool anatomical piece. This skeleton is cool but I just don't know where'd I put him.

If you don't know I'm obsessed with mid century lamps, this one was cute but was kind of expensive and not nearly cool or kitschy enough for me to buy it.

I don't think this is old but I really liked the sign.

I just thought these wrestling action figures were cool.

These lobster dishes were also really cool and totally tempting. I've never seen them before and they were pretty reasonably priced but I still passed. Hopefully one day i'll find them in a thrift store or something.

I still like the antler look but these were like $75.00, my mom got two for $25 at an estate sale last year so.... no.

I thought this display in the second antique store we went to was really cool. It was in a beautiful old historic house and every inch was chock full of cool stuff.

Even though I saw some cool stuff antique store just overwhelm me. There's so much stuff I want I find it hard to buy anything unless it's something I have to have or something I know is hard to find in thrift stores etc. So, of course, I left with nothing. But my mom walked away with two cute pairs of earrings. Either way it was  a fun little road trip and hopefully just the beginning of a summer full of fun little road trips.