Thrifty Finds & Tulips too....

Like most everyone else, I am so ready for Spring!

So the other day when I was at our local grocery store I

thought I would check out the fresh flower fridge.  Sometimes 

when I need a little pick me up I will treat myself to a bouquet of

pretty flowers.  On this day they had some pretty, on the edge of done,

tulips. But, they were only 99 cents a bundle, so I bought two!

 Flowers can be thrifty too!

 Our oldest daughter is collecting things for her someday Home!

I love that she is picking up what we've always enjoyed doing and that is

thrifting.  When the girls were younger they preferred

waiting in the car while dad and mom went into

 any antique or thrift store.

Now, they are thrifters too!

LOVE that!

 She scored big recently with this wooden box. It says Michigan Fruit

on the side.  This is also her collection of cookbooks

some are vintage hand me downs, some are not.

She takes after her dad and enjoys cooking too.

He LOVES that!

 These two spools were found at Goodwill recently. My hubby pointed

them out to me and thought they would be great in my new Craft Room.

They are quite large actually and are spun with a coarse feeling yarn.

 I'm not sure were they would have come from, but I grabbed them. 

 I think I paid $8.00 for both.

 Here they are displayed above the cabinets in my Craft Room.

 DO NOT look at the back splash!

We still have to decide what to put there. 

 But, the two "cookie jar" type jars

were picked up for around $4.00 and the

 tall one in the middle was 99 cents.

(see my cupcake liners Vee ?)

 The larger Ball jar above was found in a junk pile my hubby picked up

while out cutting fire wood.  Zinc lid included.  The small blue Ball jar I 

picked up recently at Goodwill for 99 cents, zinc lid also included. 

Love me some zinc lids!

This next find has a little story behind it.

I first saw them when I read a post that Penny posted not long ago.

You know how it is when you're out thrifting and you keep your 

eye open for things.  Anyway, one day I was out doing just

 that and I saw the lid but, not the base of

a Butter Bell.  So I didn't pick it up, not being smart creative at all.

Then a few weeks passed by and

 at the same thrift store I saw the base.

Shoot, why didn't I pick up the lid when I saw it.  Oh well!

Not knowing what I would do with the base and not the lid, I didn't

buy that either.  But, I kept my eye open/on it each time I went into

that store.  Long story short, my hubby and I went into that store

on Saturday and....

 both the lid & the base where there!

~insert happy dance~

But, not together.  The lid was in a different section, I think over by

where they had the candle holders and what not.  Anyway, they had the

lid marked 49 cents and the base marked 99 cents. 

 Of course I picked them both 

up and took them over to my hubby and 

explained what they were and my story.

(I still wonder where the lid disappeared to all those weeks)

 the ~French~ side

When we got to the register to pay, the clerk held the lid in her hand

and had a weird look on her face and asked what it was. 

 I explained that it is actually the lid to the dish 

and that someone just marked them separately.

 At that price I didn't care!

She then said, "They do that sometimes,

 I will just give them both to you for 99 cents!"

Thank you,  I replied!

Then she said, "Actually, your total will be 73 cents!"

 It's "blue tag" day and it was marked with a blue tag! 

 Score for me!

The original price is $21.95 plus s/h and tax!

I can handle 73 cents!

Don't you just love thrifting?

Do you ever pick up thrifty flowers?

I'd enjoy hearing about your ~happy dance~ thrift finds too!

Thanks for stopping today....

I always enjoy your visits!