Garage Sale Time

The weather is *finally* warming up and garage sales are popping up all over. It's a good thing, too -- with gas in Michigan over $4.00 a gallon, it's really hard to justify an 80 or 90-mile round trip to go to estate sales.

I went out by myself on Thursday and found a few good buys, all within 3 miles of my house (talk about saving on gas)!

Primary Pyrex mixing bowlsAnchor Hocking Savannah punch bowl setAn old crate, some US Savings stamp booklets and a few children's records to make into clocksOld homemade & brightly painted tool tote, little bench & little shelfAND (drum-roll, please) the prize of the day. . .this 1960s table! What do you think? I love the way it looks, but is it too much kitsch?

Then on Friday, my friend Bargain Hunter and I hit the sales in another part of town and found some more treasures. The best part of that day, though, was shopping with my friend. We hadn't been out together in about a month and needed to catch up! Here's what I found. . .

A large framed picture of Jesus, the Good Shepherd (dated on the back February 23, 1902 -- it was a wedding present)Two old Milton Bradley games and a string of 'Made in Japan' tin ducksTwo feedsacks and some cheese boxes that an old man turned into storage drawersA tin tray, 1960s tumbler, some recipe booklets (I just can't ever resist those) and a Pyrex butter tub, all from a church barn sale. The plaid plate was FREE at another sale!This really tall vase -- a lady told me it's for Gladioli -- and an old galvanized tub (another thing I can never walk away from)A couple of shabby chic pictures, a very cool leather souvenir snapshots album cover from Saskatoon, Canada, tiny tole trays, old utensils and a little Easter candy holderFriday's prize, though, was the bowl I posted about yesterday -- a Pyrex #404 Colonial Mist mixing bowl!
What did you find this week?