Thrifty Treasures Monday

The boys had their tennis lessons canceled due to rain so we had a few other things to do Saturday morning.  I had wanted to hit some great sales, but it seemed everything had fizzled with the rain and our very, very late start.  It was slim pickings for sales and treasures for sure.

So I'll show you my sad find first:

  I couldn't leave the cute wooden pumpkin behind for just a $1.00, right?

He'll look cute hanging somewhere around here this fall.

The boys were the lucky ones though...no picture of them but they scored this Transformers Construction Devastator. 

I realize that unless you have boys you have zero clue of the coolness of this find.  The boys paid $5.00 for this toy.  
It retails new on Amazon for $139.00!!!

It's missing one small part but they have played with this non-stop.  I thought Graham was going to cry and go hug the lady who sold it to him!  Ha!

The toy bin also came with a Star Wars Millennium Falcon electronic toy.

Retail on that...$79.00!!!

WHAT?!  Not us!  It was free!

I love that my boys scored some amazing deals this weekend!  They are getting really good at this. 

Although...shhhh...I'm sort of looking forward to not taking them along next weekend.  As good as they are it's a bit difficult teaching them they DON'T need to take something home from each stop!

Linking up to Southern Hospitality's Thrify Treasures Monday.

Thrifty Treasures Monday!

I was ready set ready to go out.  

Ads in my pocket, comfy outfit, set to go with my ones and quarters.

But just as I grabbed my keys two little boys asked excitedly:

"Are you going to yard sales?"

Um, er, maybe...ok - YES. 

I've never seen flip flops fly onto feet so fast!

It was a good day to take them - there were hardly any and mostly junk.

They are thrilled with the few new toys that they got and I did manage to find some brand new Gap shirts in Graham's size.

9 pieces of clothing for him (some with tags!) for $17.00

Not bad!

I did find a few things for the house at the last sale that I'm pretty excited about...

Large wire basket - $3.00

Scroll star - $2.00 

Large black distressed mirror - $20.00

This looks a lot like the one I've admired at Lowe's a few times for $75.00!  Sweet!

Now to decided where to put everything!

To see more fun yard sale finds, visit Thrifty Treasures Monday over at Rhoda's place!

Thrifty Treasures Monday!

Good morning friends!

I've been waiting all year to join in on this party again! Have you been over to Rhoda's place - Southern Hospitality? It's one of my favorite blogs!

I was able to go to a large community yard sale Saturday over at Daybreak in South Jordan.  My friends, Kari, Desiree and Natalie joined in the crazy "leaving at 6:45 a.m." fun and we scored some great finds!

New in Package Baking racks - $1.00

I've been wanting some of these forever so I was excited to find this!

 Wooden Christmas Tree $1.00

Matches my holiday decor perfectly!

 Christmas Dress for LuLu - $1.00

This one is a bit iffy - I LOVE the skirt but we were all torn on the fur sleeves.  I'll have to see if it stays as is, gets resewn or becomes a play dress!

Nightstand - $10.00

 All ready for painting! 

Not sure when that will happen or what color yet but this will be a fun project!

If you had any great finds this weekend be sure to post and join in the fun at Rhoda's! 

My Weekend Aquisitions

My mom and dad had the boys over for a sleepover Friday night.

So you know what that means...Dan, LuLu and I headed over to CostCo to have a look at all the new summer things!  

We are super cool and romantic like that.

Dan bought me a cupcake holder...don't you love it?  I do.  Not that I haul 36 cupcakes everywhere I go.  But I might now...because I CAN!

I was super excited about this...be happy for me.

 I don't know about you but this time change has thrown me for a major loop!  I've been up until 1:00 a.m. every night.  Thursday I was up and thought I would check out the garage sale ads for this weekend and in my drowsy state thought...."um...did I just see my furniture?"

Click...back button (x 5-10 clicks) and YES.  YES I DID!!!  FOR SALE!  

Used...but barely used.  We're talking the wrappers still on the furniture!

I sent off an email asking the lady how much she wanted.  

I put my low ball bid in. 

And waited.  

Dan called me from work to ask if I was anxious.  Usually - yes, I am a worrying mess and stress over DUMB things.

For this...I was oddly calm.  Because I think it takes a certain kind of girl to fall in love with this furniture and it takes that girl to have a certain kind of husband to let it in his house.

I am that girl and thankfully I married that guy.  She emailed me Saturday morning......it was mine for the taking!

I got a love seat....

 A new BFF for my other chair - I now have twins!

 A coffee table

 An end table as well as a twin for the solid black chair. I had to move that into my room for now.

So FIVE pieces for LESS than the price of ONE of the chairs I had originally purchased!!!

The plan is that ALL of these pieces are going into the large basement family room when that is done.  

But for now I have enough seating for a small country. 

How was your weekend?