My trip was so wonderful to the beach this past week and I did share some photos Saturday. But I forgot to share this one. Our resort has a restaurant that does an amazing breakfast bar. Since we booked early in the year, we received a free breakfast coupon for every day we were there for each of us. We feasted every morning on a variety of things like eggs, bacon, sausage, biscuits, gravy, cereal, waffles, etc. The free part was awesome but the view was a great way to start our morning.
One day while we were there, Krispy Kreme released their lemon donuts. Oh my word! Never have I had a donut so delicious. Couldn't wait to get back home and have some more of them. Only to arrive home and find out our Krispy Kreme isn't going to carry them. So sad.
We loved the walks on the beach, sitting out on the beach and reading, sitting on the balcony. But we also loved the times we would take shopping trips to various stores we enjoy at Myrtle Beach. On one of our trips, I actually found the casserole dish in the new 60th Anniversary Corningware Cornflower Blue pattern. I was so excited. I can't wait to make something in it. Just trying to decide what to fix first in it.
We always go to a place called Homespun Crafter's Mall. I like to pick up coasters to use for special occasions and holidays. I got these for my sister. She loves anything for her camper and she decorates like crazy at Christmas, just like I do. She sells these so cheap and they make great little gifts as well.
That particular store is a "booth" store similar to an antique store. It has crafts, craft supplies, home decor and vintage items. in one booth I found the Butterfly Gold vintage Pyrex for $7 and I was beyond thrilled. Of course I snatched it up. Then when I was checking out, I saw the stripes bowl sitting on their back counter. I asked about it and some lady had changed her mind and when I found out it was just $8, I snatched it up as well. It is hard to find. Very hard to find in my area and I have wanted one for years. I was ready to do a happy dance.
Then we went to our favorite place, Tomlinsons. They are a huge store with just plain metal racks and concrete floors. They sell home decor, linen, clothes and shoes but all at amazingly low prices. We also went to Christmas Mouse, which we do every year. So between those three stores, I scored a few new items for Christmas at a great bargain. Some of the coasters are for me and some to tuck in with a few gifts for friends.
We went in a few different stores this year and this stuff came from a variety of place, but I am so excited to incorporated this into my other Halloween decor in October.
But my favorite of all were my fall items. I love fall. I found some beautiful woven square placemats for $1.49 each (what a deal) I fell in love with them but knew I wanted something for fall so I was torn. I decided to buy them anyway and look for something blue and orange to tie them into fall. So I found a scarecrow in denim bibs in blue and found a few other things to go with it to create a centerpiece for my table. Hopefully I can tie all this into together for a fall table. I'll let you know how it turns out.
Some people laugh at me for putting fall stuff out before Fall actually begins. But I decorate by the month. September will be fall, October I incorporate the Halloween into the fall decor. November I take out Halloween and put my Thanksgiving stuff in with the fall. Then after Black Friday weekend it all goes up and Christmas comes out. I love the last four months of the year better than any other time of the year. I can't wait to get started decorating this week.
