Facebook Finds

There were some recent posts I saw on my Facebook page that I thought I would share with you. You don't have to be a cat lover to find this funny. 

And anyone who has ever had a child will get a kick out of this.  

Someone posted this article that was in a singer sewing manual in 1949 supposedly. I don't know if that is true or not, but I did find this funny.

One of my vintage groups had this in it. I would love to find these, but she didn't have the lids. I already have the little rooster cup in the back. 

I do not know who made these or what pattern they are called but I fell in love with them. 

They even had a little bowl to match. 

My great Ms. M showed up on a Facebook post the other day sporting her stylish sun bonnet and sunglasses along with her new wheels. 

Isn't this pitcher gorgeous. I may look for a vintage pitcher this year and keep lemonade made in it. 

And the final one is this interesting fact about this week. I found this to be very neat. 

Hope you have a great over the hump day. This is actually my Thursday since we get a day off on Friday for Good Friday. 

Top 10 Tuesday

I just joined an antique group on Varage Sale. The group is call Ye Olde Antiques and Collectibles. You can post your items for sale, items you are looking for and items others are selling. There are some pretty good deals on there and some that are a little pricey. Here are my top 10 items I saw that I really liked. 

Weekend wrap up

It was a beautiful weekend. You could not ask for better weather. I picked up my daughter Saturday morning to head out to do some shopping. Her neighborhood is full of dogwood trees and they are looking beautiful.

We headed out for the great flip flop search. I did not find the solid black like I was looking for so I will have to keep looking. But I did find these black and white ones at Sears for 40% off making them $9.60. I love multi-strap shoes so I bought them. I used my Kmart rewards to gather points.

Then I ventured to the clothing department. I absolutely fell in love with this top. It is so comfortable and I'm a sucker for paisley print. It was just $12.99 so I decided to get it. When I went to pay, the lady used my Kmart Rewards card again and said "You have $5.00 available do you want to use it?" Of course I said yes so I got my shirt for just $7.99. Love a surprise bargain.

I was looking for ice trays and stumbled on these plates in blue dots. It was love at first sight. 

I looked around and found the service for four set and just fell in love with them. But I didn't buy them. We have a set of matching platters, a set of mismatched platters, a service for 8 in green ironstone and a service for 12 in fine china. I knew I didn't need another set of dishes. But oh if I did, this is what I would get.

We had moved some furniture around in the bedroom and I have been trying to decide what to put on this little stand. When I got home Saturday, hubby had fixed this display before he went to work. I liked it so I am leaving it here. It goes great with the decor in my bedroom.

Saturday night, I went to our church's Young at Heart gathering. We grilled out hotdogs and hamburgers. There was potato salad, baked beans, macaroni salad, chili, cole slaw and all the fixings for a great burger. I had the hotdog, baked beans and potato salad. It was delicious. There was a dessert table fit for a king. I had lemon pound cake and something that was pudding, Oreo, whipped cream and Heath bar chips. Everything was awesome.

I talk about my church a lot. Earlier that day, I had to get a picture for the cover of the new church directory so I swung by on my way home from shopping and my daughter took this for me. 

I mentioned wanting the new Corelle dishes above. Hubby reacted like I knew he would. He laughed at me and said where in the world will you put them. He's right. My cabinets are crammed to the max. He joked with me and said I could always get rid of my vintage peanut butter glasses. I was appalled! They are vintage! Boscul peanut butter glasses from the 1950's! A set of 12 of their flower patterns! Was he crazy? I thought he was until I asked one of my FB antique experts what they were worth. I bought them for $6.00 for the whole set at a yard sale. I sent him pictures of each glass and he looked them up for me. Their appraised valued for the set is.....$583.00!  He said if I sold them as a set I could probably get around $300 or more for the set. I am going to put the word out for $250 and try to sell them. I don't use them. We will see what happens. If they sell, I will definitely have more cabinet space. Here is what they look like in my cabinet. They are pretty and I will have a hard time parting with them.

How was your weekend?

Sunday Funny

The great flip flop hunt is on.....

First, let me say I think I may be addicted to flip flops. I have 19 pairs and I have a very hard problem throwing them away when they wear out. The inside soul can get worn and tattered and I still don't want to part with them. But I have 3 or 4 pair that really should go. I didn't realize how many I had until I got them all out last night.



My favorite pair of black flip flops is going to need to be replaced. The inner sole is cork and it is disintegrating. I am sad. So, today is starting the great flip flop hunt for something comfortable and thin straps so I can replace them. I've gotten a head start and searched online at my stores I will be visiting today. I have decided that Sears, Target or Belk will have something I like. I don't remember which of these came from where, but I'm hitting all three stores today so I will figure it out. I liked the looks of these.

This is the pair I really think will work for what I want. The strap is thin and sole is thin and looks really comfy. This one was at Sears for just $12.99.

This one looks like it would be comfortable but I'm just not sure.

I like the bow, but I think I would feel silly wearing these at my age.  

I like the bling on this one but I don't like the tiny little heel. I like flat flip flops the best.

However, even with the little heel I fell in love with this one. Love the gold medallion. 

I may pick up two pairs if I can find these in stock in my size. I love these shoes. 

I adore these sparkly ones. I have nail polish this exact shade that glitters and sparkles as well. These are just $6.00 but I don't remember if I saw them at Sears or Target. 

And don't laugh at me, but OH MY GOSH! Gold tone jelly shoes for just $6.50. I would love to find these. 

One thing I know for sure is that I will not come home today until I have found some new flip flops.

Decisions, decisions, decisions

Last night, I decided to buy a new cover for my cell phone. I have had the same one ever since I bought the phone and it is just plain white. I spent about 90 minutes last night jumping from site to site, comparing prices and looking at patterns. I was overwhelmed. I really wanted something in pink. So this caught my eye. 

But the one I had was white so I really wanted something without the white background. I kept looking and found this one but the picture is so blurry I was afraid to try it. I wasn't sure if it was the picture or the drawing on the case. So I decided to pass on this one. 

So I thought maybe plain pink, but that just didn't feel right either. 

So then I figured oh well I would give up on pink and I saw this one. I kept going back to it. I really like the look of it, but it wasn't pink. So I kept on with my search. 

This appealed to me because I like flowers. But the more I looked at it, I realized I don't like green. And the more I looked at it, I decided it was too "busy".

I finally gave up and went to bed. I got up this morning and decided to take one more look. I scrolled through and saw all the ones above again and still wasn't feeling the love. Then I found this one! 

YES! That is me. I am so into dots right now and it is PINK! I think I'm in love. I ordered it. Just $7.89 with free shipping. Can't beat that. Hope everybody has a great day. 

My growing love for UPS

It is such a thrill to see the UPS truck rolling down the hill and stopping at my driveway. My order for the sneak peak of summer items arrived today. I could not be happier.

As much as I wanted to rip into the box, being a blogger I had to document the unveiling. I couldn't wait to see everything.

The first item was the new lunch box they are coming out with for summer. It is a thermal and called the Cool Case Thermal. It will be in four different patterns including a black and a camo for boys/men. I normally don't feel like packing a lunch, but I can guarantee I will be excited to take my lunch now.

The next item was the Cinch Sac in the new Sweet Suits pattern. How adorable is this? This is a perfect back pack for a day at the water park or swimming pool or to take down to the beach.

But my favorite is the Fresh Market Thermal in the new Sunny Stripe pattern. This is awesome for trips to Sam's or Costco to bring back frozen or cold items in. The neat thing about it is that it will also hold a crockpot for easy carrying to those family or social gatherings. This is going to be on the May special for 1/2 off!

One great thing about being a Thirty-One consultant are the deals they offer exclusively to consultants. These products out of the new catalog with the personalization on the lunch box total $95. But in the pre-sale for consultants I got it all for just $31.00! You can't beat a deal like that.