Happily Domesticated: Garage Sale Finds

This weekend felt exactly like fall. It was so wonderful considering it is only August!

I got up and showered and headed over to my Mom’s house around 8 am. I was in jeans and a sweat shirt. Such a nice change from last weeks 110 degree days we were having! We were in route to garage sales by 8:15. This is the time you need to go to find the good deals!

She has the places to shop by her house. All of the homes are older and sit on lots of property and lots are hidden down these little streets you never know existed.

I have been the driver the past few weeks and I think we have concluded I drive well until I see a sale… then I start running into curbs and driving crazy. Sales always get my heart rate going! It is my DRUG!!

I added it up and it looks like I spent about $22.

Here is what I got:

A street car rug for Cohen to play with his cars on (some day) for $2. It is in great shape! we had this as a kid and my brothers loved it!

I got a globe for $3. It is cool and old looking

I got this plate/frame stand/holder thing for $.50. They guy wanted $1. He claims he paid $30. I told him he got ripped off. When I started to walk away he said I could have it for$.50. Sold!

I got these 2 oval photo frames for $1. I plan to spray pain thtem and do something cute… they will go in my “If I eve get a bigger house…” box

One of the cool finds was this old heater. It looks like a fan, but it is actually an old heater. I have been wanted an old metal fan like this and am still on the look out. Pottery barn sells them but I don’t want to pay a fortune and I prefer mine old and real!

If we ever move I plan to put it in Cohen’s room on a shelf. At least it was my plan until Matt saw it and stated claim to it. Along with that globe that was also suppose to be for Cohen’s room! I got the heater for $3

Then we stopped at this beautiful house. She was was over priced on everything except this glass jar. $1. My mom had it in her hands and was planning to buy it but I somehow managed to rip it out and convince her she didn’t need it. She still wants it and I think I might give it to her… I mean, I did have an advantage. She was in horrible pain from her arthritis and it being so cold so she couldn’t really fight back =) I am so mean.

This bight shiney red gum ball machine was spotted a mile away… we were driving by not knowing if we wanted to stop. I saw this thing and put the car into park pretty fast! I have been wanting an old gum ball machine for some time now to put in Cohen’s room. This one isn’t as old as I would like, but it will do. I paid $5 and I though that was too much. I could have talked him down, but all I had was a $5 bill and he was our last stop so I just decided to pay full price. I really like it!

Another thing I got that I am really excited about are these drinking glasses! I have the same exact set and over the years, one by one, they have broken. I am down to like 2-3 of each size left. My plans were to get the same set again and every time I go to Target I pick them up and then put them back because I see something else I would rather have. I got these glasses for $5!

The 2 baseball mitts are for Cohen one day. They are already broken in and will be perfect when he plays baseball. Extra gloves are always nice to have. We got those last weekend for $1 each