Jo brought me over a gift, she was thrift store shopping and thought of me. A few more Shiny Brites to add to my collection..I did not have any of this design in gold so they are just perfect! Thanks Jo!
I am not sure what I will do with them..right now I just stuck them in a basket above the television. Sometimes things are just fun to look at.
I really should stick with collecting marbles and dice, they are small and take up practically no space at all but they are hard to find. At the Val Chatel sale if I had been one minute faster I would have had a jar full of dice and one of those big beautiful red ruby dice…but alas I stopped to look at the hundreds of rocks outside. The stupid rocks anyway. Far Guy saw the dice in their box. He whispered to me “Did you see that die?” YES..and he could see the look in my eye and it was not the look a nice old lady should have, I followed that couple around hoping that they would decide against buying the dice..they were really old perhaps one of them would stumble and the box would fly out of their hands. Would I have grabbed that dice while it was flying in the air..yes..the question is would I have returned it to them or ran to the checkout? I practically had to slap myself.. Far Guy finally offered the guy double what the die was marked..no sale. So perhaps I should just keep my goals in sight with my collecting and stop getting side tracked by cute little books that don’t take up much space and all the rest of those things that I just cannot pass up. Do you suppose shopping for Antiques is an addiction?
When I get up in the morning..if I think of where we are going this week and how many Antique shops we will pass in our travels and how many will be just off the road a few miles..do you suppose that is a bad thing? Is there a cure for this sickness or am I doomed?:)
How great that Jo found these shiny brites for you - they are gorgeous! I also love the old Lassie books. I could sit for hours browsing through old books with pretty illustrations. Sad about the dice - old folks can be so hateful - darn that couple!!!!!
ReplyDeleteNope--no hope for you guys. Addiction is addiction. ROFL! ;)
ReplyDeleteYou should blog about how each time you bring something home it is that much more for your children to throw out! :)
ReplyDeleteVery neat shiny brights. I look over here for you and then get cold feet when I find them afraid you already have that type. If you want me to look.....just let me know.
ReplyDeleteLinda
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You're doomed - but hey, what a fun way to go! ;-)
ReplyDeleteIf you're doomed-then so am I : ) Love the shiny brights-Christmas is almost here!
ReplyDeleteThe hubby and I just went Antiquing this weekend. I hate and love going, hate it because I really need no more in the house, but love it because you just love the oldies!
ReplyDeleteNothing looks like Christmas as much as those Shiny Brights, Connie. I think your addiction is a lot of fun, for me at least, who can just hit "delete" when there's too much of them! :-) (And that will take awhile.)
ReplyDeleteOh baby, ya got the Antique Fever bad!!! Heeeehehe!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great friend and find with those Shinny Brites. Those Lassie books are just too cool!
God bless and have a beautiful week sweetied!!!
We go Antiquing as much as we can, we just love the old stuff and treasures we find, soon I will have to get a bigger house lol ! I find it hard to walk away from things just cause I dont really have the room ! Great finds, I used to have Lassie books. Have a great day !
ReplyDeleteSo glad to find your blog. You won me over with the Lassie book!
ReplyDeleteI am a child of the 50s (I am 55) and I was a Lassie freak when I was young...completely obsessed! I was checking out your other blog that was selected as a "Blogger, Blog of Note" and discovered this one! Wonderful!
Congratulations on being a "Blog Of Note" as well (I am your newest follower) I was selected as a "Blog Of Note" as well on Oct 5, 2010.
I noticed your dog in the photo, what type is it? Is it part Sheltie?
We have a cat and a Sheltie, my blog is called Cat Chat and the link is http://opcatchat.blogspot.com
Hope you will drop by!
Go for it !
ReplyDeleteAs you can tell, I'm addicted to antique and thrift store shopping. Bad, as now I look for others as well as myself. But so much fun it is, and cheaper than paying full price for things!!!!!!!! Glad you like them!
ReplyDeleteLove those old Lassie books..I'd have to read them if I came over. Remember the TV shows? I'd cry everytime and hide behind a pillow so my brother wouldn't tease me about crying.
ReplyDeleteNope no cure! So just medicate it!
ReplyDeleteYou are funny and have worked hard all your life so you get to do what you want in retirement! Plus you are "going green" by buying recycled rather than new. So keep telling us about your trendy tales. We love them!
ReplyDelete(Perhaps if you had Chance with you, he could have accidentally brushed against the people with the dice, causing them to lose balance, and then you could still have had them. Maybe you could train him in the interim.)
The first step is recognizing you have a problem...yep, sounds like an addiction to me! I love searching in antique stores too, but I don't have room for more stuff. Good thing it's still fun to just look.
ReplyDeleteHa Ha Haa...I think you are doomed, but you will love it to the end. That's my kind of "doomed"!! I wish I had time to stop in antique stores other than when on vacation, but I guess it keeps my spending and collecting down!
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry, sorry... I just can't stop laughing... You are hilarious, still laughing... it was the line, "Do you suppose shopping for Antiques is an addiction?" Ya think?!
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