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Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Jackpot!

Recently, Brian and I were out running errands and I conned him into stopping at one of the thrifts that I never get a chance to go to because its clear across town.  I am still following my self imposed rule about not going into the thrifts unless I am already in the area doing something else.

Here's the thing with thrifting with my husband...he all but sprints to the glassware aisle hoping to be the one to find something awesome so that I can hear about it all day long and whenever I happen to use said piece.  Don't get me wrong, I'm happy that he doesn't complain about going into the stores with me but come on.  This is MY thing.  So this time, I didn't even try to stop him when he hurried in ahead of me.  He came back and said that there was nothing there. 

You didn't think I was going to take his word for it, did you?  Because had I listened to him, I would have missed these...

And these...
 
 
And OMG GREEN DOTS these...
 


Now in his defense, he was "tired and not on his A game".  Also, these were all nested together on a bottom shelf.  His other excuse?  He was "too tall" to see that far down. 

So I handed him the stack of bowls and without even looking at the prices (which ended up being really, really good btw), asked him to take them and grab a cart.  Can you imagine how much I almost freaked out when he came back empty handed?  Well, to let you all know how much Brian really does know about the importance and value of Pyrex to me, he told me that he just paid for them and put them in the car because he didn't want to risk someone else possibly getting their hands on them. 

I have created a monster.

Until next time...

~Erica

17 comments:

  1. What fun! A couple working together is hard to beat! I don't usually buy Pyrex....but I found something neat this week. The orange daisy pattern with a lid. I took one look and fell in LOVE! Hugs!

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  2. OMG Green Dots! I would die if I found one, it's the last one I need.

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  3. WOW! All that in one thrift stop? I would die to find green dots in a thrift! BTW my husband does the same sprint to the aisle to try and find me Pyrex :)

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  4. Amazing! I'm lucky to find a washed out, faded, cracked piece of Pyrex in my area. Yeah for you.

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  5. In his defense, the taller you are, the harder it is to REALLY look on that bottom shelf! That is why I seem to frequently find good stuff on that shelf in the dishes/kitchen section at a big thrift near me. GREAT finds!! I look forward to reading every post on your blog.

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  6. Oh my gosh the solid turquoise is gorgeous. I have never seen those.

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  7. Yes! You win! It was Pyrex karma.
    And I'm so jealous of that dots... ; )

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  8. I could TOTALLY use that green dots... Just sayin'...

    Also, props to the hubby - if only I could get mine trained like that! :)

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  9. Wow! You've renewed my thrift store hope! :)

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  10. Haha Brian's a keeper for sure!

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  11. I love that he runs down the aisle to beat you..

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  12. My husband does the same thing! It used to bug me, but eventually it seemed like every time he went ahead of me he found something good, so I actually started thinking that him going first was good juju. But it still bugs me if he jumps ahead of me in an antique store because he'll be in a booth ahead and calling me over to look at something when I haven 't had a chance to look in the booth I'm already in. Personally, I think it's some kind of weird, male hunter-gatherer thing. He's 'killing' the Pyrex for us and bringing it to us, or something. Lol!

    As ever, you find the most AH-MAZING stuff! Lucky Lucky!

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  13. All that in one visit! Amazing!! What a great score.

    I love your blog to pieces so please don't take this the wrong way -- I can barely read it sometimes because I am so envious of your thrift scores! The thrift stores around me are AWFUL because dealers work at them and pick everything before it hits the floor. ARG!

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  14. Soooo good! You know I love BP! I am on my way to the thrift that I find most of my BP at. Wonder if it will have anything today?

    All my BF knows too look for is Pyrex. He can tell the difference between Glasbake, Pyrex & Fire King already!

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  15. A grand slam for sure! How will you ever top this? Lucky in Love maybe!! If not, you have keeper in Brian anyways :))) thanks for sharing your amazing finds.

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  16. I LOVE any post that starts with the word "Jackpot!". Great scores and Congrats! Everybody please send me good Pyrex vibes: I haven't found anything in AGES!

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  17. That's a great haul!!!! I sure wouldn't mind seeing a green dots on a thrift shelf, not likely to happen!! I "need" it!!

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