A Long Weekend of Sales

Happy Monday and Memorial Day.  I hope everyone is remembering the spirit of today and honoring our service men and woman.  I had a really wonderful conversation with a veteran this morning at the grocery store that made my whole day.  I hope everyone gets a moment to take a chance to show their appreciation today.

I'm lucky that I'm on the North Coast because each Memorial Day weekend means the "Longest Garage Sale" in the Long Beach area in Washington.  This is just a scary car ride over the Megler Bridge in Astoria.  I hate heights and bridges, but make an exception each year to cross over the Columbia River because these sales are so fun.

Friday afternoon I was going crazy because I usually spend the whole day hitting sales, but I had to work, there was no way around it.  Finally at about 2 pm I couldn't stand it any longer.  There had been an estate sale advertised in Astoria that started that morning.  I figured that it would be totally picked over, but I just had to go and check it out.  I'm so happy I did.

 Erica must be rubbing off on me, because I just get so excited when I find vintage Christmas now!  I was especially happy to find the Santa boot mugs in the original box, plus 2 extras in case I drink too much eggnog and break one!  I have no idea what I'm going to do with these giant wood cutout elves but they were too cute to leave behind.  I think they must have been part of a classroom or stage.  I think I'm just going to hide them somewhere in the house to scare Matt. 

I was really happy to find a Santa cookie jar and didn't think much about it, besides, I couldn't believe there was still vintage Christmas at this sale.  When I got home and saw that it was marked Metlox USA I thought maybe I had something special.  From my research, it sounds like this guy is worth a lot more than I expected.  I plan on selling him to add to my funds for mine and Erica's Alameda trip in August.

I know Erica and I have both mentioned Instagram lately and how much we enjoy it.  We recently started a joint account so we could start selling some of our goodies on Instagram.  It is a lot of work but so much fun!  I'm not going to share everything I got at sales this weekend, because a lot of it was for my Instagram sale today, but I wanted to share some of my favorite finds.

 I keep finding these sweet little lambs.  I couldn't resist the face on the piggy bank, and I also picked up a tiny Napcoware angel.  I also got a few pretty pillowcases, and bunch of vintage fabric with sweet little pink bunnies.

 I found a few pretty mugs and couldn't leave behind the pastel Tubberware.  Erica has this martini shaker and I've always admired it because of its unique size.

Just a few other really random items.  My most favorite find would have to be this Made in Japan Mt. St. Helens Souvenir.  I was so giddy when I bought it and I think the sale person thought I was nuts.  Does anyone else notice that the mountain still has its top?!?  I can't quite figure out what it is used for (it has a hole in the top and side,) but I'm definitely keeping it being the science nerd I am.  I can never resist birds, and the Florida Souvenir was too strange to leave behind.

Well, I'm off to get ready for my Instagram sale and enjoy the quiet day off.  The hubby is working, so its just the dog, kitties, and me enjoying the record player, lots of coffee, and playing with vintage things.  Its the best.


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