Dig This Treasure!

It’s time again for some items that were seriously hard to resist purchasing.  

Alright, so people say Psycho is a movie classic, but have you seen Psycho II?  Oh you haven’t?  You say that no one saw Psycho II?  Hm, ok.

What about some “art” that we found at a garage sale?  I call it Devil in a Pink Dress.

I love this little raggedy ass doll.  Look closely, he has a random plastic baby leg glued to his right hand.  I don’t even want to guess what he did with the rest of the baby.  AMIRITE?

Alright, and here is the deal on the last HTR.  When Sarah and I hit up that ice cream place awhile back, they had all these INSANE ice cream flavors.  Not insane like Jalapeno or the Lemon Basil that Sarah got…I’m talking truly insane.

GROSS.

-Erin

While we work on wrapping up our reports from this past weekend (two days of sale-ing what what!!!), we have yet another Hard to Resist post for you. I have to admit, when Erin first suggested we start this feature, I wasn’t on board. But now I am. Because there are so many things that are hard to resist. 

We see a lot of ugly things in the homes we enter, but I cannot for the life of me figure out what would possess anyone to purchase either of these items the first time. Someone’s really going to buy them a second time? 

First up, a simultaneously scary and fancy plastic grandma:  

Now, if that’s an enigma, the next item is the eighth wonder of the world. I found this item at the sale where we had to wait for an hour before being rung up, and I actually forgot about it until the end of the day. I immediately began laughing when I thought of it, and I asked Erin, “Hey did you see that cellulite baby at the first sale?” She also started cracking up, and said no, and so I decided to show her it while she was driving. 

I made sure to wait until the vehicle was stopped, because I knew Erin was going to die.   We were both laughing so hard we were crying. I seriously can’t remember laughing that hard in a long time. Look at that thing! 

For the rest of the day, I addressed Erin as Cellulite Baby. She wasn’t pleased. 

-Sarah

Update from Erin: Sarah did call me Cellulite Baby all day, but then later that night I got this text from her:

Some more sale items that we found terribly hard to resist:

Here are some California Raisins for sale…well, 3 Cali Raisins and a giant brown California Turd.  

Here’s a binder with info all about birds.  Adorable for sure, but I’ll stick with a more traditional birdwatching guidebook.  I don’t want my Cowbird looking too much like your run-of-the-mill Robin.

Speaking of guidebooks, is your internet television just too damn confusing?  Look no further…

Lastly, you’ve heard us profess our love for Hugglets before, but we’ve never actually seen the larger Hugga Bunch version at a sale…until now…

Terrifying.  Also, why is her diaper ravaged?  The elastic was all stretched out.  Gross.

-Erin

It’s time again for a “Hard to Resist” post, featuring all sorts of great items we just had to leave behind while out at sales.  First up is this box of arguably racist Halloween masks:

You can be an Asian person, a gypsy lady, or a…um, not sure what that is…Native American wrestler?  Anyway, we passed on these because I already found a Charles Manson/Rob Zombie mask at a previous sale.

Need a place to keep all of your valuable jewels?  What about a bag that is clearly labeled “jewels”???

Oh wait, you think it might be totally irresponsible and risky to keep your jewels in a bag labeled “jewels”??  Yeah, maybe you are right.  What I do know for sure though, is you can’t stop the cake machine…

Don’t even try to stop the cake machine.

-Erin

I’ve been saving these two priceless pics for a rainy day, so you’re in luck! 

It was difficult, but we managed to leave a sale without these two gems. We spotted both at the sale a few weeks ago where we fought for a few moments over a dirty miniature, and also where I saw replicas of Erin’s future children:

I know some would agree with this sentiment, but I’m definitely not one of them. In fact, my back door is always locked. Also, two dollars seems fairly steep. 

But this find is definitely even better: 

Look, I realize that this is the Mouse King from the Nutcracker (fun fact: Erin didn’t know this), but I don’t remember ever hearing a version of the tale where all the other mice crawl up his outfit. Am I wrong? 

Also, which is crazier–the Mouse King or Erin’s expression? 

-Sarah

Update from Erin: That Mouse King doesn’t just have mice crawling up his outfit.  Look closely, that rodent doll has all those little mice heads attached to his neck!  Like he has multiple mice heads on his body.  So gross.  The original price tag on that atrocity was $40 which is seriously so sad.

As for my expression, who knows.

Anyway, here is a hard to resist treasure that I am adding to the list.  It is from one of the barn sales last Friday.  

Box of old coconuts.  Anyone?  

In this installment of “Hard to Resist” (HTR), we’ve got some items I encountered while out antiquing in Marshall, MI last weekend.  

First up are these two wizard pins.  Truth is, these actually were kind of hard for me to resist. They were so amazing and hilarious that I considered buying one to wear on my jacket.  They were priced at $25 though, which was way too pricey for a joke.  

Next up is…well, I don’t really know what this is…

I suppose it’s exactly what it says it is–a “tube to blow fire.”  Alright…

The last item that I just had to pass on purchasing is this little Mexican buddy.  He sure is adorable, but the extremely premature mustache was kind of off-putting.  

Cute outfit though.

-Erin

In our new “Hard to Resist” (HTR) posts, we will feature some items that we could have bought, but ultimately did not buy.  Here’s the docket for today:

A bunch of empty pizza boxes.  Do you have some pizzas that need storing?  No?  We didn’t either.

This deluxe vibrator bears a striking resemblance to a Kitchen Aid mixer. It’s so deluxe you could probably use it to mix pizza dough to make pizzas to put in your empty pizza boxes. 

Last is this doll, which I can only assume is some sort of terrifying Halloween decoration.  He is dressed as a scary demon that visits you in your dreams.

-Erin

Update from Sarah: Erin says our posts are getting too sexy and then she goes and posts a picture of a vibrator. What up with that? Anyway, I also took a picture of that vibrator before I realized that Erin already had. 

I’m not sure what’s worse–the fact that it says it provides a “soothing massage for the entire family” or that the woman pictured is massaging HER FACE.