Dig This Treasure!

Like I mentioned, my family was in Canada for vacation two weeks ago.  We were in the same area of Ontario as our day trip last year, only this time we were staying for 6 days.  Fun fact is that Grand Bend (our precise location) is featured in a MTV Canada show called Grand Benders.  We didn’t know this until our third or fourth day of vacation.  The show is basically Vanderpump Rules (a Bravo show).  It was fun to try and spot cast members while we were out to eat or at the beach.

Of course, we hit up our favorite antique haunts and tried a few new places. 

That’s Everett driving a car at a flea market.  He smoked that little girl in the background.

Those giant luggage trunks above were on the Titanic.  Just kidding, they weren’t on the Titanic.  Still cool though.

This Griswold rabbit mold is my all-time biggest holy grail antique item.  I have wanted it for YEARS.  They have one at an antique store near our house but it is $400.  This one was $300.  I literally dream about finding this for cheap at a garage sale or something.

These wind up metal guys were pretty neat but were $70 each.  No thank you.

I did buy a few things.  Most to resell.  I got these Armand Marseille doll heads for mega cheap.  I am hoping someone who restores old dolls might be interested.

I also got this Wyandotte tin train because I saw that brand on American Pickers once.  It was $10.

I think I will keep this pewter rose ice cream mold.  I have a thing for molds if you can’t tell.

My favorite purchase by far was this set of ceramic pig heads.  I thought for sure Zach was going to put the kibosh on this purchase, but he actually liked these.  (Or he was being charitable…not sure.)

Their heads actually hold dishtowels.  Very practical.  I will be hanging them in the kitchen.

That’s all!  See you next year Canada!

-Erin

We mentioned that our adventures two Fridays ago did not end with our stop at Crocker Blvd. Resale.  Rather, we had one more very important stop to make.  Gibraltar Trade Center!  This Friday happened to be Gibraltar’s “Garage Sale Extravaganza.”  And what an extravaganza it was.

We blew past all of the normal vendor booths on our way into the Center (more on those later).  We even blew past these inflatable water balls that you climb inside of and roll around in.  I momentarily considered forcing Sarah to try these out with me, but then I started getting worried that I would pop my inflatable ball, which would be MEGA embarrassing.  

When we got to the garage sale area, we were greeted with tables and tables full of treasures (and garbage).

That lady is SO on to us. 

This was a booth where some white people sold Native American goods.  Each Dreamcatcher came with a special extra treat:

How much do I have to spend to supersize my “reading” to the non-mini size?

All jokes aside, there were some nice booths here.  It felt like a huge estate sale–the good and the bad all in one place.  I bought a ticket stub from the opening game at Ford Field and an old Briggs Stadium ticket.  I paid a mere $6 total.  Sarah bought a lot more than me, so I’ll let her show all of that off.

My only other purchase was some handmade Easter candy.  This part gets a little NSFW so heads up people!  While looking at the available candy, Sarah noticed a sign that said “Adult Novelty Candy–Ask to See.”  Of course we asked to see.  And of course we bought some.

That rabbit’s sitting on a barrel and has a giant wigglywob.  Zach and I still have not eaten this because it creeps us out so bad.  I suggested we break off the wigglywob and then eat it, but this still hasn’t happened.

Eventually, Sarah and I left the Extravaganza and got some ice cream at the upscale dining establishment in the heart of the Center.

Mad props to the head chef here because that ice cream was hella good.

From the looks of this photo, Sarah got beer flavored ice cream.  I got Superman.  Also, here is a close up of that booth behind her:

Idk which of these is my favorite sticker, but probably any of the ones that include the phrase “Ditch the B*tch.”

Anyway, here are some T-Rex heads mounted on a board so you can fool everyone into thinking that you done shot yourself a dinosaur:

I would like to know the rules on hunting baby T-Rexs though, because, like deer, I don’t think you are supposed to kill the babies.

We searched high and low for the wrestling area before we saw that helpful signage hovering in the sky like the Batman symbol.  

This person was selling various “oddities,” which I think is becoming a more mainstream thing to do.  

I kind of think the truck decals were scarier…and those inflatable water balls.

-Erin

Update from Sarah: You know how you know when you have a world class blog? When your co-blogger’s entry makes you laugh so hard you start crying. I don’t know WHAT kind of face that is that I’m making with the ice cream but it is truly great. 

Ok, so right when we walked in, I saw this.

As we all know, a wall of books often excites me. But before I could even start browsing, I saw this sign:

Can someone answer this for me?: In what world is the going rate $18 for a used Dean Koontz hardcover from 1989? 

Moving on… the next thing that caught my eye was a wall of iPhone covers being sold by a teenaged Juggalo. He ended up selling me one for $5 and it’s super cute! 

The only problem with that little bear is that his big squishy body sometimes rubs against the phone and accidentally flips the ringer on. Very convenient for quiet concerts and movie theaters.  

Before I go on to what I did buy, let me show you a few more things that I did not buy: 

I’m no expert but I believe that is an assault rifle hanging from the ceiling. 

Anyway, when we first walked into the garage sale area, I saw a long line of boxes of records, which of course caught my eye. Right away I found Endless Summer and a bunch of ‘80s records that seemed really awesome at the time but in retrospect really aren’t that exciting. But the guy who sold them to me was nice and only charged me $5 for 8 records. Whee! 

I also scored this cool cast iron trolly for $10. 

It looks big here but it’s tiny. 

The best thing I found, though, was this adorable sterling charm. It’s got inlaid stone so Erin thinks it could be Zuni. I paid $20 which was totally reasonable to me! 

It’s a little bigger than the size of a quarter. I’m not even an owl person… I just think it’s adorable. 

Like Erin, I also bought my husband some sexy chocolates, and like Erin and Zach, Adam and I cannot bring ourselves to eat them. One of Adam’s is the absolute worst: 

Part of me still can’t believe I bought this. 

All in all, though, we had a fabulous day! Things are finally improving! 

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