Slept through Christmas
You guys! I LITERALLY slept through Christmas. In the days leading up to it, I was feeling more and more ill, and sure enough, I was so sick on Christmas morning that I slept the whole day and day after. UGH. This was the ultimate in sadness. Not only did I miss the magic of Christmas day, I missed a blog post all about my cool Christmas finds from the year! So here it is now, deal with it.
One of the largest and most-Christmasy items we found this year was a giant wood Santa Claus. Timmy had been on the lookout for one and when Sarah and I found this for a mere $20, we had to buy it.
Here it is back then:
And here it is now… (Don’t worry everyone, my dad bolted it to the house so that no one would steal it.)
And here are some more favorite Christmas finds:
That ceramic wreath stayed lit for like a day before the bulbs inside burned out. But it is still cool!
Christmas Garfield and a wooden Santa that kicks its arms and legs when you pull that string.
That cardinal cookie jar and plate were only $5, and I remember thinking at the time that that was a HUGE steal. When I got home though, I realized there was a big crack in the back of the cookie jar. I sealed it up nice with some glue, and you can’t even tell! That dog stocking for George was actually found on ebay, and it cracks me up every time I look at it. The holly on the bottom looks like gravestone art or something and the text is super weird.
This roly poly tin is perhaps my favorite Christmas treasure. Zach found it at the Midland flea market. He had been talking for weeks beforehand about wanting one of these tins, but they were kind of pricey on ebay. And then sure enough, he found one clean as a whistle and for only $8. These old tins were made by the American Tobacco Company and come in all sorts of characters.
And here is our dining room on Christmas Eve, before I got the Plague. I finally got to use all of the Waechtersbach Christmas tree plates I got at “Best Sale Ever.” My mother-in-law, who got me started on collecting these plates, could not believe how many pieces of the set I now had. Finding all of the set at one estate sale was an incredible score.
You can’t see them in this photo, but I had all of the serving platters and bowls in this set too, as well as a whole tea set! Very exciting!
Merry belated Christmas!
-Erin