Bargain Box
We were able to get out on Friday and hit up a sale that was listed as a “time capsule” sale at a 90-year-old’s home. The listing said she never threw anything away. Hmmm…
We got there and I’m sure you’re shocked to hear that it was a letdown.
Yes, that there is a toilet in the middle of a sunroom.
Don’t get me wrong–this was clearly a grandma’s house. But there wasn’t very much cool stuff, and when there was, it was insanely overpriced.
For example, that little tin stove was marked $75…
…and this cool life-sized wooden nativity was marked FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS.
There were also a decent amount of “hard to resist” items up in this place.
Excuse me?
Erin now has head lice.
Ok who can tell me WHAT this creature is?
While I’m doing a lot of fun-making, I will say that this trip was not without a wonderful, fabulous surprise. When I walked in, I quickly noticed a shoe-box overflowing with snapshots, and another large box of photographs below the same table. I asked the people running the sale what they’d want for all of the pictures, but I was prepared to hear a crazy number, considering the way some things were priced. The guy said, “I don’t know… ten bucks?” I thought I heard him wrong so I said, “Are you serious?” (I know, really smooth of me), and he said yes. SOLD!
That’s me with my giant bargain!
Even though the estate sale wasn’t super fruitful, I did get to eat at my FAVORITE Mexican place (Zumba in Royal Oak if anyone local is curious) and we had another fabulous surprise that I can now safely share. I’m pregnant and found out we’re having a BOY!
I got the news about there being no genetic problems and the sex (there’s a new blood test they can do if you’re an old lady like me) on Friday right before I left to drive out to Erin’s. Erin and our friend Jen had been demanding a gender reveal once I got the news, so here is a picture of them later that night, cutting open cupcakes that contained blue frosting. Is there anything better than the expression on Erin’s face?
Nope, there isn’t.
So now you know the real reason we’ve been terrible bloggers lately. I’ve felt like puking approximately 20 hours a day for the past two months, and Erin is a full time worker and full time mom. So please don’t stop checking back! The morning sickness is easing and the summer is sure to provide lots of adventures and lots more time for blogging. And the baby’s nursery is going to be what is currently “eBay world” so there will be LOTS of selling going on in my house.
-Sarah
Polar Vortex
In case you missed it, it was effing FREEZING (no joke) in Michigan this week. We’ve also had two giant snowstorms since the first of the year (note–it’s only the 8th!), so Erin and I haven’t had tons of time to get out and about. When we have had the opportunity to go to some sales, the selection is so bad that it’s not worth driving around in temps below zero.
So in the meantime, enjoy a few different treasure-related posts by others that crossed my path this week on the Internet. The first, and my personal fave, was posted by our friend Becky today. It’s a bunch of pictures by Harry Whittier Frees, that are for some reason posted on an Australian news site. Here are a few of my faves.
And here’s me, carting Erin around.
This picture reminds me of one of my favorite children’s books, The Lonely Doll.
I had never seen these, and I got so excited about them that I spontaneously purchased a $60 book of his photographs. Hope it’s good!
The other link that was sent my way was this link (which you may have already seen) from Adam, about a 100 year time capsule unearthed in a church basement in Oklahoma. I think my two most favorite things discovered in this treasure chest were the awesome quilt of city builder signatures…
And then these letters from the blind in 1913 to the blind in 2013. SO AWESOME.
Hope you enjoy these two posts as much as I did! Stay tuned for a Friday wrap-up. I discovered a sale that starts tomorrow that was listed as having Herend porcelain. Erin is PUMPED.
-Sarah