HaPpY hAlLoWeEn

Here's to hoping everyone had a spectacular Halloween (a spectacular October for that matter!) Tomorrow is already November 1!! WHAT?! Here is a sampling of how I spent the last week. Saving my week's fabulous thrifting goodies for another post!

At the Crackle: Fire & Froth event that I won tickets to. I could sit and stare at a campfire for days on end...

Wish I could take credit for some of these Jack-O-Lanterns:

Kinda spooky!

 

 

 

 

 

 Carved pumpkins at home...

Pumpkin seeds in a Butterfly Gold Pyrex bowl (naturally)

It's supposed to be an owl....I guess it turned out okay?

Kenny carved a perfect Jack Skellington!

Yummy Jack-o-Lantern pizza! Can't take credit for this either...it was a Take N Bake.

Laura, Kenny and I spent Saturday night at my favorite music venue. A lot of people had good costumes...but I'm sorry- ours were the absolute best. We lost the costume contest to a group of girls dressed as traffic cones- dumb.

I owe 100% of this excellent and incredibly thrifty costume idea to Van over at Thriftcore. Everything was either thrifted or from the dollar store. And no one spent over $10 putting everything together. This may become my Halloween staple. The $100 slutty Alice costumes can suck an egg.

If you still don't know where Waldo is, check out this article: 10 strange things found while searching for Waldo. Hilarious.

This Weeks Treasures

I had quite a successful week thrifting. I brought home the first haul from Goodwill on Wednesday. (Stopped in on a whim since I didn't find anything worth writing home about at Savers). 

First off an excellent (leather?)Diane Von Furstenberg suitcase. Plan on using it for the upcoming 36 hour roadtrip with the fam next weekend.

Dexter is graciously helping to showcase it for me.

 

Next, two very generously priced Pyrex casserole dishes!!!! 

Black Tulip (043) 1 1/2 Qt casserole (without lid) 

"Pressed Flowers" (043) 1 1/2 Qt casserole (with lid!!) I absolutely LOVE the buttery yellow color of this dish. Definitely in my top three favorite finds thus far.

Thanks to a post by The Bounty Huntress , I decided to check out my local St. Vincent de Paul "Dig & Save" Outlet yesterday. It's basically a huge warehouse with rows and rows of deep cardboard boxes, and you literally have to dig in. Everything is then priced by the pound. I stayed away from the clothing and linens for the most part, but found my mecca in the household section. 35 cents per pound!!!!!

Here's the haul. Everything you see added up to $2.80- TOTAL. Nearly fainted with excitement!

Universal China "Ballerina Mist" plate and sugar/creamer set. You can't really tell from the picture put the color is the most lovely shade of misty green.

Two Taylor, Smith and Taylor "Ever Yours" dishes. I've amassed a nice little collection of dinnerware in this vintage pattern.

Pyrex Butterfly Gold creamer

And adorable "Going to Grandma's" suitcase! 

 Happy thrifting!!

It's a Wonderful Life

What a wonderful weekend! Good company and great wine at the Wet Whistle Fest in Algoma, WI. Just a quick "36-hour road trip" with my sister, parents, and family friends. Didn't want it to end! But alas, back to the daily grind. Countdown to next weekend is on!

Started the weekend by making guacamole in my Butterfly Gold bowl (I don't think guacamole photographs well !!!) 

The oldest lighthouse in Wisconsin. I love how shabby it looks!

Mom's cork collection!

An abandoned bottle of "Naughty Girl" Delicious!

Found a neat antique store...The owner knew Mike and Frank from American Pickers! 

No antique store is complete without Pyrex. But seriously, between $65-$85 for these sets of four!!! I'd rather thrift!

Had to pass on this set of Primary bowls too $$$!

I love rusty bicycles!