What I Found on Thursday.

Now I had it all planned out.  I was going to the estate sale with all the Hollywood Regency stuff today.  If I did nothing else, I was doing THAT.  A friend had called me earlier in the day to tell me she'd seen a bar cart at a resale shop and she knew I was looking for one.  When I asked why she didn't just get it for me, she said that it was "a little rickety".  Every vintage bar cart I've seen, by the way, is a little rickety.  Wobbles and wiggles are the norm.  Nothing some new screws won't take care of.  Since "Mad Men" came on the air, there's a huge interest in all things Mid Century, especially barware.  Personally, I've never seen the show, but I understand they do a lot of drinking.  I figured the cart would probably be gone, or she was misreading the price, because it was ridiculously low.  She said that she'd sent me a picture, but I never got it.  I went to bed thinking that it probably was a mistake of some sort.  Either it wasn't really a bar cart, it was not just rickety, but raggedy, or some passerby stuck a price tag on it for a joke. Besides which, I had been in pain all evening and didn't feel like getting out early, figuring to hit the estate sale around noon.

 At exactly 5:54 a.m., I heard the familiar beep, signaling the receipt of a new text message.  At exactly 9:30, I actually read it saw it.  It was unbelievable.  It looked amazing and I suddenly felt great--energized, pain free and lusting after that cart.  By 10:45 I was in the store, nearly 30 minutes away.  It was a fantastic place, filled from floor to ceiling with STUFF from the miscellaneous to the random.  But no bar cart.  I perused the place, getting caught up in some great vintage Fire-King dishes but I kept my eye out for the cart.  After about 15 minutes I didn't see it, so as I had assumed, it was gone before I got there.  I asked at the counter whether they had any and was told that yes, they get them, but they typically sell immediately so no, none today.  I showed them the picture on my phone and the two guys working there looked at each other puzzled.  When was this taken?  Yesterday?  Well, that certainly looks like our store, but we don't recognize the cart.  One of them took me around the store to check out the end caps, and voila!  There it was, covered with so much merchandise that even they forgot that it was for sale.  Most shoppers must have thought it was simply there for display and didn't bother asking if it was for sale, and didn't even notice the tag.  Lucky for me my friend was nosy enough to move a few items aside.

I only had my phone with me today and it takes really bad pictures.  Tomorrow I'll be in full show-off mode.  On the way home I passed at least 15 yard sales, but you will be so proud of me.  I only stopped at two.  My favorite yard sale find was this wrought iron plant stand for the garden.

I'm thinking a coat of yellow paint.  What do you think?  It's about 30" tall and much cuter in person.

Also found was this vintage Milk of Magnesia bottle.  Who doesn't like cobalt blue?  Anyone?  

 Finally, my Peptenzyme bottle has company.  I am SO loving these!

 And can you stand the cuteness?  Vintage Blendo chip 'n' dip set.  Blendo--I love that word.  Blendo! Blendo! Blendo!

To keep or not to keep?  It's very cool and I would actually use it.  Such a practical piece of home decor that went the way of the Veg-o-Matic. And the VitaMaster home steamer weight loss machine. ( What, you thought that was an urban legend?)

Yes, it works!  No, I didn't buy it.  

This was a great day to be out.  Cooler temps made me less miserable.  In fact, I was downright comfortable.  If this keeps up, I'll have to post "What I Found on Friday".