THRIFT STORE SHOPPING

Suzanne at Colorado Lady
is hosting Vintage Thingies Thursday once again. Stop by her blog to check out all of the participants of this fun event.

The other day I was in The City to visit fellow blogger, Mary at Mary's Meanderings
while she was in the hospital recovering from a nasty, nasty rattlesnake bite.

I left the hospital so concerned and shocked by her condition, but something told me I needed to stop by the thrift store that Mary & I had shopped at previously together. Somehow, I just knew that Mary wanted me to stop. This is what I found.

Twenty-two pieces of Edwin Knowles China were just waiting for me to buy them at $8 for the set.

I'll forever think of them as my Mary dishes.

I'm so happy that Mary is now recovering at home. But she is home bound for awhile, so please stop by her blog and tell her hello to wish her well!

A GREAT BLOGGING EXPERIENCE!!

This past week, I had the absolute best blogging experience ever! I met a blogger in person - an actual in-the-flesh person. Mary Ellen at Mary's Meanderings and I discovered a couple of months ago that we live fairly close here in Colorado, and started talking about getting together sometime. Well, this week we met in what we call our city (it's not very big in reality!) for a fun day of getting to know each other.
Mary obviously had me figured out before hand because she brought me this gift of a gorgeous plate from Bavaria and a package of a bath soak to use after a hard day of thrift shopping.

We arranged to meet at a thrift shop that we were both familiar with, and from there I drove us around town as supposedly I'm more familiar with the city. I went down a one-way street the wrong way just once, but we never really got lost!!

We went to the thrift stores and an antique/junk store, to my favorite bakery, to an estate sale, to a fun little restaurant in the historic district for lunch, and to Hobby Lobby. I was a bad blogger as I didn't even think to take my camera. Check out Mary's blog later as I'm sure she will post some pictures.

Mary is a great shopper, but I also managed to find at the estate sale this blue & white hand-embroidered table cloth in perfect condition for $2.50. Also, I picked up these 4 wooden napkin rings for $1.

Mary is just as warm and caring as she appears on her blog. It was a great day with good shopping, food, and laughs. But the best part of the day was meeting Mary in person!!

Sally