Well, I've already had my nap today. I had kind of a wimpy yard sale day yesterday. Honestly, I've had a lot of those lately. I had one spectacular day back in the early summer and then it's all been sort of piddlin'. I'm trying not to think of the two weekends that I missed while I didn't have a car. I wouldn't have found anything good those days anyway. Right? RIGHT?
The excuse for yesterday is that it was a holiday weekend, which always means fewer yard sales. So there were not as many yesterday, and no big church or group events. Still, I had a couple of nice scores.
These lamps were $3 for the pair at an estate sale on a busy road. I had to park right in that busy road, which made me very nervous. I kept waiting to hear the crunch that meant that my new car had just gone down in value. On the plus side, I used the emergency flashers for the first time in the new car.
Anyway, the lamps. Do I need lamps? No. I have lots and lots of lamps. But I like the weird colored and patterned ceramic on these. I was just going to get one, but then couldn't decide which I liked. Since I don't need either of them, the sensible thing to do would have been walk away. Instead I offered to take both off the guy's hands for a $1 discount. They came with shades, but they looked like they had been shoved on there to make the lamps look more complete, rather than matching them at all.
I guess this little guy was the score of the day. It's a pewter tankard, made by Woodbury Pewterers (there's a seal on the bottom). I priced these online, and you can buy one new for $60. On eBay, they're more like $10. But this one was a quarter. I got it for Josh, who likes shiny things. He put it on the mantel, because he thinks everything should go on the mantel. I hope to find a bigger mantel at a yard sale.
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