When I had my little guy over two years ago (eek!), I knew there would be toys in our future. There are toys all over our house. In the living room, kitchen, his room, our room, the office, the bathroom. Everywhere. And the thing that gets me are all the shiny bright colors that immediately [...]
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Presents from the Past
Is it ever too young to get the kids involved in collecting? I think not. My oldest son started his robot collection at the age of three and WOW does he have a good eye for spotting them. Usually out of our price range, but it always makes me happy when he spots them. With [...]
Skyway Suitcase Cracked…
Seeing things go into the garbage kind of makes me sick to my stomach. Often it’s a necessity, but when something has a glimmer of value, invariably I end up taking it home in an attempt to fix it up and find it a better home. While at a garage sale earlier this year I [...]
If you guessed C…
Those who thrift with me often have been known to affectionately (and sometimes not so affectionately) say “stay in front of him.” With good reason: I leave little vintage goodness in my wake. It’s pretty easy to tell which pile was mine by volume alone. But, I earned it. I rode in the backseat for [...]
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Fall Is Coming and I’m Feeling Sporty
It never fails to amaze me how coincidentally collections of similar objects can form—and how fast. If I wanted to pull together a group of items that were thematically similar and had a coordinating color palette, it would take me months to find it all. But within a couple weeks of finding a pair of [...]