Sunday, July 08, 2012

I bought something, flea market Sundays

It was over 100 degrees for 10 days straight. My kids act seriously assy in places in like Target, so I was DETERMINED to get to the flea this morning. It meant waking the kids up at 6 am to get out there before we would die in the sun.

I went armed with a list. Because it has been so hot I just sit here and buy things on the internet for the new nursery. Which is swell, but expensive.

I needed flashcards. A big frame for a puzzle. Anything and everything vintage school themed.

And for the love of Mary, a chandelier. Because I tried hanging this up in that room (it's sort of school room-ish right?) and it is like a prison in there. All it needs is a table under the light and we could conduct interrogations in there.
I spied this big pile of old kid's records with AMAZING cover art. Not 45's, probably 78's. A group of older ladies picked one up said "oh that's cute" then put it down. GREAT! I want those. Wait for them to get out of the way. Then the dealer says "$1 each". The ladies pick them all up (there must have been 20) and carry them around for 15 minutes. And still I stand there waiting for them to put them back down. They ended up buying them. Insert sad face here.

Around the corner I spied a box of old kid's 45's. The graphics are not as great as those ones I just lost, but they are cute. And $15 bought me more than 50 of them.




At least with 45's my own kids can listen to them, I wouldn't have had any way to play 78's if that is what the other ones were.
Since we are working on TBA's room we have hung up the chalkboards and whiteboards I have been collecting. Even with 4 of them it wasn't enough. I was moaning about not having bought one I saw at a yard sale yesterday. Then this SUPER cute one showed up this morning.

As soon as I find some flash cards that wall is d-o-n-e.
I also picked up a bag of what the lady called "old nursery beads." Okay, I could sort of buy that theory with this strand. But it is really long. More like garland long.
This one seems more necklace like.
These are really small and I have no clue yet if they are useful to me or not.
And this. Well. Someone clearly made it for a kid to play with. But it came complete with a doll toilet seat. LOLOL

So. Nothing on my list. But we got out of this house. And I bought something. Which is nothing short of miraculous this flea season. (Our flea market is more than half empty this year. The vendors have given up I guess? I have never seen it this bad.)

Now I just need to find the things I need to finish that room. It is taking me FOREVER.

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6 Comments:

At 8:08 AM, Blogger KayteeJane said...

Love that you are going with a vintage school theme. Can't wait to see pics. What kind of flash cards are you looking for? - I can keep my eyes peeled. I agree - thrifting has been rough this year. Here is PA too.

 
At 8:48 AM, Blogger Shara said...

If you decide you can't use the little beads - or any others - let me know. They are great for my little beaded people. Whoops - now you will want to make beaded people.

I've been wanting a huge cake decorating tip kit for years. Found one this weekend at a yard sale which made me uber happy.

When is your due date or when do you think you will have the baby???

 
At 9:16 AM, Blogger laurie -magpie ethel said...

Well those record graphics are pretty darn cute. I can't imagine what the pile you lost looked like...cuter yet? At least you got out of the house and found some goodies.

Love the prison light line with interrogations....

 
At 4:08 PM, Blogger My Vintage Mending said...

I think you did amazingly well. Yes my dear that is an interrogation light fixture? Loving those beads. Heat finally broke here today. Smiles...Renee

 
At 4:42 AM, Blogger Kim K. said...

Definitely a good score...50 records for $15. You did well. Your room is coming together nicely. Can't wait to see more pics.

 
At 8:50 AM, Blogger Shanna said...

What kind of flash cards are you looking for? I have some collecting dust at home.

 

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