On the Yard Sale Road

We were up before dawn and out the door before seven o'clock this morning... on a yard sale mission to find things for Mayberry. At the first yard sale, and I'm betting that woman never had a yard sale before--- she told us to come back in an hour and a half because her helper hadn't arrived yet and she couldn't do it alone. Give me a blessed break. We left and didn't go back. My husband had walked up her driveway a little bit while she was telling me that we couldn't even look, and he said she didn't have much worth going back for anyway. I hate when people tell you that you're too early to look.... it's a yard sale, not the opening of Grant's Tomb, for goodness sake.

So off we went.... we also had Miss C and her mom with us, being that C really wanted to go, and her mom came along for the ride as well. The next stop was advertised as a moving sale, and we bought some great kitchen items, all for 50 cents each.... Pyrex mixing bowls, a vintage glass juicer, and CorningWare baking dishes. Oh... do I have to cook in that pretty country-kitchen at Mayberry? (Just kidding.... just kidding.) I also found some pretty Corelle dishes.... so I bought those as well... just three dollars for eight brand-new-in-the-box plates, how could I leave them there?

There were only two sales advertised for today, so after we left that subdivision, I headed for home on a different road than the one we came on. Lo and behold--- three more yard sale signs, for sales that hadn't been advertised in the newspaper. They were three good ones...... C's mom found me a brand new ironing board and iron. (I won't be ironing much up at Mayberry, but I don't want to be going into town with wrinkled clothes.) She also found a pretty hand-painted country-style vase that will look great on the mantel over the fireplace.

My husband found two great things.... a lighthouse tapestry, complete with the wooden hanger, and a good-sized mirror framed with a soft leopard-print fabric. A fun, chic mirror, and I know just the place for it...... we decided not to set up the two extra bedrooms as guest rooms. One room will be furnished as a sitting room/reading room, with comfy chairs and my bookcases. I'll use the leopard mirror to hang over the small wooden sideboard that I'm putting in that room. Another thing I'm glad I saved--- the small sideboard that I found at a yard sale years ago. We've had it in the laundry room for the past couple of years, after I made room for my mother-in-law's furniture.... it looked cute in there, but it was totally "lost" in that little room. It will have a new home and will look great up at Mayberry.

We're both getting more and more excited as each day passes. And so is young Miss C..... jumping up and down every time she talks about the lake property. She will soon be making the sign for her cabin, which will have a beach-shack theme. The sign will be either "C's Cabin," or "Biggio's Bungalow." (After Craig Biggio, her current Astros heart-throb.)

Gee.... maybe we should've called the cottage "Manilow Manor." (Just kidding... just kidding....)