Contests and Rummage Sales

Before I start talking about me, let me tell you about a fabulous chance to win this:

Just hop on over and visit Crystal at Biblical Womanhood, leave a comment, and you'll be registered for a chance to win one of the ten copies she's giving away.  Now ya can't beat that with a stick!

On to today's regularly scheduled post....

As a lover of all things old-fashioned, I'm especially enamoured of old patterns.  A couple months ago, I hit a great bargain at a rummage sale:  two large boxes of vintage patterns (some from the 30s!) for $5.  I didn't think I could top that.  Until this weekend.  Click to see what I found:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8755889@N04/sets/72157600503073303/

(As well as a couple of pictures of a dress I sewed.  I would have posted the pics on here, but they were too large.)

And what do you suppose that bounty cost me?  The worldly sum of:  FREE!

I did buy a few other things there as well:  some scraps of fabric that should work well for a baby quilt, some baby yarn (that I definately do not need!), and 3 sewing books.  My grand total?  $1.  The yarn was the most expensive, at 50 cents.  I sure broke the bank there, let me tell ya.

I'm sad to see rummage sale season winding down, but thrilled with some of the bargains I'm finding.  I suspect poor Darren doesn't even know what it's like to wear new clothes .

I hope to get some baking (chocolate cake and bread) and cooking (fried chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy) done tomorrow, so I should have some delectable pics for ya then.

03:05 - Tuesday, October 9, 2007 - post comment

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Rummage sales, garage sales, thrift stores, oh yeah, your talking my language, lol. As for the pictures being too big to post, try clicking on the picture and drag your cursor to size the pictures down to fit.
Kitty

Kitty - 05:11 - Tuesday, October 9, 2007

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Wow, your blog looks great!

Hi Megan, thanks for visiting me. I like your take on old-fashioned stuff. It's a good theme for a blog, kind of unifies everything. Check out Ladies Against Feminism and Homeliving Helper, if you haven't already. You can get to them from my page.

caelids a.k.a. The Catholic Housewife

Anonymous - 02:36 - Wednesday, October 10, 2007

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