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This weekend was the Fluevog warehouse/sample sale up in Vancouver B.C. There were all sorts of plots bandied back and forth to road trip up to it, but none of my potential traveling companions had the right sort of ID to leave or re-enter the country. Woe! No searching for Babycake boots in limited edition colors, woe!
HOWEVER. Yesterday was the big annual yard sale day in my neighborhood. Rummage sale at the community center, and 100+ yard sales.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
maiaarts and I have a long-standing partnership for hitting yard sales, so we were compelled, COMPELLED I tell you, to Go Forth and bargain-hunt.
We got kind of a late start, as I crawled out of bed around 10:30, and there were other things to be done. But still! I found a couple of ridiculous gothic romances and some teen vampire books, an antique crystal and brass perfume bottle, a hand-tatted lace collar, a chair for Lucretia Evangeline, a display shelf for teacups and other knick-knacks, and ... perfect Victorian-style granny boots. For a dollar.
::throws the horns in victory::
Then we went to the U-district to stop at Gargoyles. I ran intoicprncs, much to my delight. And because it was there, I went into Buffalo Exchange, where I found a lovely pair of knee-high, lace-up Victorian-style boots by some brand named Seychelles. I think the reason they were at BE was that two of the decorative silver buttons at the tops of the boots were missing. But the pronged attachments for the buttons were still there. 10 minutes with a pair of pliers and my button box, and now the boots have new decorative silver buttons. And pink & black striped ribbon laces.
So all in all, I don't regret missing the Fluevog sale.
Today, on the other hand, is about putting indigo on my head, doing some writing, and doing some organizing of the storage room. Oh, and calling the parents, so they can make shocked noises about "We have a daughter? Who knows how to use the phone?" Yeah yeah yeah, you people raised me, you KNOW I'm bad about phone calls. ::grin::
HOWEVER. Yesterday was the big annual yard sale day in my neighborhood. Rummage sale at the community center, and 100+ yard sales.
maiaarts and I have a long-standing partnership for hitting yard sales, so we were compelled, COMPELLED I tell you, to Go Forth and bargain-hunt.We got kind of a late start, as I crawled out of bed around 10:30, and there were other things to be done. But still! I found a couple of ridiculous gothic romances and some teen vampire books, an antique crystal and brass perfume bottle, a hand-tatted lace collar, a chair for Lucretia Evangeline, a display shelf for teacups and other knick-knacks, and ... perfect Victorian-style granny boots. For a dollar.
::throws the horns in victory::
Then we went to the U-district to stop at Gargoyles. I ran into
icprncs, much to my delight. And because it was there, I went into Buffalo Exchange, where I found a lovely pair of knee-high, lace-up Victorian-style boots by some brand named Seychelles. I think the reason they were at BE was that two of the decorative silver buttons at the tops of the boots were missing. But the pronged attachments for the buttons were still there. 10 minutes with a pair of pliers and my button box, and now the boots have new decorative silver buttons. And pink & black striped ribbon laces.So all in all, I don't regret missing the Fluevog sale.
Today, on the other hand, is about putting indigo on my head, doing some writing, and doing some organizing of the storage room. Oh, and calling the parents, so they can make shocked noises about "We have a daughter? Who knows how to use the phone?" Yeah yeah yeah, you people raised me, you KNOW I'm bad about phone calls. ::grin::
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In addition to the gloves (and a pink satin glove box!), I came home with three hats, a $6.50 silk dress, and a cutwork shrug. A successful day of (mostly) thrifty finds. Although maybe I should have stopped at BE too, but it looks you got the best score there already.
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IJS... for future reference.
But it sounds as if you did well regardless.
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Fun times... I am familiar with this.
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Seriously, this is the perfect time to be utilizing what my friends call "thrift fu," and yet I am unable to do so because I am in tourist land taking pictures of big rocks. Big rocks: good. Stupid tourists who walk through the grass despite warning signs about rattlesnakes: irksome.
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