It is very cold in DC. we are finally getting winter.
scarves, hats and mittens are on and we are ready for snow tomorrow…
this week i have been feeling all day
like how you feel when you just get up…
unfocused & blurry.
i hope this changes or i am going to be in
a lot of trouble research/exam-wise.
but i took my blurry head to value village for my weekly tradition.
i got back just in time to subscribe to the angry chicken mailorder.
i would have been disappointed to miss it…whew!
so without further adieu, here are…
the finds for today:
1. DANSK white tableware
cost: $44.94 (various prices for ea. item)
not sure how old it is… but it is modern, white and stackable…
i couldn’t resist because all we have is kri kri ware and that pains
my architect partner’s modern minimalist sensibilities.
2. DANSK wooden bowl
cost: $6.46
for yarn or salad, who knows?
3. silver turtle necklace
cost: $2.95
hey, it’s a turtle and it doesn’t take up much room
(more than i can say for the dinnerware).
4. glass storage container
cost: $0.80
80 cents, needs no justification.
5. “alex 1973”
cost: $1.61
these are my favorite type of finds… appears to be hand drawn,
could be a print. damn cute.
6. fallen tree photograph
cost: $6.46
photograph of fallen tree… really weird but i was transfixed….
i couldn’t take a decent picture because the frame glass was filthy…
7. Le Cruset kettle
cost: $4.64
couldn’t pass this up… i don’t really need a kettle (i have been converted to the electric kettles) but these are great kettles and sell for $100. it is in excellent condition and i was hoping that one of you tea drinking types out there could use it. let me know. i would love to pass on the good finds.
8. amazing fabric
cost: $2.95
…and a lot of it…
several yards of amazing blue and black marimekko-type flowers.
great find!
i really wanted to get this crazy huge pyrex beaker
it was about 18 inches high… but it was $40
i couldn’t justify spending that kind of money for a decorative item…
four bucks, yes… fourty = out of control.
today is also the opening ceremony of the knitting olympics!
i should be more excited like my fellow Olympic competitors but my Olympic project is to get a project that i have been dreading done…
i think that i will be very excited when it is done!
in other news…
tomorrow i am going to get glasses so that i stop getting headaches- hooray… i have always loved glasses – i have a weakness for nerd-core girls…
and i discovered a new painter through my brother that i really like. check out deborah bell’s work here… she also has her work showing in ballard (Seattle) and at a gallery in Canada (Vancouver?)… it’s even better in person.
i would love to hear your review of my finds… let me know what you liked and what you thought i should have passed up… consider yourself my coach for the value village olympics!
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10 comments:
wow! i can't believe all the stuff you got for such good deals. i love the dishes. i love the turtle. i love the tea kettle! you need to take me there so i can furnish my kitchen. it could be like a vacation and you are the tour guide!
hey... do you need a nice tea kettle? i would love love love to mail it to you.
:)
so...i hate to ask...but how is school going?
i do! but, i must have something to trade! maybe an iou on something in the future!
rooster, email me your address:
bugheart@gmail.com.
:)
mikaj,
it's going...ummm... okay.
that's not good...
hopefully we can talk about it tomorrow...
If the tea kettle still needs a home, I'd gladly take it off your hands. If you're going to SnB on Thursday I can trade you for cash...
sorry seal...
:(
promised it to rooster already...
but i will hunt for one for you!
:)
I have that same turtle charm. No joke. Got it as a gift some years ago from my parental units, I believe. And I know someone with a similar gigantic beaker...they have a stopper and use it to make tasty homemade wine. A little fruit juice, a little yeast, and a little luck - Voila!
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