Happy 5 th of July! I hope you are having a blast in Hilton Head.
Eat some hush puppies at the Salty Dog Cafe for me. They are amazing and they put maple syrup in the batter. (photo from our trip in 2007)
On Tuesday night I went up to our church girls camp to give big hugs to all of the girls from our youth group. The camp is only about 45 minutes away from me and is about 2 miles from Camp David. It is always fun for the girls to see all the helicopters come in and see secret service on their hikes.
On the way there you drive through this little town called Thurmont. It is quaint and cute. We saw the most amazing garage sale ever. Tables and Tables of historic treasures. I only had 4 dollars with me and three other people so my time was as limited as my funds.
I purchased this hand embroidered pillow case for $3.00 - it was the perfect 4th of July purchase.
I also found these salt and pepper shakers. I think I will put them in my sewing room to hold my small little buttons.
look at the great bone top encased in silver.
But as much as I love these $.50 for both shakers when I saw these yellow topped ones I knew they must be mine.
These shakers made by Avon were the ones I had growing up. Other than the ones my mom brought out at Chrismtas these were are set my whole life growing up. Seeing them brought back a flood of memories of standing in my kitchen in Las Cruces New Mexico. The many nights we had tacos, tostadas compuestas, stir fry and even Spam. (Money was tight we ate lots of Spam)
Isn't it funny how something so small and cheap (also $.50) can bring back so many memories.
Mr. Pink gets the day off tomorrow too, so we are soaking in any time we get with him these days.
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That pillowcase is such a find! Love the shakers, too. Can't believe you got all that for $4.00, you do have a way.
How did you get away with only going to camp for one night??
Posted by: michelle | July 06, 2009 at 08:41 AM
Wow! I have been visiting your blog and was "snooping" around, when I saw your trash to treasure posts!! We could be soulsisters!! Our Goodwill here in SC ahd a 50% off sale for 3 days!!! If you visit my blog you will see my finds. It was a BLAST!!
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Posted by: Theadora | July 07, 2009 at 08:00 AM
I meant to say look under Treasures in my categories, (there are 2 posts). Isn't it fun to go "treasure hunting?" My kids love it too!!!
Posted by: Theadora | July 07, 2009 at 08:05 AM
Nice post. Thank you. I really love this blog.
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Posted by: Pinky | December 16, 2011 at 10:19 AM