Senior day at the thrift store, I bought two buildings and a horse

Today the smoke hit the ground. All day the air quality has been zero quality. Orange light, dark grey sky, irrespirable air. We are not on fire, unlike Allison and Jim in Spokane just over the mountains;we are getting the residue and it is toxic. What to do  on a day such as this?

Go to the thrift store, of course- senior day everything 30% off- all fresh stuff , hot from the back room. 

I bought the Empire State Building

I bought the Brandenburg Gate 

I bought tiny groceries. the photo only represents a quarter of the groceries in the $3.00 bag. Who can resist mini groceries? Not I.

I bought a Seminole girl. 

I bought hand carved hand made swinging rocking horse with horse hair tail  - clever design and well made probably by someone's grand dad. 

 

I bought a pig, for Emmett. The lad likes pigs . It is really a dog toy and when squeezed makes a terrible sound. It is loud and obnoxious, funny for about two minutes- then it must be hidden  away until everyone calms down. 

I bought a bracelet made out of Camp Fire Girl merit beads and a little wooden key chain girl from Estonia.

 

I spotted a thing in the trolley that had not yet been put on a shelf. I asked if I could have it before anyone else saw it and the woman said "yes".

Two headed Mexican folk art angels. Large , weighty, hand carved out of a single piece of wood. No idea where they may be hung. 

So much for streamlined   , minimalist sensibilities, right?  Could you have resisted these  conjoined angel heads with fancy wings? 

Neither could I.

Hard to believe , but I did return more to the shelves than I took away. It was a good day at the thrift store- pays to be a "senior" with a pocketful of dimes. I returned two vintage  child chairs , needlepoint seats, a four ft tall wine glass, a large prism , a bag full of glass candle holders that looked like  bubbles. a 100% wool blanket in great condition from the fifties, an  apron, a wooden carved and painted giant strawberry, a perfect square silk Furoshiki wrapping cloth  from vintage Japan, two lucite rings, So many cool things- back to the shelves from whence they came. 

If I still had my shop I would be spending more time in  thrift stores, At one point I had five booths, three ETSY shops and ebay- it was a lot but it was fun. Stella did the same. We made some dollars. Having five booths made inventory easier to refresh, just shifting goods from one booth to another. in three different towns.There was theft,there was breakage,  rent was high and the percentage that the owner of the shop took was about 40% . Etsy used to be amazing but has gone all  corporate greedy and the taxes and postage  are a hassle. SO, Can't be bothered with all of that now. I can be bothered collecting stuff for no good reason. It's a high. Better than skydiving, probably.

If that is not thrilling enough- Eye jab first thing in the morning tomorrow!

Can't say my life is not full!