This weekend Aaron and I went to an estate sale. This was the first time I've been to one and it was a little weird walking through someone's house and picking up whatever I wanted to buy. There was some cool furniture, but we aren't really in the market for anything big at the moment, so instead I snagged this old school two-drawer metal filing cabinet. It's like card catalog style (love card catalogs!). I rounded out my purchase with a couple more metal boxes. One is like Dexter-style, so I can keep all my blood slides in there and hide it in the air vent. I guess I will keep ribbons and such in the other one. It made me a little sad to walk through this man's house and pick up all the stuff his family doesn't want. There were pictures of him in one of the boxes. An old man with hundreds of model cars that he meticulously cataloged. These things meant something to him.
Now, back to the "buy stuff" part. I found these vintage Pyrex loaf pans at the swap meet for only $3 a pop. It was nice to see them at the antique mall later that day for oh, around $20 each.
Some more enamel. I'm enamored with it.
Some cute little mini figurines for $1.
And a vintage owl. Quite possibly the cheapest thing at the antique mall. In the productivity department, I made good on my promise to my mom last week that I would make her this bag if she bought all the materials. I just have a couple loose ends to tie up and then it's hers. All in all it was a very good weekend.
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