Junk of the Week #11

Ceramic Ghost - $.50
Mouse in Apple Basket - Paid for by my uncle
Ceramic Fox - $.50
Corning Ware Baking Dish - Paid for by my mom


I'm surprised I ended up with anything at all for this week's Junk entry. I'm even more surprised by how nice the things I ended up with are.

I had my own yard sale at my sister's house Friday and Saturday, and it turns out the people two houses down were having one, too. They had so much nice stuff. If I had any actual income right now I probably would've bought more. They had a lot of these ceramic Halloween decorations that I just love, and some nice kitchenware and tons of ceramic animals. Everything here came from that one sale and it's a better haul than the last couple weeks of spending hours running all over looking for junk.

We really didn't get much in the way of yard sale traffic, I only made about $17 between the two days, though my stuff is priced pretty low. The objective was more getting it gone than raking it in. If that makes sense. I should have advertised, but I'm cheap. I really thought we'd see more people, the mall is right around the corner. I'll make more signs next time. I'm trying again at my mom's house in about two weeks or so. My mom was cool enough to let me leave the rest of my stuff in her dining room till then.

Anyway. I love Halloween decorations, especially ones that you can put lights/candles in like this ghost. I can't believe it was only fifty cents. It's about nine inches tall and is instantly my favorite Halloween piece. Only problem is that my Halloween/Fall decoration tote is as full as it can get, so I'll have to find somewhere else to keep it that will be safe and still accessible. I can't wait for October.

The mouse is one my uncle picked out for me while my back was turned for a nicely progressing collection. I started out just collecting Christmas mice, but I like these little regular ones, too. The only problem with this collection is that it really doesn't fit with much else in my apartment so eventually they're going to need their own shelf somewhere. ::sigh:: I need a bigger place.

The Corning Ware casserole dish is about half the size of the other one like it that I already have, which should make it easier for me to make things in smaller portions. I always get sick of the leftovers before I finish them off, and this is not a good time to be wasteful with anything like that.

Finally, there's the adorable little fox. I tried not to buy it, I really did. I saw it Friday but passed it over and ended up thinking about it all day. The next day I walked back down with my mom and uncle, and passed it over again. I really wanted it but I've been trying so hard to get rid of things and make space, I don't want to fill it all back up again so soon. But they started packing up and at the last second I totally cracked and went back for it. If I hadn't bought the thing it would've haunted me. It's happened before. Last time it was a vintage fondue set. Ah, the road not traveled...

Well, that's it for this week. I don't know if I'm going out much next week, I have to dog-sit most of the day Saturday, so we'll see if I find anything on my way. Later.