Do you read Potty Mouth Mama? She is one of my must-reads on a daily basis. You know who your must-reads are, they're the ones who you clear first from your bloglines when you have 200 posts looming to read. They're the ones that are like old friends, and they make you laugh and smile and cry.
PMM had a brilliant time during the hard rubbish collection in her area not too long ago. We were all tuning in eagerly waiting for the next haul in the covers of darkness. The expeditions were rarely fruitless, and only once did we cringe with her:
Rachel (mother of Miss M of the shoes and bib) recently saved an old suitcase from landfill for me. Her step-mum was decluttering, and getting rid of childhood items.
Inside I found a treasure-trove of delights in hankies (most soaking at the moment). Some are still in their original boxes. There are tins aplenty, a doll, leather driving gloves, books, sewing notions, all manner of great loot!
Consumption Rebellion came over yesterday and we sorted through it all, oo-ing and ahh-ing a lot. CR loved the driving gloves, but decided that she would need goggles to go with them... Maybe also a hat E!!??
PMM had a brilliant time during the hard rubbish collection in her area not too long ago. We were all tuning in eagerly waiting for the next haul in the covers of darkness. The expeditions were rarely fruitless, and only once did we cringe with her:
"This is where it gets exciting. So I'm checking out what I have scored. Old t-shirts (and y-fronts?!) still in their packaging. I was pretty excited about the prospect of vintage fabrics, so I went for the suitcase that was holding this treasure. The vintage fabric...? Well it was a pair of old man pjs. Poop. No - surely this is a bag full of treasure?! I delve further.. Hmph. Not the score I was dreaming of. Another pair of pjs. And you know what else?! An enema kit. Yes, that's right. An enema kit. No sewing paraphernalia. Just an enema kit. " - from Potty Mouth Mama post here
Rachel (mother of Miss M of the shoes and bib) recently saved an old suitcase from landfill for me. Her step-mum was decluttering, and getting rid of childhood items.
Inside I found a treasure-trove of delights in hankies (most soaking at the moment). Some are still in their original boxes. There are tins aplenty, a doll, leather driving gloves, books, sewing notions, all manner of great loot!
Consumption Rebellion came over yesterday and we sorted through it all, oo-ing and ahh-ing a lot. CR loved the driving gloves, but decided that she would need goggles to go with them... Maybe also a hat E!!??
Image from here.
Hankies galore!
Old Hoadley Chocolate box filled with hankies.
Tins galore! Two of them filled with hankies!
Driving gloves - soft leather and great buttons.
Lovely little doll with blinking eyes.
Lovely boxes filled with mint condition......
Hankies! Lovely Irish Linen in lots of pastel shades.
Old Golden Books - Annie Oakley and Ginger Meggs - brilliant!More loot than I can use so: giveaway alert!
Miss 3 came in the other day from the car helping me carry in the shopping. She was confused why I fell about when she declared: "I carried the watermelon!" (Dirty Dancing, 1987).
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8 comments:
oooh now that I've seen the whole outfit - then YES, definitely need the hat, goggles and driving gloves - bomber jacket with furry collar would also be good. Hmm... should I even go so far to say that I would need an old MG car to go with that? :P
It was a great luggage aka treasure chest! and a HUGE thank you for the giveaways you already gave me!!
Glad to see you are still finding treasures. Hopefully the treasures will abound in Brunswick Heads, my new obode. Love Helen
OMG a motherload of fantastic loot! You must have been squeeling with delight. That suitcase is fantastic.
I've just found out that my local council is doing cutbacks and they're not having hard rubbish collections any more. I just want to cry....
"Hello dolly.... well hello dolly ....it's so nice to see you back where you belong..."
Well you would be if you belongs on my shelf full of other dollys to keep you company!!!
*gasp*!! What a score!!
What a great lot of loot. Love the gorgeous case.
That is a fantastic haul! You lucky duck!
Favourite movie quote? Ooh. How about "You had me at hello" from Jerry Maguire (loved the movie,but not such a big fan of TC!)
Miss PMM would be so proud, those tins are super cute too.
I don't know if I have a fav moive line, but my fave scene is definately the wood chipper one in Fargo
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