Practical stuff

Thursday's sale yielded a glass cake stand, a Margaret Furlong Christmas ornament and Belgian pan by Boch in the Boerenbont pattern. That will have to do for the Dutch connection this week. I associate Boerenbont (Farmer's Bold??) with the Netherlands, not Belgium. Total spent: $4

Friday's sales didn't do much for me, though I'm happy with this bread box and the over-sized Pier 1 basket. Total spent $3.

A bit of Provence and Germany: French pottery, two stainless steel Rosle utensils, a Williams Sonoma pasta bowl that depicts European olives, and an Italian soap dish...

... to put my precious bars of Le Petit Marseillais soap in.

American Practical. The creamer is from Casual China by Russel Wright.

My share of the you-ladies-pay-me-$25-and-carry-out-anything-you-like-including-the-furniture Moving Sale. Split three-ways this was "legal robbery" as my daughter put it.

This basket of counted cross stitch patterns, embroidery floss, fabric, and pinking shears will go to the Women's Fellowship of my church who will turn it all into small treasures that they will sell at their Christmas Bazaar.

Now we'll have to have a fondue party sometime soon.

The "piece de resistance" of this weekend's garage sale adventure: a Kitchenaid Standing mixer. Not a bad buy at $42! We're having meringue for dessert tonight!

The "flip" of the week was a text book I bought today at a sale for $1 and sold for $32.75 within an hour on Amazon.