Sunday, June 28, 2009

My Treasures



Good Afternoon!! I hope you all had a great weekend!!

This week I ran in to the local goodwill before heading to my great aunts. I found a cute Whiting and Davis handbag for .99 cents!! I was soo excited!! It is in great condition for its age!! I am trying to use smaller handbags verses a "suitcase", as my husband calls them. We'll see how long I carry it.




My next door neighbors were having a huge yard sale last weekend. I decided to walk over and see what they had. Oh boy did they have some good stuff!! I so did not need what I bought but I just couldn't help myself. I bought a old wooden box that was from a fruit company (sorry, no pic), a Holland Mold Christmas tree with the base, it still had the protective wrapper around the light bulb! Talk about excited, it was a mere 3.00...Now to order the bulbs from eBay.

(sorry for the blurry pic)




In my looking around I found this vintage cooler. I fell in love with it!! I contemplated asking the price thinking he would want way more than I was willing to pay..I finally asked and he only wanted $12. No debating there, she came home with me. Brandon wanted to use it, that is until he picked it up, it is soo heavy, its all metal. She now sits on our hearth. He also had a vintage Coleman cooler I picked up for a friend.





There you have it for this weeks treasures. Be sure and head over to Rhoda's and check out some more!! Have a great and blessed week!!

27 Friends stopped by to say..:

Joan@anythinggoeshere said...

I haven't kept up with prices on Whiting and Davis bags... which I think are the nicest...but at 99cents you know you SCORED!

Rhoda @ Southern Hospitality said...

Never heard of Whiting & Davis, but that is a very cute purse. I'll have to read up on those. Love the old cooler, that is too cute.

~~Carol~~ said...

I'm so jealous! I would LOVE to find a cooler like that! And I like the tree too--I've got two of them myself! Great finds!

ThriftyAnnabella said...

Very great finds!!

Linda said...

Hey, we had coolers like that - we called them fans! Good job on the thrifting! Linda

Nicole @ BugaBoos said...

Great Finds! I love that fan! I too lug around a suitcase for a purse and need to try and go smaller. Thanks for stoppin by my blog! Love yours and am off to scroll through your old posts!

Pat@Back Porch Musings said...

Wonderful finds. Now I am curious about Whiting and Davis bags!

~~Carol~~ said...

Hi, I just had to go back and poke around in your blog--you have a lovely home, and I love the picture of the bookshelf with your cats sitting in it!

Kammy said...

Great buys !
Hugs ~ Kammy

Kathi said...

What a cool cooler! Love that!

Gwen said...

Everything is so cool and that bag for 99cents....STEAL!

Suzanne in TX said...

I think I would keep the cooler for myself--I love it and the fan is super sweet! And all of this was just next door--so nice! Hope to see you over my way soon...

Enchanted Rose Studio said...

Great deal on the bag! Good luck with "downsizing" as my son calls it! lol

You got some great finds!

Thanks for sharing!

Tina

Nissa said...

That purse is so pretty & at $0.99--what a score!

Angie said...

I love the bag!!! If you want to part with it I'll give you a $1.50!!! HA HA! I will use your help on my header, but I want a get a good picture of the girls together. So that may be never!!! Thanks for offering.

Merrie said...

That old cooler is terrific! What a deal.

The Tattered Cottage said...

Love the vintage cooler! The purse is sooo cute and the christmas tree was a fabulous find.
Toni

Goodwill Haunting said...

These are fabulous finds! I especially like the christmas tree!

Sue said...

Hey...I have one of those Christmas trees, my husband made it a long long time ago ... way before he met me. We put it out every year :-)
Lovely grouping with the fan.

Mary said...

Wow, great finds, love the purse! :O)

Sue said...

I love the cooler!!! How did they used to carry those heavy suckers, anyway? We are spoiled with our extendable pulls and wheels! LOL

Dirt Princess said...

I am soooooo coming to your house, with a truck, and I am going to wait until you leave, then I am going to get that cakeplate, the fan, the cooler and whatever else I find...LOL!!! LOVE it!

Kim said...

Love the cooler. Never heard of the bag maker. But I'm not much into designers for purses or otherwise. But 99 cents for a purse is a great deal no matter what.

Christina said...

Wow, what a fabulous purse. I can't believe how expensive purses are, and you found a great one for a great deal.

The cooler is fabulous. I'm sure you were delighted with that find. Love the red. The fan on top is great too.

Sorry I haven't been over much lately, hope to be better this week. We have no real plans this week and that makes me very happy.

Susan said...

Awesome finds!! Glad to have found your blog! :)

Susan @ www.peanutpetunia.blogspot.com

Courtney said...

I bet that tree will look great all lit up. My mom used to have one similar to that, but it was silver.
Blessings!

Kelly W. said...

Love the cooler! Great find!