the Thrifty Pirate: February 2017

It's Monday already. I can't believe it! The weekend goes by in a blur. I managed to go to a really good estate sale, and also hit up some thrift stores in search of treasure. I'll be doing a much larger post soon, but here's a few pictures of cute things I recently found.

I finally found the rest of this fishy family: five little babies! The mama was so happy to find her little ones!

Mischievous little devils. One of them is missing his pitchfork, but my dad was talking about trying to fabricate one. :-)

I couldn't resist this adorable kitty. His whiskers are sweet!

I don't think that I ever mentioned it, but I have been renting some shelves at an antique mall. It's $30.00 a month for five shelves - I can upgrade to a booth when they become available, but I'm not quite ready to take that leap yet. Sales have been hit and miss, but so far February has been awesome!

Lots of adoptable goodies!

Hey all. It's only February, but it was 64 degrees today! We're having some lovely Spring weather here in Milwaukee. Hopefully it sticks around! There were even some garage sales today! Crazy!!

I was sick for an entire week, but I'm finally feeling a little better. Last weekend I didn't even go anywhere - you know I'm truly sick if I don't even hit up a Goodwill! So after work today I went to a few thrift stores, and even one crappy estate sale. I found a few items. I've been doing ebay a bit lately, to tide me over. It's just so boring this time of year! And not a whole lot of good stuff in the thrift stores.

Anyway, here's a few of the goodies that I've picked up recently. Enjoy! :-)

I got this kitchen towel off of ebay. It's actually huge, so it could double as a small tablecloth. I thought it would be nice for St. Patrick's Day.

Cute little clovers... and an elephant!

A tiny wind-up Westclox.. made in Germany. This was at Goodwill for $2.00 + 20% off.

I love this little roller skating puppy.. I found him at USA Family Thrift.

Also found a little bluebird. He can brighten up my kitchen!

Another kitchen towel I got off of ebay. Anthropomorphic kitchen items. Cute!

Another ebay kitchen towel. This one is in like new condition.

I told you.. I'm on an ebay kick! I loved the red/white dotted border.

A nifty little teapot that my mom picked up for me. It's says, "The Enterprise Aluminum Company: Drip-o-lator," on the bottom.

Really pretty prairie green Frankoma vase I found at Goodwill. The glaze almost looks like copper turning green. Very nice. I only paid $4.00 for it!

Canette brand Flour canister that I picked up at an estate sale for $1.00. I wish that the whole set was there, but this was the only one. It's in great shape though, so for $1.00 you can't really say no.

A couple of vintage Christmas books. The Christmas Treasure Book is from 1950.

Ho Ho Ho! Go away Santa.. it's time for Spring!

Four saucers that I bought at Goodwill for .50 cents a piece. The saucer with the cherries is my favorite! The pink one is dated 1929!

Plastic rolling bunny toy made by Empire. It was .99 cents at USA Family thrift, and the only remotely vintage Easter item that they had out.

I found these framed vintage New Years post cards at Goodwill for $2.00. They are removable too, so I figured it was worth the price.

A little Shiny Brite box with a few ornaments that I picked up for .80 cents at an estate sale.

I found five Kromex aluminum spice canisters at Goodwill - .99 cents a piece + 20% off. I wish they had had the entire set, but I'm happy with the five. These have been on my wishlist for a long time.

I don't know if these are old, but I thought they were adorable. Can't say no to kitties. :-)

Lots of vintage recipe book pamphlets. I can never have enough! They are fun to look at!

I couldn't pass up this pink Pyrex 501! $1.50 at Goodwill.

I found this little vintage birthday candle box at a creepy estate sale. It was in a box of junk. I got it for a quarter. I thought the bird graphics were cute.