25 January 2010

step one



when fighting the winter blahs, head straight for the thrift store and buy the brightest, happiest thing you can find. 79 cents and one daisy-covered plate later and I'm practically a new woman.

30 comments:

  1. That sounds like a much healthier option than the multiple bowls of homemade spaghetti and meatballs I've been downing.

    Thrift store. Rainy Days. Check.

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  2. NICE! i always feel like anything under a buck is actually better than free. i love picking something up for like 35 cents. it can't be beat!

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  3. oh i totally have one of those plates! awesome thrift store find :)

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  4. i totally agree with your methodology! :)

    i just had a round of thrift therapy on sunday. spent an hour and a half combing the shelves and racks and found some very sweet vintagey stuff.

    *happy*

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  5. haha! i love the simple things, too. :)

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  6. My mother in law has a whole set of these :-) We eat dinner on them allll the time.

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  7. This is a good idea. I might do it tomorrow.

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  8. it is the simple things, right?

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  9. Good idea, but 79 cents doesn't go very far in New York. I'm embarrassed to say I opted for a beer from the fridge instead.

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  10. seems like a pretty solid recipe.

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  11. SUCH a wonderful idea...I LOVE it!
    Char

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  12. so fun! what a gorgeous pic. I want a table made out of that pretty wood. nice find!

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  13. Are you fighting them too? I might have to take a trip to Thrift town tomorrow.

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  14. love the idea~ colors of the photo are great!

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  15. Wise words indeed.

    I thrifted a pair of gumboots this weekend that plastered a smile on my face. It should be considered a form of therapy!

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  16. i totally get how that can happen. love it!

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  17. Omg! I grew up with those plates! They always made me happy! I wonder what ever happened to the set? A very good thing to fight off the winter blues. Erin :)

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  18. You take lovely photos!! Greetings from tunisia :)

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  19. I love step one! Is there a step two?

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  20. Lovely find! Love the ethereal quality of your photo.

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  21. i think my mom had this pattern in her cupboards when i was pretty small, early seventies maybe.

    total cure for winter blahs, for sure!

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  22. We had those plates when I was growing up.

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  23. Cute. It really is the little things, isn't it?

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  24. Oooh, this is fun! I'm playing right along with you...
    http://artsymama.blogspot.com/2010/01/step-one.html

    Kari

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  25. i know the feeling. and i know the satisfaction of buying vintage/thrifted dishware, too! lovely lovely lovely =]

    http://postcardsfromdreamland.blogspot.com/

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  26. Unlike some of your readers, I didn't have these plates growing up - I had them as a student sharing a house with my best friend, and SHE had a set of these. They remind of my good times!

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  27. love this post....
    i'm feelin' your happiness !
    :)

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