My obsession is growing.......

for milk glass that is!  It all started last year when I was plundering inside Papa's old workshop.  As I was digging through a box, I ran across 3 pedestal candy dishes and immediately fell in love with them.  I had been looking for something to sit on my desk to hold small embellishments like buttons and brads and knew these would be perfect!.  So I lugged them home (against my husbands wishes) cleaned them up and filled them with my small collection of washi tape instead. 

I heart these so much!  Since then I've been scouring consignment stores and Habitat for Humanity stores for more and I've been lucky enough to pick up a piece here and there. This past Thursday while I was in Hartsville, I stopped by the Habitat store and found another footed candy dish (on top) and 3 pieces of Currier & Ives - 2 square casseroles and a custard cup.....

all for a mere $7.25!  Did I mention I have an obsession for Pyrex dishes too?  Well I do.  When my son moved next door last year I gave him all my clear casserole dishes and replaced them with vintage Pyrex and Anchor Hocking pieces.  Do you have an obsession?  If so, leave a comment and tell what it is.

Do you know what time it is???

It's use your stash month all month long over at Cookin' Up Creations!  That's right, you don't have to have the latest and greatest to participate.  The goal is to make room for new goodies.....and the only way to do that is to use up some of those old supplies that you may have been hoarding, forgot you had or just never got around to using.  Whatever the reason, come join me over at CUC and let's see just how much stash we can use up in January!    

Happy New Year!!!

Wow, it seems 2012 flew by and here we are at the beginning of a brand new year with brand new goals.  This year I decided not to make any new years resolutions.  I always seem to fail after a few short months anyway so I thought why set myself up for disappointment.  This year I am going to LIVE and enjoy life to the fullest!  So come on 2013, let's see what you got!

Good Shopping Day!

This past Thursday, Kyle and I.....and Lulu too, headed out to Columbia for some much needed retail therapy.  It was a little after noon when we finally left the house and our....or should I say my, first order of business was a quick stop at Habitat for Humanity.  I love to walk though there any chance I get because you just never know what you might find.  Most times I leave there empty handed, but this time I got lucky and scored 2 pieces of Pyrex and 1 piece of Anchor Hocking .....all for $7.50!

Next, we stopped by one of my favorite consignment shops, The Red Door which I just found out is closing it's doors.  There I found another milk glass covered casserole dish by Anchor Hocking and a loaf shaped casserole dish by Corningware.  I paid a little more than I wanted for these 2 pieces but I really liked the size.  The covered casserole was $4.75 and the other was $2.25.....all in all, not too bad.

From there we headed up the #1 highway toward Columbia.  We stopped in at World Market so Kyle could pick his own six pack.

Then we stopped by JoAnn's to see if they had the Fact or Fiction collection by Basic Grey.......and they did!  So I bought a 12x12 pad of Fact and 6x6 pad of Fiction, both were 40% off.

They also had Amy Tangerine products at 50% off so I snagged a 12x12 pad, 2 6x6 pads, 2 packs of dimensional stickers and a pack of die cuts.

By this time we were all starting to get a little hungry so we headed to our all time favorite fast food restaurant, Chick-fil-a......and oh em gee was it delicious!

Because we had Lulu with us we had to sit in the car and eat.  That was okay because the weather was nice that day.  We sat there with the windows down.  Kyle and I with our chicken sandwiches and Lulu with her nuggets.  It was a good shopping day indeed, but by the end of the day I was all tuckered out and all I wanted to do was get home, put on my night gown and call it a day!  Thank you Kyle for tagging along with me and patiently waiting in the car with Lulu until I returned.

Camping at the beach

Last week Mr. J and I loaded up all four canines and took a much needed camping trip to Myrtle Beach.

The campground was a little crowded for this time of year.  I guess like ourselves, everyone was waiting for the kids to return back to school.  The beach however, was pretty desolate during the early morning and  

late afternoon hours.

Which was good because we spent a lot of time doing this....... 

and this.......

and this......

At the end of the day though we had views like this.

Well, our much needed vacation is over and it's back to reality for us.  We returned home to a lawn that needs to be mowed, a mountain of laundry and a camper that needs to be unpacked.  All in all, it was a great trip and I can't wait to return to the warm, sandy beaches of the Atlantic in the near future.    

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Celebrating the 80's at Cookin' Up Creations

It's the 80's........EVERYTHING 80's!

......yep you read it right!  Join us all month long in October as the Challenge Team over at Cookin' Up Creations presents you with challenges based on the 80's........and everything fun that goes along with it - think leg warmers, big hair and Whitney Houston's I Wanna Dance With Somebody!  

You don't want to miss out! Like Totally! 

Every person that completes the 15 required challenges will be entered into a drawing for the October Prize Package!

I just wanna scream!

Things around here have just been CRAZY!  I have so many things that I want and need to do and nothing is getting done.  Mr. J is working extra days this week to pay for the new truck we purchased earlier this week and I'm stuck with canine duty.......and it's starting to SUCK!  Cooper, our new and fourth pup has a knack for finding something to drag up to the house every time he goes out.  Sometimes it's a bird or part of a bird, sometimes it's a mouse or mole but yesterday it was a dead rat!  And I don't mean a mouse, I mean a rat, a big freakin' rat!  So now, when he goes out it's on the end of a leash and whose on the other end.......ME!  He has fooled me outside too many times this morning already and I'm getting awful tired of it.  Sorry, needed to vent a little.

And with all the rain we've had here lately the grass is already over our ankles is some areas of the yard.  So that means that I will be spending a few hours in the hot humid sun mowing the lawn this afternoon.  Sooo not what I had planned today, but oh well, maybe a little time outside and nothing but the sound of that John Deere engine is just what I need right now.

Oh and my scraproom, well, it's on hold for a while, at least until Mr. J has time to attach the top to the dresser and add the trim.  Once that's done I can start painting.  I chose crisp linen white for the furniture and will most likely add some pink and/or black accessories.  I was cruising Pinterest this week and found this wood jumbo button wall decor made from an old cheese board!  You can check our the link HERE 

Don't you just love it!  I just gotta have one for my scraproom wall.  So you can bet that the next time my mom and I are out thrifting that I will be on the lookout for one!  Thanks for stopping by and I will try to post some pics of my room later in the week.