Five Frugal Things -- Beachcombing for Broyhill Brasilia Chairs
1) My husband and I just got home after a few days at the Oregon coast and as I wrote yesterday, I popped into Goodwill in search of hidden treasures. I did not leave empty handed!
For those outside my circle, vintage Broyhill Brasilia is considered one of the most desirable lines of midcentury furniture. So to find one chair would've made my week, but to find a full set of six was the find of a lifetime!
Especially since they were priced at $7.99 and I got a 5% discount for spending over a certain amount with my Goodwill Club card! Luckily the back seats fold down in my station wagon and I was able to fit all six chairs into the car.
Carefully . . . .
Here they are in my living room. It's what I call my "furniture showroom aesthetic" and it happens multiple times per year.
And here they are crowded around my dining table. Too big for the table, but that's neither here nor there.
Of course I'll be selling them. I already have antique oak chairs that look perfect in my 1914 craftsman house, sourced from an old Carnegie library. ($75 for nine of them!) The above listing is an inflated 1st Dibs price, but I think I should be able to sell the set for around $2000!
It's not actually an insane asking price, as here's just three of the chairs for $2495.
I currently have mine listed on Facebook Marketplace for $3000, because I might as well shoot for the stars. You never know who in the Portland area has been looking for these exact chairs. Cross your fingers!
2) I found a 1907 Liberty nickel on the floor at Grocery Outlet. What?!
It's only worth four dollars or so, but it was still an exciting find.
3) My youngest turned 28 and although we took them out for dinner, I'm hosting again tonight as it felt bad to not have a cake and candles to blow out. I took some internet advice and elevated a box mix by replacing the oil with butter, replacing the water with milk and adding an extra egg. Please ignore the expiration date.
I'll let you know how it turns out.
4) My husband and I ate up the last of our beach food on our way out of town. This was a state park, which charged $10 for parking, but we risked it and stayed close to the car and chose not to go down to the beach. The view was actually better than is conveyed in this photo.
5) I cleaned the house before we left town, (which really just means I ran the vacuum, did all laundry and tidied up a bit.) I remember listening to a podcast episode from Gretchen Rubin and her sister where they recommended a happiness hack to have your housekeepers come while you're on vacation. This way you come home to a freshly clean house and thinking that it was a completely out of touch piece of advice.
Sorry Gretchen, but a minuscule percentage of Americans employ cleaners for their homes.
However, it is nice to come home to a fresh clean house, so I started being more deliberate to how we left the house when heading out of town. And whattayaknow, it is great to arrive back to a perfectly clean house.
I'll file this under "pricey advice that I amended for my twisted cheap brain."
Now your turn, what frugal things have you been up to?
EPIC find on the Broyhill. Someone made a huge mistake at the Goodwill...
I can't wait to hear about the sale of your white-whale chairs! WELL DONE.
Worked some extra hours last pay period and getting some in this week Received class actions sets which this month were $175, $41, $111 and $25. They always seem to come in bunches which is fine by me.
Have several items on multiple sites..slow sales right now
How exciting to find the chairs! May they sell quickly and profitably!
For upgrading cake mixes, I had read to add mayonnaise, which essentially is increasing the oil and eggs. I throw in a quarter cup or so and it seems to make the cake moister. Happy birthday to your child!
What a find in the chairs, Katy! They are stunning!
What a great find on those chairs! Can't wait to hear the final sale price.
In my pre-kid days I always cleaned the house before I left town because I hated coming back to work waiting for me. That ended once we had kids, and just getting us all ready to go somewhere is all the bandwidth I have. I make sure the dishes and laundry are done, bills are paid, and call it good enough for this season of life.
We have a paid off right sized house (I refuse to call it small) in an older neighborhood surrounded by affluence, and it feels like all the moms in my mom group have "staff". They ask for recommendations for people to hire to do things that seem like something you just do yourself when you own a home, and it cracks me up. Not just the usual housekeepers, landscapers and pool maintenance, but contractors and handypersons for tiny jobs (the $5k quote for painting a powder room killed me - just go buy a $50 can of paint and get to it ma'am). Very thankful for my handy husband!
My favorite was the woman looking for someone to come in and decorate her SIX Christmas trees. Maybe don't have 6 then?!
Michelle H.,
Who was it that said "the rich are different from you and me."
So true!
F Scott Fitzgerald and not everyone is physically capable of painting a powder room.
@Harriet, truth about not all of us being physically able (any more)
- however, to save most of that $5K, I'd be trolling for a local college kid and offering to sit in a chair and teach THEM how, pay them a goodly hourly rate, and feed them a meal or two!
Well look at it this way, the rich are employing ppl, they are paying them and that's not a bad thing. I can't do it but I guess I'm happy that others can.
Merv, I agree. Two of our nieces have their own one-woman cleaning businesses and they support their families. We have one of them come every six weeks and three other family members use her services every three weeks. My brother is not rich but is physically unable to clean his own place and the other two are working women who choose not to do it themselves. We have discretionary income and like to support her. Best money I've ever spent.
I should add that $5,000 to paint a powder room seems way high, unless they're painting a custom mural, using gold leaf, or something similarly high-end. We had professionals paint our interior and exterior because it was too dangerous to do it ourselves and we had neither the desire or skill to do it ourselves. Again, money well spent. We all spend money differently.
I love how you refer to your house as the "right size" house. It seems like all the houses going up around here (central Massachusetts) are McMansions. The other day while riding by a new development, I said to my husband: Aren't you glad we're not paying the taxes or the heating bills on one of those?
Exactly! I can't imagine the electric bill to keep the big houses cool in the Texas summers.
Same here with our 1953 Cape Cod style house. Three bedroooms and one bathroom and the four of us survived.
The chairs! What a find! Ya did good Katy.
1. DH and I took the car for its 100,000 mile maintenance. Fifteen hundred dollars later here we are but it needed to be done. I'm glad we had the cash on hand to pay it in full.
2. We had taken a trip four years ago to the Acadia section of the Maine seacoast. While there, we lost our Senior National Park Pass, which DH had obtained when he turned 62 for all of $10 and another $10 processing fee. This was right before the price was changed to $80 for the same pass. Well, lo and behold, when we picked up the car after it had been worked on, there was the National Park Pass on the passenger seat! After four years of us looking high and low, it had slipped down into the defroster and they found it while working on the car. I'm so glad we never spent $80 on a replacement.
3. I switched over my winter clothes to my summer clothes (I have a couple of spare dressers that once belonged to my parents I keep the offseason clothes in) and was once again delighted to find items I had forgotten about.
4. My cat who usually turns up his nose at people food ate some chicken scraps. Still have some in the refrigerator...guess what he's having for supper.
5. My neighbors informed me we'll be having a block party/ potluck celebration for America's 250th anniversary. My kind of party where we can sample some of everything and nobody gets stuck with all the cooking and prep.
I love your #2! So happy you found the pass!!
Thank you Johanna. Me too.
I am flabbergasted! Our Goodwills don't even accept furniture, much less offer up such prices on quality merchandise. And the 1907 coin! What is going on?
I got my hair cut this morning and afterwards went to the Goodwill in that neighborhood. I bought a pair of pajama capris, a box of aquarium filter cartridges, and some sparkly cloth ribbon that I think I can fashion into a makeshift dress for my Monster High doll. Not so exciting.
I did get a 25% discount on my haircut from an email offer.
Then I stopped at Aldi to buy naan to make pizza. I have mozzarella and pizza sauce to use up, and throwing it on naan seems to be the best way to do that. I also got a few other things, but the good news is it cost me nothing -- and the Goodwill stuff cost me nothing -- because I got a payment from the Blue Cross Blue Shield class action settlement in the form of a Visa debit card. Only $29, but hey, that's something!
Our Goodwill would have to pay ME to take any of their items!
--We cleaned out the garage, actually the storage room in back of the garage, yesterday. My former roommate, who never paid rent as agreed and caused mucho dineros in damage, never came back for her storage cabinet (new, still in box) I will put it online to local sites and sell it. Ditto, her George Foreman grill. I already have one, which I bought at Goodwill. Also found her electric space heater. If it works, I will wait until fall and then sell it.
--Went to the city council meeting last night. The powers that be in our city are going to start charging $10/month for the "privilege" of having city-issued trash cans. (I have 4 extra cans x 12 months= $480 extra per year. Not gonna do it.) They want us to use those tall paper bags designed for yard waste instead of our green 96 gallon city-issued yard waste cans. The special paper bags, which residents will have to buy and cannot reuse, don't hold enough oak leaves for nothing, and if it rains, you can count on the bags splitting open and spilling all the leaves. I let my friend do the speaking, as he organized the group "invasion" of city council chambers. But it was probably all for naught. They have decided to change systems to a less environmentally friendly, unsustainable system. They are going to grandfather in this requirement, but as soon as the grace period is over, I will have them take my recycling and yard waste trash cans, all four of them, back. They will only allow us one trash can for regular trash at no extra cost. I am fuming! (Plus since I live within city limits, they won't allow outdoor burning of the leaves. I live 2 blocks from a fire station, so I'd better not try that on my own, they'll catch me.) (Oh, I have way too many live oak leaves for composting or mulching. I may compost or mulch some of them, but am a loss as to what to do with the rest of this overwhelming amount of leaves)
--Found some test prep books among my teaching items. Will try to sell that, as well.
--Did not sue the federal government for releasing my tax returns and then use the money from the deal I made with them to set up a slush fund. Which is rumored to be how the Orange Ogre is going to help the Jan. 6 rioters.
I didn't do any of that, but rest assured, I called the congressman and U.S. senators from my state and registered my disgust about Trump's newest illegal/immoral/dishonest action.( If you're an American citizen, please do likewise.)
Sorry to hear about your waste can regulations that sound expensive and non eco.
Tonight I will be making a new sign to reflect the horrible, illegal 1.7 billion slush fund situation. My protest group meets tomorrow and you can bet there will be many signs about this. My senators/congress people are super progressive here so it always feels like preaching to the choir but I often call them anyways.
Beth K.,
Thank you and your group for speaking out!
I think I am going to protest as well.....I may take the U.S. flag that draped my daddy's coffin and hang it upside down in our front picture window. (Daddy served in World War II. No bone spurs for him!) I am going to make a sign that says RIP American Democracy. Because this July 4 we can only celebrate 248 years of democracy; it ended when Trump took office for the 2nd time. (And for that matter, was on life support during his first 4 year term. But was revived for a 4 year respite under President Biden.)
I have mostly progressive representatives but im still one conservative US Senator got elected in my state.) I usually call after offices close so my opinion is counted. I use the free phone app, 5 calls for the sample scripts sometimes.
@ Fru-gal Lisa, I call my Senators/Reps WEEKLY since the orange bully got in office! Anyone can do it, use the 5Calls app if you need a script or to find your reps info-- remind them THEY work for US and not him!!!
Wow!! Awesome find!! I'm excited to hear what they sell for. I'm hoping for $3000. I'm guessing you'll get offers but hopefully someone is really wanting them.
1. I will walk three days this week with my friend for free exercise and amateur therapy.
2. I listed several items on Ebay that I trash picked. Free money. I've been very busy so I have a backlog of items to list. I worked on it today and made a good dent.
3. I found my daughter a 16 quart Revere Ware stock pot at an estate sale for $18. They sell for 70 or $80 on Ebay. She's very happy. She wanted a stock pot and I've been keeping an eye out for one. I also picked up several items to sell on Ebay which will more than cover what I spent.
4. I had my pool opened for me by the pool company I use. I will clean it up and maintain it for the summer by myself saving a lot of $$$. I don't know what they charge for the initial clean up but weekly maintenance is $88.
5. I trash picked a picture frame with some questionable art work. I replaced it with a printed drawing of my FIL's home town in the Netherlands that he gave me many years ago. I can display it, but also it's protected from damage.
Good luck on the chairs! MCM is popular.
Mary, I share in your good wishes re: the chairs; frankly, they were an all-time amazing find. (Never mind my own lack of enthusiasm for MCM; having lived through it the first time, it just leaves me cold. But that doesn't keep me from hoping that Katy can make all the money she can from the chairs.)
Haha! I feel the same way about MCM! My mother felt that way about stuff from the 30s. Do we all dislike the fashions of our childhood?
Agreed on MCM. I cannot bear it. And I didn't live through it the first time.
Don't you know that whoever donated those chairs to Goodwill is gonna have a cow when they find out what they're worth?!? And ditto if anyone in Katy's city realizes how much she paid vs. how much she's selling them for. But I hope she makes a killing on them!
I've never heard of that brand, but what a huge find! Amazing & fingers crossed for an awesome sale.
1) Had free "cold" breakfast at work. Hot breakfast costs money, but they have yogurt in the fridge, as well as granola & banana. Done & done. I didn't have breakfast at home, because I had to leave at 6, and I'm not typically hungry by then.
2) Drove my electric car to/from the office, because gas is insane here (and, everywhere.)
3) Somehow managed to pull together an appetizer tray, fruit, chips & treats for DS19's impromptu pool party. I forgot what it was like to have him around with his frequent impromptu entertaining.
4) Aligned with DH about how we might use some of our Hyatt points for an upcoming break, which will be fun.
5) Lots of leftovers this week, which is great because I'm swamped at work.
Oh those chairs!
I've been looking for a set of 6 to match my inherited table (the chairs were dispersed somehow a long time ago). Alas, I live in a different part of the country than you do, so I will continue my hunt here.
Excellent find! And I'm sure they'll go to very happy home.
It's the end of the semester for me (college prof), my own college kids are home for the summer and I'm completely brain fried. Thankful for a college kid who sincerely missed having a kitchen during the term and a well stocked pantry to keep them well occupied! I'm loving coming home to a meal I don't have to cook.
Have a wonderful week everyone,
Lea
Lea,
I also have chair envy but like you I live too far away.
I can't stop zooming in on the picture and thinking how fabulous they would look in my dining room.
Sigh
Anytime you share pictures from inside your home I am struck by how everything looks aesthetically-pleasing, warm, and well-made. Sometimes the (very frugal) furniture we have drives me crazy because it looks like a child/teenager curated it (literally, we have a bookshelf with the cosmos painted on it that neither my husband nor I have time to repaint, but it is sturdy). For our current season of moving all the time, it works, but WFH makes it extra noticeable. I know home aesthetics aren't usually at the top of most frugal peoples' lists, but someday I'd love to get to the point of a home that looks as inviting as yours.
I feel like home aesthetics are important. I spend the majority of my time at home so it's important to me. I enjoy thrifting and finding inexpensive ways to make my home cozy and inviting. I also don't work so I have more time and it does take more time than just ordering everything but I think that makes it even more rewarding. I love finding artwork that isn't mass produced and vintage items are so well made in comparison to the current junk that cost so much. Maybe when you find a more permanent place and you find more time you can do the same.
Knowing nothing about furniture, I would have walked right past those chairs without a glance, excellent find!
1) Cooked another bag of dried beans to have cooked beans on hand in the freezer.
2) Maybe not frugal but I’m counting it as frugal because it helps me cook at home. I had a Forks Over Knives magazine through my library on Libby. I made 3 of the recipes from it and they were some of the most delicious food I’ve ever made (I even made one twice already) The magazine became no longer available on Libby though (apparently it’s being discontinued!) So I found a paper copy on eBay and purchased it (I then took a chance that the other issues would have good recipes and purchased a couple other issues too) I do already own a Forks Over Knives cookbook but these magazine recipes were better than anything I’ve made from the cookbook.
3) I listened to my book club book on Libby through the library. It was The Mad Wife by
The chairs are totally awesome! Great find 🙂 BUT THE NICKEL!!!
About 8 years ago, I was needing a dresser for the bedroom in my work apartment. My sister was on the look out for me while she went to tagsales. She got me a Broyhill Brasilia low boy AND high boy dresser, each for $25.00!
An amazing deal, for sure!
Beyond that - just trying to pick up a few extra mystery shops to help pay for the gas. I have an extra-long commute, so the increase in gas prices hit me extra hard....
Not frugal: missing work because of possible mild concussion (black eyes, and sore forehead--don't remember injuring myself!!)
Frugal: staying home, not driving anywhere, sleeping, eating what's in the house.
Black eyes can be a sign of a serious concussion. If you don't remember what happened, you might want to see your doctor to get checked out. I'm haunted by the story of someone getting a concussion like this in Educated by Tara Westover.
Suellen,
Please seek medical attention. Not remembering injuring yourself, could be a sign of a brain injury. Be well! Sending good vibes.
I just got home from urgent care. They are thinking that it's my body getting used to a new CPAP machine, all vitals were good.
Good to hear Suellen! Take good care.
Very cool post, Katy. I like those chairs. How exciting to be able to sell them for high profit.
And who would think you'd find a 1907 nickel at a grocery store!
Re your Best by 2024 cake mix, I found a brownie mix that was 7 years past best-by when I was cleaning my mom's kitchen after she died. It baked up fine and tasted normal.
Congrats on the chairs! That's amazing.
1. Sold 8 old used cedar fence panels for $200 on Marketplace. I told DH that it was time to clean up the property, and get rid of the junk. He thought I was giving them away, and was shocked when the buyer gave me the cash. I figure he got a pretty good deal. The money will go toward our fence for our veggie garden.
2. Have had an annoying cough for several months, and have tried a few rememdies, nothing really works. Went for a chest X-ray today, free of course because of our provincial medical plan.
3. Made a big salad for lunch, with my own home grown spinach, lettuce and radishes.
4. Went to a thrift store in another town and got a couple of things to wear, super cheap.
5. Renewed my mortgage at a better rate, and even though the term wasn't up until November, the lower payments start June 1.
About the cough: are you using high blood pressure medication? My mom was prescribed high blood pressure medication for the first time last year and developed a very annoying cough for months. After trying various things they understood it was a side effect of the medication. I think it was about 10% of people who get cough from this medication
LOVE the chairs!
1. I resigned from my job of 19 yrs at this particular agency and my last day was Friday. I plan to open my own office in a couple of weeks but will be working from home in the beginning bc I don’t want to pay for an office yet. So that is my frugal office hack. No rent!!!
2. I make pinto beans from dried beans. Will probably use in a baked beans recipe for Memorial Day.
3. I have not turned on my air although I am HOT here. June 1st is my goal date.
4. My ex husband gave me a really nice box of cookies he ordered me
for Christmas .He tends to be late with his gifts… lol.Free cookies are free cookies and they are appreciated.
5. I went swimming at a local lake for $ 2 bc I qualify for the senior citizen discount.
Congratulations on your work changes!
Thanks!
When our household consisted for four adult-size humans, we bought a house to accommodate everyone's needs. It has four toilets! Since one of the humans had Alzheimer's and kept me hopping, DH suggested we hire cleaners every other week. I was horrified, but admitted I needed the help. Now that we're just two, we still have four toilets, so the cleaners continue to take care of us. It IS an amazing feeling for everything to be clean at the same time. I know it's hedonistic adaption, but after years of scrimping and saving, we truly can afford it. We still cling to our frugal ways, but I'm keeping the cleaners. I am way past the initial cringe factor. So be it.
Great score on the chairs!
I'm with you on the cleaners - I have an autoimmune disorder that takes the stuffing out of me on far too many occasions.
I was strongly encouraged by my ever-loving mom to GET A CLEANER when my son was a baby. He's now 37. There have been a few years when I haven't had a cleaner, but many more where I have - and the difference in both my state of mind and state of house is measurable.
I get to save my energy for the things I love, or at least like a lot more - and appreciate that I can afford to pay someone else to use their energy for me. I know not everyone has the extra funds, however this is one of the reasons I am frugal elsewhere!
It's all good Dicey! In my opinion, we are frugal in some ways so we can spend in other ways. In your case, that is hiring someone to clean your house.
You too Ecoteri!
Happy mid-week greeting to my kindred spirits.
1. I sent in the paperwork to the landman for payment for mineral rights. My bank notarized my doc for free. Now I'm more optimistic I will actually get paid.
2. Frugal but not for a good event. My cat bit me when I touched her underbelly. My hand started to swell in 4 hours. Went to a local Urgent Care but they did not accept Medicare. Then proceeded to a nearby ER. Saw the ER bill the next day. I did not owe anything. I did have to pay for antibiotic med. My hand is slowly getting better.
3. Now the cat is not eating. Took her to the vet. I had a 25$ off coupon so the bill was 77$. The cat's bill was more than mine.
4. My flight to FL this week was cancelled. That was fortuitous as I incurred a cat bite and a sick cat. Since my flight was cancelled I can rebook at no charge.
5. I pick up Marlboro cig packs when I walk. I cashed in my points for a 25$ Uber GC. I will use this when I finally get to FL.
Huh, I learn something new from you all the time. Who knew that cigarette packages were worth anything, to say nothing of $25! (how many did you need to collect?)
I'm sorry about the cat bite, the sick cat, and the cancelled flight. and excited to hear the end of the 'landman' story, when your ship finally comes in.
The cig codes are worth 100 points each. However each month they post some short (60 sec) videos that earn points too. I needed 15K points to get a GC, There are items that you can get for less. It is a slow & steady process.
My hand & the cat are healing slowly.
TY for kind words.
Is it for Marlboros? I did the same thing when I lived in a very walkable entertainment district. Lots of cigarette wrappers, redeemable cans, and occasional loose bills. It did take a long time but I got Uber gift cards and VISA gift cards. And I wasn't the one paying $8 per pack!
THOSE CHAIRS ARE AMAZING! Sorry for shouting.
Friend brought over a terrific takeout lunch, along with more things from her mom's estate. She feeds me very well and I find homes for her mom's stuff. It's awesome. This is a partial list:
- 8 pairs of glasses that my sister brought to the Lions Club donation bin at the library
- 12 rolls of wrapping paper, a bazillion gift bags, ribbons and tags that I posted on Buy Nothing
- 57 (that's not a typo) handkerchiefs. Will keep some and give away the rest.
- 6 boxes of tea that I'm keeping
- 3 large Tupperware canisters that I'm keeping
- 100 plastic newspaper sleeves (aka dog poop bags) that I stored in our travel closet for next winter's stay in Arizona
The chairs are fabulous. Your instagram story cracked me up, because the video of you in the car was 1/4 of a second long (or thereabouts), so I had to rewatch about 10 times before my non-nimble fingers could 'like' it. I laughed with delight for you!
1. At the very end of the dead-end road across from my house, I found a twoonie – Canadian $2 coin – just hanging out on the ground. I came into some money!
2. I need to have some (hopefully minor) exploratory day surgery. Since they will be knocking me out, I need to have a driver. My Thrift Store buddy was happy to be asked, and will find things to do for the (hopefully) 4 hours I should be at the hospital. The admission time is 8 AM, and we are a good hour and a half away at that time of the morning (thank you rush hour) so the 6:30AM pickup time is a big ask. She is, however, a 5AM waking morning person, unlike me, so perhaps it is less of an ask if it were the other way around, LOL.
3. The Canna lilies that I saved last fall are SLOWLY making their way above the soil, in their many many pots. Patience and watering, that's my mantra. As they emerge I am assembling the pots in a few artistic corners of the property – I need to keep them out of strong winds, which seems to be more of a problem every year. I really love Cannas, however I think I have twice as many as I need – luckily a friend is getting married soon, and is having a housewarming/engagement party in a month. He is working hard on planting up his yard, and a pot of gorgeous Cannas will be a great gift. If they will only hurry up!
4. My Daughter has been accepted to University in the Fall, which is very exciting and scary for her, as she will be changing her career focus and moving away from her rather lucrative job.
To ensure she can take the required courses, she is cramming in some summer pre-requisites, as she only had half of the first year of one course.
I have become her study buddy, which is a lot of fun. I did this with her first psychology course, 7 or so years ago, so I'm enjoying 'taking' psych 102 (or whatever it is she is taking)
5. My Grandson has decided Granny's is for Applesauce. I have almost used up the jars and jars of home-canned sauce from the basement, so am now on the lookout for boxes of discounted apples from my local scratch and dent vegetable store. Time to pull out the apple corer-peeler-slicer and do some sauce making and processing.
It warms my heart that he loves it so much, we sneak some protein powder in to ensure he is getting good foods – he is very small for his age, although he is active and clearly thriving. He just isn't much of a food-lover yet. Hoping the new molars that are showing up will mean he becomes more willing to try new things, meanwhile sauce it is.
Past Katy is Future Katy's pro bono housekeeper, and she came to the house. What a great gal she is!
Never heard of those chairs! Always something new to learn and be on the look out for!
Those are super awesome chairs, Katy. Even the upholstery looks good.
I used a 10% off coupon at Ollie's yesterday to buy discounted canned tomatoes, canned peaches, Nature's Path organic cereal, cherry pie filling, zip lock bags, and a chambray tablecloth that was only $5.99 before the discount. It seems like people do not have round tables any more and not too many tablecloths turn up, so I pounced on that one.
Also cobbled together digital coupons, sales, and shoppers rewards to knock $17 off a grocery run to Food Lion.
Had several small amounts of frozen ground meat to use up that made an excellent meatloaf. It had only 4 ounces of beef in it, so I boosted the beefy flavor by moistening the bread crumbs with bouillon and extra Worchestershire sauce. The side dish was roasted carrots that used up half a pound of getting-wilty carrots.
I had a collection of washed and dried color catcher sheets and sewed groups of four of them together to make dusting rags. This little project also used up some hideous green sewing thread a neighbor gave me years ago. Out of her grandma's huge thread collection, I am down just the eye-watering party clothes colors. They make a great bobbin thread for mending jobs where the underside thread is never seen.
Great job on the chairs!!!
I too found a (regular) dime in the Walmart parking lot.
I am repairing a cattle feeder with free pile wood.
Finished building the new stretch of fence and moved the gals to new grass. I bought new woven wire, everything else was used.
Neighbor gave me 8 large round bales. Nothing wrong with them, they just wanted them gone.
Listed a couple wagner ware pans I thrifted, I hope they sell quickly.
Took advantage of a buyer offer to buy a nwt boys linen suit for Dh 7. He's going to be the ring bearer for my Lil brother's wedding. We will be sharing an air b&b with my folks to economize. Lord give me strength!!! The wedding is in San Diego. I have plenty of time to thrift a dress. Well, I hope I find something!
We've had good rains and the pastures are doing well. The garden is starting to grow. Mellow Yellow had a lovely heifer calf 🙂
I laughed about sharing accommodations. A wedding can also be a time for parents, so some patience may be required. Good luck!
Gretchen Rubin is great, but she's in another tax bracket, eh? 😀
And once I discovered the joys of coming home from vacation to a clean home, well, it was game over. I clean the toilets, get all the laundry done and put away, and make sure all the trash and recycling is put outside. Tidy, rather than perfect, but it makes a huge difference to your nervous system to not have extra chores on top of trip-laundry and unpacking all those toiletries, etc.
Great find on those chairs, WTG!
I absolutely LOVE coming homoe from a getaway to FRESH CLEAN SHEETS on the bed and fresh towels in bathroom.It’s just a thing. Ahhh.. life’s simple pleasures!!
Hey!! Those Broyhill chairs are an AWESOME FIND!! I hope you get top dollar !!!!!!