Septermber 28th

another perfect day for cuuh hunting! sunny and mild

spent $6

hit a few sales in Loveland, then took a drive to Johnstown

• Craftsman cordless drill with 2 batteries + case (no charger)--2
• Triple cribbage board--1
• tan insulated lunch bag--free
• pyrex mixing bowl--25 cent
• 8 iced tea spoons--50 cents
• Selectric (typewriter) script ball--1
• pkg of (vintage) non-slip fabric--25 cents
• 4 glass plates--1

Septermber 21st

a warm, sunny, calm day:  perfect for saleing yet again!

spent $13.75

G + Ms' friends, a couple who live in Atlanta, and Savannah were with us today, a real van-full!

• 2 insulated lunch bags--2/both
• textured glass dish--25 cents
• brass base 40w appliance bulb--50 cents
• bag of clips--1

• box of interesting bottles, jars, tubes, beaker and some corks and rubber accessories--10/all

September 14th

logging this cuuh a week late...weatherwise, it was another perfect day for saleing

spent 35 cents

Joe stayed home for the sales but joined us for lunch. Seems like I looked through a lot of junk, but just didn't find much of interest

• glass lid--free
• juice glass with an interesting pattern--25 cents
• partial roll of red DYMO label tape--10 cents

September 7th

all kinds of weather today:  sunny, hot, breezy, cloudy, and we got caught in two little showers...

spent $16.00

found a great deal on a sewing machine today--haven't seen many this year

• black picture frame--free
• Necchi supernova BU sewing machine (case cover not shown)--10

• 2 Louis L'Amour paperbacks--1
• piece of glass--50 cents
• nice heavy red (outside) non-stick 9" cake pan--25 cents
• purple aluminum can opener--free
• nice heavy set of ss measuring spoons--25 cents

• Samsonite camera case--2
• very nice, almost new garment bag--2

August 31st

so glad to be back hunting the cuuh today!!

spent $9

sunny and hot, also very hazy for some reason....

• hardcover, ABC USA--25 cents
• 2 frosted glass jars--50 cents/both
• artist's lazy susan--75 cents
• 2 decorative glasses filled with glass cubes and marbles--2/both

• shovel--3
• metal storage box with lots of fuses and misc--1
• white plastic storage box--1
• 2 files--50 cents/both

Panda relaxing this week in a new box:

August 10th

a little late in logging this week's cuuh;  I've been a little under the weather lately...
spent $13.50

Items marked * were purchased for a total of $12

• 10 gray and black markers--*
• set of (white, round) pattern weights--*
• bag of assorted cords and elastic--*
• 4 rubber stamps--*
• another bag of assorted cords and elastic--*
• bag of buttons, bobbins and asst notions--*
• 1 stone necklace, 2 stone bracelets--*
• delicate silver-colored necklace with purple stones--*

• gold lame tablecloth--*
• birthday mug (Rita is 9 y.o. today!!)--25cents
  stethoscope--25 cents
  softcover Leather Braiding--1

• package of decorative foils--*

• 3 nice bags--*

July 27th

hot and sunny

spent $31.00

I found a few interesting books today at an estate sale...

• 2 wooden boxes--#
• softcover, Hawaiian volcanos--50 cents
• softcover, Hawaiian reefs and tidal pools--50 cents
• softcover, Hawaiian shore fishes--50 cents
• pkg of picture wire and eye screws--#
• "blow me" roach clip--#
• 2 interesting dice--#

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# = items purchased for $8 total price

As soon as I snapped the shutter, Atticus decided he wanted to sit on the books

• 3 small bottles, 2 cream carafes and a very pretty blue Japanese one--#
• fabric remnants--#
• 2 wind-up fast food toys--free

• selection of vinyl remnants--#

• really cool cigarette dispenser--3

the dispenser in action (video)

The books...ah yes, the books...

     Every season has a sale or two that stands out for exceptional finds. The ones fondly remembered years later. Today we found one of those sales, an estate sale for a woman who was downsizing and could not take everything with her. The woman (who wasn't there, her friends were holding the sale for her) is an artist and I felt an immediate affinity for her after just briefly browsing through her book collection, which was huge. She and I share many of the same interests and her library was full of books I am most interested in reading. What an incredible, lucky find! It was difficult, but I limited myself to purchasing 50 books, which I got for the mind-boggling price of $18. I could easily have found 2 or 3 times that number that looked at least moderately interesting, but I stopped at 50 as a "practical" number, even though it meant leaving books that I might have bought in different circumstances. But these 50 are treasures and I am excited at the prospect of opening the cover of each one.

these 3 are brochures

• tote bag--25 cents
• not pictured: paperback, Louis L'Amour-Reilly's Luck--25 cents