July 23rd

quite warm, overall a very nice day

spent $10.25

went to quite a few sales

• (dark pile top left) 5 prs socks--25 cents/all
• 2 bags clear marbles--50 cents/both
• 2 small power supplies (cords with brick plugs)--50 cents/both
  
• interesting piece of glassware--25 cents
• bunch of plastic cake decorations (columns, hearts, umbrellas, cupids, swan, etc)--75 cents/all
• (modern made-in-china) retro style phone--$3
• handmade ceramic mug--25 cents
• softcover, Polymer Clay--1
• long spade bit, drill extension, pkg of 9v buttons and small pkg solder--2/all
• (dark round thing under phone) metal candleholder--25 cents
• Braun travel alarm clock--50 cents
• (not pictured) bucket filled with old tire chains (per pound, gotta be the deal of the day)--1

Meanwhile, underneath the table full of cuuh:

Diesel and Panda were having a great time playing. Diesel moved just as the shutter clicked, and I had the lights low, so she was recorded as mostly a blur of motion. The camera has always had trouble seeing her.

Go cats, go!!  It is so fun having a young cat family!

July 8th and 16th

hot both weeks

spent $1.50 last week
        $10.25 this week

Joe wasn't feeling well and stayed home on the 8th, and I didn't find much, so last week's cuuh logging was delayed until today

Quite a few sales today, and seemed to be more people shopping than in the past few weeks

This week's (7-16) cuuh:

• insulated lunch bag--50 cents
  
• 5 very nice women's leather belts--1.25/all
  
• Rowenta clothes steamer brush--3
  
• 2 lidded brass pots from Syria--50 cents/both
  
• handful of hair-ties and clips--1/all
  
• 2 cloth napkins--50 cents/both
  
• set of 4 blue cloth napkins--$1/all
  
• glass (florist's) frog--50 cents
  
• frosted glass vase (that we are going to use for a lamp lens)--50 cents
  
• package of heat tape (for gutters, pipes, etc)--25 cents
  
  
  

Close up of one of the hair clips, the nicest one, a metal butterfly ponytail clip with rhinestones!!!

• very nice vinyl bag, no tears or stains, working zipper--25 cents
  
• beautiful woven bag from Syria, filled with the 6 little lamps, also from Syria--free
  

Joe got chatting with a very nice woman having a sale, about the glass frog he was buying, telling her how he planned to fill the holes with LEDs and turn it into a very decorative light fixture. She thought that was great, and she then pulled out the bag with the little lamps and showed them to him, telling him that she had brought them back here, hoping to find a way to use them here. But now she is moving and doesn't want to take them with her, so she offered them to Joe if he thought he could use them. She even through in the bag they were in, so it was easily "deal of the day" (and I thought those 25 cent leather belts would be hard to beat!). And yes, the 2 little Syrian lidded pots were also from her sale, priced right, mostly.



"The best selling car in the world"  Pat wanted one for the grandkids, found this one for $8 (not included in cuuh totals, since it is reimbursed)

• not pictured: projection screen--1
  

Last week's (7-8) cuuh:

• silk blouse--$1
• Pronouncing Musical Dictionary (see below for better photo)--25 cents
• plastic pencil case--25 cents

A nice addition to my "library of how-to"

Cat Photo of the Week:


Diesel and Panda are laying on Atticus. 3 on a perch. We hope they are nice, sturdy perches...

July 2nd

sunny and warm--well, it is July...
spent $8.05 
another fun day!

• unusual "saddle stapler" a little rusty, but the seller said it works just fine--1
  

• 8 Heinlein paperbacks (2 titles new to us)--2/all
• box of staples (included with stapler, pictured above)
  
• photo book with wooden covers (bought it for the wood)--25 cents
• craftsman wrench carrier--free (thrown in with the Heinlein books)

• hardcover, I Was There, Gigs That Changed the World (book about iconic concerts)--50 cents

• 6 slate tiles--3

• bought 2 of these nice vintage lamp globes--1/both

We bought the globes at the garage sale of the man pictured on the right (that's Mick on the left), who somehow managed to remind all of us of Cheech Marin. Kirk (his real name) thought it was really funny that we would all think that, and we had a good time joking around with him while we were there. He started saying "Far out man" and cracking jokes about low riders, and then Gail took this picture of Mick and "Cheech" on her phone (which is obviously set to take super-small pictures!). 

• hardcover (and falling apart), The Adventures of Paddy Pork--10 cents
• grapefruit spoon--20 cents
  
• that box of staples again...

Joe discovered the Paddy Pork book, and it is a real gem. No text at all, the story is conveyed through the drawings, which change with the position of the half pages positioned between the full sized pages. For instance, in the picture above, the half page rests on the right

and in this picture, the half page has been flipped to the left, advancing the story

another example: picture 1

flip the half page to see picture 2.

So clever and well done. My mother would have appreciated this book,  she loved stuff like this.

June 26th

overcast and cooler today

spent $19.75

some great deals on books today

• reading light with case--1
• softcover, The Stonewall Brigade--50 cents
  
• 2 rolls of soldering supplies--2/both
• dead blow hammer--3
  
• coax stripping tool--1
  
• 3 pairs wire cutters--3/all
  
• telescoping "pocket" backscratcher--1
  
• box of elements for Selectrics purchased yesterday--free
  
• 2 drag outs--2/both
  

• all these books are hardcover--2/all

• all hardcover--2/all

• both hardcover--1/both

• tube of Metcal (soldering) tips--1
• softcover book on making knotted hemp jewelry--5 cents
  
• (not pictured)--2 drinking glasses--20 cents/both
  

June 25th

hot today, 96 by the time we quit for lunch
spent $39.65
the shade was the place to be today! We had a fun day and found some great deals

• 2 interesting LPs--free
• (plastic package) wooden frame for needlework--free
• red-handled long shoehorn--free
• black extension cord with 4-plug box--3
• Motorola power supply, 9v (hard to see)--25 cents
• orange extension cord with multi-plug head--1
• package of picture hangers--free
• big bunch of elastic hair rings--25 cents
• paperback, Dumb But Lucky--25 cents
• 3 exacto knives--30 cents/all
• 4 pkgs shoelaces--50 cents/all
• old brass protractor--free
• metal box cutter--10 cents
• sketch pad--25 cents
• paperback, (Golden Guide) Fossils--25 cents

• boots (for Ellen) actually bought last week--4
• caller ID box--1
• canvas bag--free

• 12 ft chain--2

• Radio Shack switching power supply (in box)--10
• Radio Shack 10 amp power supply (under box)--6
• computer tower--3
• Selectric that needs work--2.50

• Selectric that seems to work fine--5

June 18th

another perfect Friday, weather-wise, we are really getting spoiled!

spent $18.90

lots of sales in our favorite neighborhoods today

• bottle of fabric paint and 2 bottles of embossing powder--30 cents/all
• 2 dish scrubbers--20 cents/both
• (difficult to see) rectangular glass fish bowl--1
• (inside fish bowl) green cloth sandwich/lunch bag (promotional)--free
• (2 pkg in front of paint) rivets and grommets (for fabric)--20 cents/both
• pkg of 2 thermos corks--10 cents
• plant meter--1
• electronic pitch pipe (another picture below)--25 cents
• --stack of books for Pat's grandkids--
• hardcover, Papercraft and Origami--1
• 2 crystal candle holders--1/both
• --part book about color, part puzzle with magnetic pieces, for Pat's g-kids--75 cents
• piece of very yellow canvas (new bathroom curtains?)--50 cents
  
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• nice wooden frame--10 cents
• hardcover, Stitchery book from the '70s--25 cents

• mostly full can of non-flammable contact cement--2
• 8 crystal (made in USA!) candleholders--2
   
  
  
  

buy of the day: this electronic tone-generating pitch pipe I found offered for a quarter--with working battery!! Seems to work just fine, a little internet research reveals that these are no longer made as the Franz company has gone out of business.

• nice big Samsonite hardsided suitcase on 4 wheels--2

the suitcase is in perfect condition inside and out--I am planning to use it for storage of out-of-season clothing.

• roll of white fabric--5
• bag of clothing from estate sale (not pictured)--1
  
  
  
  

June 1th