10 things i like

1. 4 new pieces of fiestawear
2. tablestoteapots
3. the husband's relationship with ebay
4. rice and beans
5. a lime ricky from beezers
6. a hair cut
7. internet research
8. strawberry rhubarb sauce
9. 2 weeks till vacation!
10. sunday mornings.....

out to brimfield

if you've ever been there you know what I'm talking about. it is massive. acres upon acres of stuff- booth after booth of antiques and repros, bric-a-brac and more. i love it. i love it so much i took a day off from work to go to it. i walked for 5 hours and still didn't see everything.

I did however find these:


now the husband didn't want to go with me. he insists that there would be nothing there for him. i told him he might be surprised......You will notice that the kid working the VW bus has his camera out- because he was taking a picture of me. why? because I was wearing the air max's that matched the shirts he was giving away. so I got a shirt, and some buttons, too.

what can brown do?

Brown, what can you do for me? you can deliver me packages. you can drive all through the night, through wind and hail and snow and sleet and deliver my giant brown box filled with glorious purchases from amazon.com right to my office. whats better? you have a nice delivery man on our route. he brings the packages in though the loading dock, hands them to marc and he brings them right to my little cubicle.

and while some of you may be mocking me as I ooh and ahh over what is essentially bowl with a cover- I see a beautiful piece of ceramic mastery produced by HLC, Inc in cinnabar. I see a piece of kitchen equipment worthy of new recipes and serving guests at a dinner party. I see another piece in the ever growing collection of fiestaware that I have coveted since I was 15.

brown- you rule. you brought me this fantastic dish- I made this for dinner:

pick ups

this week I was feeling the winters blahs. It was cold and colder every day. there are projects all over the house I just don't feel like finishing and money is tight. blah. I decided I needed a little relief- so I did one of those things I've always meant to do. I got in the car and drove to a handful of the second hand shops in and around town.

I drove dreaming of going back to France to visit the largest antique market I have ever seen (Brimfield is no match for that place).

keeping my eyes peeled for fiestaware, kitchen gadgets, botanical prints, picture frames and the perfect desk for the living room- I set out. I also visited my favorite farm and got a "chicken" sandwich from O'Naturals.

much to my surprise there was a great little second hand/consignment shop right in my town. amazingly things there were actually reasonable- wooden chairs were $10, multi-colored glass ware was all under $8 and there was a beautiful bureau with a mirror for $125...wait but I wasn't looking for a bureau......anyway I did make a couple of excellent pick ups to satisfy my craving for ceramics. and I also have a couple places to visit when I am feeling the need to do a little cheapo retail therapy in the future.