A Tropical Storm named Beryl comes to visit on Memorial Day!

Today is Memorial Day 2012! I am blessed to have so many people in my life... and to those who have served! GOD BLESS THEM!!

Josh (Center) ,,, Cody (Facing Josh).. This was a Great Day!

Proud of this man every single day still!

A Tropical Storm is coming assure for 2 days now.. Named BERYL (who picks these names??).  She/He is wimpy... We had Gorgeous day yesterday with incredible winds until the gray clouds started in during the afternoon. Today she has wimped out. Just some sprinkles and clouds and light breezes. (THANK GOD!)

From the Shrimp Boat Docks in Thunderbolt... BERYL on Sunday afternoon...

Nice hair! Why bother.. You would not believe the wind!

So on a gray, rainy day Memorial Day.. what does one do in Thunderbolt?? Well.. I found an Estate Sale. Just across from Tubby's, in one of the unassuming condos on the banks of the Wilmington River. This particular condo was 7,000 Sq ft! Yes .. That is Large!! Here's the story. This lovely Savannah Native lived out her remaining years in two combined condos on the Wilmington River. You would never know it was that big.. it was a maze of rooms and STUFF! Gold, bedazzled, bejeweled STUFF! She had taken gorgeous old paintings and glued glitter, rhinestones, trim, and jewels to them. ANGELS everywhere! Gold Trinkets EVERYWHERE! Here's to the saying.. YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU!! The walls were Peach with cream trim. She had a portrait of herself over her fireplace in her living room that overlooked the river on the second floor. She had been gorgeous in her youth!  

So, after two different women had driven by my lil cottage and told me I should check it out. (People are so very friendly in T'bolt), I decided to take a ride down. OH MY GOSH! I wish I had had my camera. It was overwhelming.. more overwhelmning than what I believe people feel like when they walk in my house!

It seems most items were newish from TJ Maxx and Home Goods and a lot (I am talking A LOT) of fabric and trim. So I scavenged and pillaged and I found a few little things. Here ya go:

Lil  gilded soap dish and a blue and white cat! $1 each

Small vintage dish from HOTEL RICHMOND, Copenhagen $1

Small vintage soap dish from ROYAL-MONCEAU Hotel in Paris $1

Set of 5 lil white dessert plates from Copenhagen $1. Love these!

And an item I must add from a garage sale around the corner yesterday afternoon:

Vintage yard sign, perfect in front of my tomato plants! The owner said that her grandmother had had this in her front life her entire life and she believed since the 1950s. I just love the lil Red Bird and nest on top. 

THERE IS BEAUTY IN THE SUNLIGHT

AND THE SOFT BLUE HEAVEN ABOVE

OH, THE WORLD IS FULL OF BEAUTY

WHEN THE HEART IS FULL OF LOVE!

So today, I am spending my day watching WW2 in HD marathon on the History Channel. I am going to do some organizing and work on my guest room. Then tonight... http://www.history.com/shows/hatfields-and-mccoys?fb_ref=s%3DshowShareBarUI%3Ap%3Dfacebook-like&fb_source=profile_multiline

THE HATFIELD AND MCCOY's at 8PM on The HISTORY CHANNEL! 3 Part Series! CANNOT WAIT!!! Don't miss it! We Will Discuss!!

Off to eat Fish! 

HAPPY SHOPPING!

A Roller Coaster at the Auction!

Today is Sunday and I still have one more day of my weekend! I love Holidays!!

So back to the auction last night!

From The TYBEE AMUSEMENT PARK.. Auction $1600 for charity

So my Roller Coaster sign and Car sold together for $1600 for Charity. The son of the lawyer who handled the lawsuits of two brain damaged people from this Car sold it off to make more money to buy helmets for Brain Injured Children! A very nice Peanut Farmer from Vidalia bought them for his private museum. What a cool piece of history! We were all surprised no one from the Tybee Historical Society showed up.

Photo from back in the day of the Tybee Amusement Park. I do not remember it. Was evidently on Tybee from 1930s-1990s.

So Here is What I bought last night:

White FIESTA Pitcher along with a REMEMBER the MANE trinket box $12.50

Shrimp Plate from Italy along with Mermaid Plate and Old Milk Glass for $10

CRAZY about this old MARLIN Tablecloth with 2 napkins!! $5!! Buy of th enight!

From Thursday night, Yard Art $5

5 Margarita Glasses, $5

Mermaid Plate,.. just for fun!

And a couple things from a few weeks ago that I just LOVE!

Pink and Turquoise Canister Set $5

Bright Tablecloth $3

And the things I liked at auction last night, and didn't buy:

SHOES! Lord knows I need no more shoes.. but I thought these were fun,. I think they went for $45

HECTOR HEATHCOTE Lunchbox, $15

Very cool old framed photo, BIG!

HANKYS $5

Assorted linens, $5

I just LOVED this STRAWBERRY Dish!! $35, WAY out of my budget!

Tall bookcase,, I forgot to bid (

That's it for tonight.., A Storm named BERYL in brewin' outside! Photos tomorrow!

HAPPY SHOPPING!

Shopping Again! Finally and it's already MAY!

It has been too long since I shopped and blogged! 

I am headed back to Liberty Auctions tonight. There are two things up things up for auction I would LOVE to HAVE but I am sure they will go for $100s!! 

Here they are:

This the Roller Coaster sign from the Tybee Amusement Park. I have no idea how old.. but sooo Cool!

 

And a Tybee Roller Coaster Ride Car! LOVE THIS!

So Thursday night, I headed to Auction after work with my friend, Lonnie. Here is what I bought:

FIESTA WARE! 20 pcs, $30. 3 complete sets plus 4 more plates!

Assorted Linens!! Pretty Pretty!

Included with the linens.. Anybody interested in Lace? I do not need them and willing to share!

A few of the linens! These were my favs of the group!

QUILT! Yes! Doncha just LUV it!!! $12.50

Another QUILT! $30

Reverse of quilt.

 

My favorite buy of the night... Vintage Pinecone Elves!! $5 for these 6 plus two bags full of other lil Christmas Treasures!

Some fun lil figures that I actually plan to give as a gift! Love them!

The one thing I missed out on.. two vintage McCOY Pottery Bowls. We bid to $35. They sold for $50! Which, I must admit, is a great deal!

Here a few other things I have bought in the past few weeks:

4 Pink and Turquoise Canisters! $5 at Garage Sale

Sideways! KEEP CALM and CARRY ON $5. Bought right after I got back from England Trip at Ross.

Gift from Carol when she was here at Spring Break! GOT CRABS?! We Love Him!

Priest and Nun, 50cents each at Bloomingdales Thift Store!

$3 Tablecloth from Goodwill in Bluffton

So here are some updates to the lil Blue Cottage:

Still love my Yellow! And the Funky Yellow Teapot on the right is from Cracker Barrel $12.

Atop the Blue China cabinet in Living Room! Love my Stuff!

RED CHAIR! Lowe's $19 with New American flag chenille pillow from Big Lots $2. And, the Union Jack flag from Pinmark in Liverpool $6.

The Guest Room .. still a work in progress! But I have decided to go with the Blues and Greens..and keep the crazy bright Cabana Striped Rug

New Quilt rack for Guest Room $20. Love this green!

Blue Pillows for Guest Bed.. $3 ea Goodwill.

The old quilts on the new quilt rack! Perfect for my Guest Room!

HAPPY SHOPPING!