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My Creative Space.

I saw this table at an oppy last week & Suspence loved it, it was the perfect size for him to stand at & scoot around, but I didn’t think it would fit in the car so I left it. Yesterday however I got to spend the day in town alone while Mr stayed home with the kiddos, so I managed to squish it in the car… along with a whole bunch of other opped goodies of course.

Punk was dismayed to wake up & find Pooh bear gone; she got over it though while eating her breakfast & trying to spot the Nursery Rhymes she knew.

Suspence was just happy, as usual.

Our Creative Spaces here.

Wordless Wednesday.

More here.

Spreading the love (bug).

A friend shared this picture on facebook earlier & although I remember laughing at it the first time I saw it, I thought I might whip up my own ‘anti-parking-rage’ card.

This wasn’t the first time it had crossed my mind; there is a Volkswagen beetle we see around town that has the most wonderful pink & purple oil-slick paint job that is just crying out to have a little notice of recognition slipped under it’s windscreen wiper.

If you’d like to spread the love bug too, I have some PDFs; go here for the front, & here for the back. Keep them next to the mean ones if you must, “just in case”.

Saving Daylight.

It was a lovely day yesterday for the first day of Daylight Savings so we spent a large chunk of it outside getting dirty; I can’t believe I used to hate (HATE, HATE, HATE) Daylight Savings!

Mine. All mine.

As promised, some of my oppy finds from the last couple of weeks, in chronological order because I really can’t decide what I am most chuffed to have found. You might want to get a cup of tea; this could take a while.

Betty Draper Pearls (Or should that be “Pearls”…?):

I will never get to wear this set, no way, no how, but that didn’t stop me from snapping it up. I fully intend to keep both price tags for posterity. I found it while I was in Sydney, I can’t tell you how fun & restorative it was to wander in to my old haunts as though I’d never left, but the pickings were very slim for a gal too tight to shell out for check-in baggage & nowhere to stow a nice vintage coffee table, until, after rummaging about in a big Lifeline in Asquith for a while I started toward the train station but doubled back to get a drink. As I passed the Lifeline window again, the assistant was placing this on display; cue a ray of light shining down upon me while harps play in the clouds.

A pair of sweet German double handled teacups; because I am geographically challenged, I feel that they would be happiest with a spot of Russian Caravan tea sloshing about in them. Too bad I think Russian Caravan tea tastes like drinking from an ashtray that has been left out in the rain.

A vintage sheet & pillow case set; because there is just nothing nicer than some crisp old linen to hoard treasure.

A breakfast set, because I am a sucker for old packaging.

This stool is my new favourite piece of furniture even if I couldn’t get a decent photograph of it. It is in fabulous condition, still nice & soft & puffy, & I just love the pattern on the vinyl. $5 people. $5!

A boxed, complete, fully functional “Lights Alive” picture maker. I was obsessed with this for the entire afternoon when we brought it home, if I went & got it right now I could guarantee I would start playing with it & lose track of time again. How cool is it? This cool, that’s how:

A super-cute old computer toy for Suspence – it even worked until Punk got a hold of it. I’ll have to test my toy repair magic skills & get the screwdriver out. Luckily Suspence still likes it, working or not….

…last but not least, the staple of any good thrifter’s shopping diet; a delicious granny blanket.

I adore the colours in this, & it’s soft & snuggly & most of all, it was $8 from an oppy further afield. Most blankies around here now are upwards of $15 & not nearly as nice.

Phew! I even remembered I left a couple of things out! I think I need to go back to bed now…

(More thrifty treasures being shared over here!)

Hey, ho, let’s go!

It’s Blogtober peeps & you know what that means; BLOGTOBERFEST!

I have already started my cheat’n Blogtoberfest ways with this post; I should have probably written a post yesterday saying “Blogtober starts tomorrow – come & join in!” or somesuch, but that would mean I’d have to post something else today, so… I cheated. As I do. As I will continue to do throughout the month, I’m sure.

For the un-initiated, Blogtoberfest is the brainchild of Cathy aka tinniegirl & it is a month of fun & frivolous posting every day. There are giveaways to vie for, new people to visit & a myriad of good excuses on why we missed a day to come up with; you can still sign up for the madness right here.

How are you all? …by “all” I actually mean “those of you not playing on The Twitter”, because I know how all of YOU are. I started to miss blogging about a week into the break so I’ve really, really, really been looking forward to today & getting back into it. I have a few things to share, like more oppy gold than you can poke a stick at & the fact that I cut my hair AGAIN, but enough about that… I have a month of posts to pad out don’t you know.

Are you Blogtobering along too? It’s always so much fun – looking forward to “meeting” new bloggers, sharing, being inspired & generally having a blogg’n good time!

I also, on impulse, pledged to Buy Nothing New in October – you can do so too here if you like! Food & “necessities” are exempt, but I think this is a challenge I was made for (now that I’ve declared that… what will trip me up?).