Wear and tear

I am a person that loves to shop and buy new things. But I am also a person that never ever ever throw away items that are not worn to pieces.

I have managed to convince myself on several occasions that I need to give items to charity and that I do.

what I find interesting is how much underwear some people seem to be purchasing a year. I think on average I might buy 2 new bras a year and knickers I have no clues (I buy those when I'm in desperate need of new ones). Yes since I have a small bra size I know that I don't put as much strain on them as a person with a D-cup. But still. How many bras do a person need honestly?

Will get back some day on these thoughts.....

photo: Nelly

Op shop bargain

After heading home from a great redwine evening at a friends place she tipped me about an op shop close by. When driving by the shop was open so I figured I was just going to look around a little. I swear half the shop could have followed me home but settled for this:

Two books:four novels by Charles dickend and an Charlotte Brönte book.

A coffe cup with matching tray

A copper set

And if this is not a bargain I don't know. I paid €6 for all of it.

Second hand shopping

A couple of weeks ago I attended a party where I needed to find a yellowish shirt for my outfit.
I managed to find a horrendous one that I bought, but at the same time I found this awsome ralph Lauren skirt for €3 that I couldn't resist.

It has now become my comfy shirt that I wear with tights or skinny leg jeans & it is just marvelous.

Closet shopping

When I was home at my parents before we headed of to Rome I did some bargain finds in my moms closet:

A silk short sleeved suitjacket

a short dressy jacket

big blazer in silver

a summer dress

a thai wap around skirt

oh

and I found a wine rack at home to,

now I just need to figure out where to put it

Stairchair

My new favoite piece of furniture.

The staichair.



This means that I finally can se into my top closets and get some order up there.

yes I'm tall but not that tall and these damn closets are deep. wich means I have for the last months mainly thrown stuff in and made sure it doesn't come back out again....

From home

I told you earlier that I did some awsome finds in my parents house last time I was home.

Here they are:

A chandelier that my ganddad did to my mom when she was in my age. (it has gotten a beating so one candleholder is angled= candlewax runs over and on top of table (that same grandad help build when he was a kid)

cute outdoor candle holders, will look great on my balcony when i can start spending time on it (just need some wooded floor, furniture and a catscreen for door)



teapot and honey pot a friend of mine made in Australia (one poblem my tea siew is to big for it):

Second hand shopping

Last weekend I went second hand shopping with mom and dad. This is what I got:

flowerpots you can never have to many white ones.


Yes I only buy them secondhand, think they are to expensive in the shops.

An owensafe dish.

Floor Candleholder


Will get some photos of stuff I baragined (in mom and dads house) to later on,when I have batteries in my camera again.

Second hand shopping

In may I went and visited a friend on the east coast and she dragged me to a second hand marekt oneof the days. I'll tell you it was so much fun and I did manage to do some nice finds.

My salt and pepper seals were just so cute that I couldn't resist them.


Then I found some pots for my plants, have two cats that have severely depleted my plantpot collection and thinks new ones are to expensive.


These serving platters I found early during the day, but didn't buy them. Buy the time we were leaving I was still think on them so we stopped by to see if they were still there. They are handpainted & I think they are just gorgeous.