I did a little more bargain shopping this past weekend with my mom.  We went to a couple of flea markets and although it wasn’t one of my most successful bargain hunting outings, I still found a couple of unique items.  I found a rotary dial address book (which I never knew existed) and a jukebox salt and pepper shaker.  I love flea markets!





Do you know what this is? Its an address book! Jukebox salt and pepper shakers.




    

As I may have previously stated, I love a good bargain. On my days off from work, you can probably find me Goodwill hopping or visiting many of my favorite resale shops. I love the thrill of the hunt for the right thing at the right price.

Among my favorite resale shops in St. Louis are Dos, Clique, The Scholarshop, Women’s Closet Exchange, and Next. In these shops, you can find high end designer items for less than half of its original price.

I recently stopped by my local Goodwill store where I found this awesomely intriguing bottle. Because I love art and collages, this was the perfect piece to display in my office.

This collage soda bottle was $1.00 at Goodwill.

 

This dress was a great find at Back On The Rack.



Queen Bee Necklace.








A perfect fit.



Clutch by J.Faith





I love these earrings! I am also a huge fan of Etsy.  On this site, you can find handmade and vintage items.  I absolutely love this site and have several favorite sellers.  I got this chic bee necklace from My Lavaliere.  I wear this necklace with almost everything because I love it so much.  Visit her shop here.

Growing up one of my favorite places to be was my bedroom. When my parents moved into a beautiful house on College Avenue (back on 1996), I inherited a spacious bedroom with a walk-in closet and my very own bathroom. My luxury suite also included French doors leading out to the back yard. I have always been so grateful to my parents and God for allowing me to have such an awesome room to call my own. I loved my room so much that I never wanted to leave.

Before long, I had transformed the room into my own special refuge. The blue wallpaper with pink flowers on it had almost been completely covered by my art and random mementos from school and my friends. One whole wall was covered in pictures and the other was covered with “Milk Mustache” ads I collected. This room was where I had sleepovers; where I listened to music for hours; where I dreamed of my future. It was sad the night I moved out of my room. I was heading off to college and I knew I’d never have another room like this one. How true that has been. Where I once had a huge space to myself, I now have very little space that has to be shared with someone else.

Now my room seems like just another part of “my parent’s house.” Although some of my artistic decor has been taken down, a lot of things are just as I left them. My room now serves as a workout room, a craft room, and a laundry folding area.

Over Labor Day weekend I visited my parents and spent some time in my old room. It was fun to look at things and to reminisce.

Bulletin board of the past.  (High School flag, old Polaroid, Ole Miss button, Key Club convention name tag, Reagan/Bush campaign button, picture of the old Busch Stadium, high school graduation tassel.)

My window seat.

Items in my closet from high school.  (Majorette uniform, Girl Scout vest, graduation gown, letter jacket)

Friends.  (the "Fly Honies" then and later)

The French doors leading to the backyard.

Favorite things.  (Squirrel art project, KHS cheerleader bear, Valentines Dance picture 1998, ceramic fish art project, Tatler first issue picture)