July 5, 2009

Shopping Too Hard Causes Mental Confusion!!!

I spent two and a half hours at Eastwood Flea Market in Montgomery, AL on Friday. I think my eyes made contact with Everything in Every booth!!! Normally, I wouldn't spend quite that much time in one place, but I had tagged along with my husband, who was in Montgomery on business, and I promised that I would be fine for a couple of hours. Thank goodness they have a nice sitting area up front with lots of comfy rockers.

One would think that I would have had a truck load of treasures after that amount of time. Unbelievably, I only bought two things...for a big total of $7.95!!! Al could not even believe it.

I had scouted out lots of great "I'll come back for that" goodies and I made a mental note to go back and collect them. I certainly didn't want to schlep them around the whole time, and I hated to take so many "maybes" to the check out counter. Unfortunately, my mental notes got lost in all the other junk in my little brain and I didn't go back to collect anything. All I had were the two little items I carried around. On the drive home I would think of something else that I had forgotten and squawk about it for a while.

Al was a very happy man when we arrived home, bless his heart!


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I got the blue McCarty Pottery rabbit on the right for $4.00!!! I received the other one as a good-bye gift from a special friend when we left Mississippi. Most of my friends there had several pieces of this pottery. McCarty's is located in Marigold, MS






My sweet $4.00 McCarty Rabbit usually sells for around $25.00.


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This thread holder is a bit hokey, but it doesn't show from the door, and I really need it for the sewing area. I broke it on the way home!


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Now, don't forget to visit Rhoda, the gracious hostess of "Today's Thrifty Treasures" @Southern Hospitality to see more fun week end bargains.


Rhonda

22 comments:

  1. Those rabbits are adorable. Thanks for stopping by my blog. I'm off to look around yours now. :-) Hope you have a great week!

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  2. Cute bunnies. I am bad about the same thing - going to remember where something is and forget to go back or don't remember which booth.
    Glenda

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  3. You were so good ! Next time bring a wagon so you can buy and take with you, LOL !
    Hugs ~! Kammy

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  4. Rhonda,
    What interesting looking rabbits! I have one a bit larger that could be a relative of theirs. Sorry about breaking your spool holder. I can relate I sat on a brand new pair of sunglasses in the car recently.
    Cathy

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  5. Wow, I love your bunnies! Love them! Great score for 4 bucks!

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  6. Those are the spiffiest rabbits I've ever seen. I don't know if that kind can be found in the DEnver area. I will sure be on the look out. Thanks for sharing :D

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  7. Hey Rhonda! I'm having my first blog giveaway - check it out and see if you might want to enter. I will keep working on that banner - and email you back soon!

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  8. Darling rabbit, they look adorable together! The thread spool holder is sweet. Too bad you broke it. Hope it's an easy fix!

    Thanks for sharing!

    Tina

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  9. Love the bunnies!!! and honestly I love love love the spool holder, hope it's fixable for you. :(
    ♥ Teresa

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  10. Cute bunny!!!! Sorry the thread holder broke, but it looks like you got it to work now. Very handy! Linda

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  11. What neat finds! I love the thread holder! Unique!

    I've never been to the Eastwood FM. I'll have to check it out. Thank you for your visit to my blog.

    Jackie

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  12. This is a pottery company I have never heard of (I guess because I am from Illinois) but the bunnies are just Wonderful. And what a good deal you got

    . Question: Was the weather over 90 degrees at the flea market? As a flea market vendor that is the temp.( I say) that makes shopper's mind no longer able to function.

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  13. Rhonda, isn't Eastbrook fun to browse?? I've only been there one time, but would love to go back again. Where to you live??

    Oh, and I just love your bunny. I haven't heard of that pottery, but MS must be big on pottery, cause I have a Peter's pottery piece from MS. Got it on sale, but not a steal.

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  14. Wow, I love the bunny. And I have never seen a thread holder like that. How neat. Great finds!

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  15. Cute little bunny. I hope you can fix that spool holder. It is adorable with the little sewing machine at the top!

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  16. I so want one of those bunnies....

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  17. Love your bunnies...

    Thanks for stopping by my blog.

    Have a great week

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  18. Love the bunnies.. they are darling. So glad you could find yours a mate.

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  19. I wanted to thank you for stopping by my blog yesterday. I LOVE your bunnies!! :)

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  20. Very pretty bunnies. Love them.

    I need to find a thread holder too. That would solve an organization problem around here.

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  21. Your bunnies are darling! I need to stop over in Montgomery sometime to check out that market. Layla Palmer has blogged about it before and maybe Rhoda, too? I could spend a long time like you did just browsing.

    It's definitely on our route from Atlanta to Florida to visit my dad!

    Thanks for stopping by!

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