One cool yard sale.

This past weekend brought me to a yard sale at this peach of a house...


Isn't she a beauty? I was in the house a couple of years ago when it was on the Historical Society's home tour. It was one of the homes that made me say, "This is the town I want to buy a house in." Two years later, we did!

The yard sale was a fundraiser for Ocean Grove United, a local group committed to promoting a diverse and welcoming community and to ensuring the rights of all residents. Without getting on too much of a soap box, I will say that our town is a very diverse one and I believe in loving all of God's children. Ergo, I'm a a big supporter of OGU's mission.

And when a yard sale was held for their benefit, I actually woke up early. Earlyish? And I was rewarded with what I have long considered the Holy Grail of yard sale finds: A perfectly vintage Westinghouse oscillating fan. In working order. For four dollars.


How cool (pun totally intended) is that? Someone actually stopped me on the street on the way home to ask where I got it, and to tell me, "even the fan thinks you're cool." I told her how much it was and her response was "Four, forty, whatever. I knew I should have got out earlier."

I got a cute Nippon poppy plate for a dollar that I'll use for one of my crafty plate stand projects.


And a cloche (OK, cheese board cover), also for a buck. I'll use it to cover one of my crafty dishes. Maybe the new poppy one!

That was all at the sale, but the fan was really the find of the weekend. Of the year? Could be.

After dropping off the (HEAVY) fan at home I moved on by bike (lest I lose my prime parking spot) to my favorite little store Country-by-the-Sea in Avon-by-the-Sea. They were having a big outdoor anniversary sale (with free food. Yay, free!) but all I managed to find was this tablecloth ($4), which I'll use to make tote bags, now that I've embraced the sewing machine.

When I got home and unfurled it, I found out it's quite a large rectangle with minimal wear so I'll get a couple of bags out of this for sure. I like the orange edging so I have to use my little pea-brain-not-quite-yet-wired-as-a-sewer to figure out how to incorporate it as some sort of trim.

In the same store I also saw this gorgeous hall table for $145 that I've been trying to convince myself should come home to the shore house.

But I don't think there's any room left at the inn. Or money in my wallet, for that matter.

Hop on over to Bloggeritaville to see what "fan-tastic" thrifty finds others came across this week. That's where I'm headed...