My husband had to go out of town last weekend for work, so I went to Atlanta to see a friend. We both love to go thrifting. (She has the best luck ever. I can’t even tell you how many fabulous purses she’s found for nothing–including Coach and Yves St. Laurent.) She had a long day on Friday, so I hit a few stores that are kind of out of the way from her house. I didn’t have a huge amount of luck, but I did find these beauties:
All of these plates were only $2.09/each–Amazing! In both of these cases, there were only 7 pieces. I was able to find more of the chargers on ebay and I found one more salad plate on Replacements.com. I would encourage you to do the same thing if you find something pretty but it’s an incomplete set. If it’s not marked (like the chargers), use Google lens to figure out what it is. Google will also show you listings for what you have. By the way, the set of salad plates is actually a mixture of salad and dessert plates, but you wouldn’t notice that when they are set on a table. This pattern was discontinued in 1974, so I was surprised that I could find any. I love the look.
While I was out on Friday, I also found a bunch of mugs for a friend who is working on a project. If you need mugs, GO TO THE THRIFT STORE! I always find so many. But that also means you should think about 3 times before you buy anyone a mug. I also found a 12″ silverplate tray for $4. I have been collecting them to use as service plates/chargers since early this year, and now I have 7 and I would like to find at least 1 more. I only pay up to $5.
On Saturday, we hit some of our favorite stores.
We went to a nice consignment store and I found some things:
I didn’t find these this weekend, but it was a great find. I found a whole bunch of All Clad utensils for $9.99/each at a consignment store. Truly, I don’t understand why you would sell these. You would never have to replace them because they are so well made. A friend of mine wants to upgrade her kitchen equipment, so she is going to keep these and get rid of/pass down to her kids what she has.
I don’t know if I shared this last holiday season, but I find most of the gifts for the family at the thrift store or used book store or consignment store or ebay. I find great books, trays, interesting serving pieces, etc. I have to shop all year, because you never know what you’ll find and sometimes you don’t find anything. I have found some really great things like this:
I found this at a consignment store:
It’s so fun when the kids open the gifts because they truly have no idea what I have found for them. We also give them a check as their “real” gift. So we have the joy of watching them open gifts and still can give them a check which is what they really need.
