At the school fete we went to on the weekend I was a woman on a mission. With a plan. No matter what, our house was to stay in a Negative Stuff Balance. That is, as we had recently donated a TRAILER load of stuff to charity, under no circumstances was anywhere near that amount of stuff coming back into the house.
I left the kids (stamped with all day ride passes) with Legoman and hit the hall right on opening. I did not even look at toys, glanced over the kids books ( bagged a few), had a brief ferret in the kids clothes (the mounds were so high even I was overwhelmed) but did snag some corduroy pants for Roboboy complete with leather cowboy pocket and edging. He was impressed as he shares my fond appreciation of all things corduroy but wants me to sew something over the cowboy.
A super fast scan of bric a brac and proud to say NONE purchased.
And then I stumbled onto the manchester corner. And no one was even nearby. On the top of the pile a glorious Grover Purple chenille bed throw, minor fading in parts but still awesome. I'm not sure whether I should applique some patches over the faded bits or chop it up. I'm leaning towards patching if Roboboy is keen on it. There were actually two but the other one had alot of stains so I let it be.
Hidden under the sheets and blankets were three boxes of fabric - all $1 per piece. The pile in the top photo was only about a quarter of the stash on offer but to maintain the negative stuff balance I was selective. I also found a pile of felt and beads all untouched so they had to come home too.
Two glorious Australian animal puzzles. Roboboy was straight onto these the minute we got home. I love Australiana and if it's educational as well it's a winner. I had just given away some Postman Pat puzzles so Stuff Balance = Neutral for this one. At 4 oclock the fete was winding up and it was announced that a bag could be filled for $2. Despite this and the fact that that Legoman and the kids snuck back in with me, we only filled one small bag. Stuff Balance still overwhelmingly well short of a trailer load. Now I just need to finish painting the curbside find and set up my sewing machine.
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I really get you about the negative stuff balance. I took about three carloads to Vinnie's recently and trying to be very selective as I didn't want to do that again. You did manage to find some lovely and useful things.
ReplyDeleteOh... that bedspread. I had a pair of pants made for me once upon a time, by a girl called Lou - out of a chenille bedspread. She left the fringing on around the 3/4 length hems. They were hipsters, and oh so comfy. I can warmly recommend any clothing made from chenille bed throws of the same ilk.
ReplyDeleteAs for the fabric - love the top one - reminds me of Tuscany and cherry earrings. And is that a fabric with DRAGONFLIES on it 5 down from the top??!!! Wow....
Negative stuff balance be damned, I say!
Great little pile of fabric you have there!
ReplyDeletelove that cherry fabric and the little red one underneath. I have not been to a school fete in over 20 years.....sounds like it was a good one.
ReplyDeletehello! I've just found your blog - it's lovely to come across another Brissie gal with gorgeous chooks!
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