Dirty Church

The husband and I started our day out at the Public Market at 8:00 am. I don't know if you know this about Rochester, but we have the #1 Public Market in the country! In the entire US of A, Rochester has got the best Public Market. It seems unbelievable, but when you arrive at 8:00 am and have to park two blocks away because the place is so packed, you start to understand. We had our veggie and meat grocery list and were able to get almost everything on the list. I swear to you, it seemed like every single thing was $1. I can't wait to go to Wegmans and find out how much our three bags of produce and chicken would have been.

Then we went to two neighborhood sales that are across the street from one another. It's been years since I've been to these particular sales. Last time I went it was a mad house. Swarms of people the likes of which you might witness at Woodstock or NYC on New Years Eve. Call me crazy, but I just felt like living on the edge today. There were plenty of other great sales to go to, but these were closer to home and gas is $4 a gallon. Not that I drove. But, you get the point. Anyway, it ended up that the crowds were thinner and the pickins better.

In attendance: Lilah, the husband, Sarah and Sarah. We started at a church sale. Innocent enough, or so one might think. We found gobs of 80's stuff. Including "Yo MTV Raps!" trading cards still in the box and stickers wanting to know, "Where Is The Beef?" Not where's the beef. Where. Is. The. Beef?! Then things started to get a little...kinky. There was a gold necklace charm of a couple...coupling and a photo frame with factory photos of men in the buff that showed you exactly where the beef was. Two other gems did not elude us:

Sarah pities the foo' who doesn't cure virginity...hound dog.

The husband is pretty pumped to use this on his desk at work next week. Jealous? As we were checking out Nick mentioned that he thought churches were supposed to burn things like this. The man collecting the money said, "Not this church, we're awesome." How can you disagree with that? Lilah scooped up a vintage folding lawn chair for 50 cents and Nick took it's match. Then of course Lilah wondered if she should have gotten both and they spent the rest of the day keeping their respective chairs out of reach of each other.


The vintage still in the wrapper message board is for someone who likes that kind of thing. It has felt pieces on it. Authentic 1970's felt. We're talking high class.

The husband got two Beach Boys records. One has NEVER BEEN OPENED. They were 50 cents each.


Lilah scored a tiny little turkey (she has to be the only person I've ever met who loves turkey things) for a quarter, a vintage silhouette jar for 50 cents, two plants for a buck and ...popcorn. She was eating it before we even realized it was there. My mother is a popcorn fiend. She can smell popcorn three miles away. She can also eat her weight in popcorn. She housed that junk. It was fresh popped, too! Right in someone's front yard. Two things to know about my mother: Do NOT get in between her and popcorn OR her and fresh oranges from the tree. You will be chewed.



I got several things as well. The first to tempt your imaginations is: the dog air freshener or "Air Refresher". It's fuzzy, it's green, it's a dog...apparently. This one is for a friend. Obviously. What are friends for? Plus, it came from Dirty Church.

I love tiny. I love cute. I love holidays. Put those hands together.

I had this book when I was younger. I just started to think about it last week and I missed it. I remember the pictures so vividly. Glad to have it back.


This vintage black purse was $1 and came with it's original change purse. The leather pouch is for a friend who loves horses. And probably leather to some extent. But definitely pouches.


I've been all about the 80's stuff lately. Even more so than usual which is bad news. I looked at plastic 80's jewelry online the other day for about an hour. I was then gifted with this for like a quarter. Now, I used to have a ton of these when I was a kid and then again when I had the 80's toy website: 80's Twilight. (calm down, that was at least 10 years before The Twilight Saga came to be) I forced the collection onto a friend. For her own good. (who, me?? Never!!) But, I think I'll keep this one. At least until my nostalgia fades away. I bet you recognize some of these charms from your own necklace, don't ya?


Stay tuned for more yard sale-ing adventures on the high seas! (or on land, in the suburbs)

Marathon Weekend...Literally

Well, I guess it's a half marathon weekend, if you want to get technical. The Flower City Challenge, to be precise. One million things are happening. Check it out: Friday we went to a church sale. We go every year. Never find anything too epic, but we feel compelled to go since it's pretty close to where we live. Also, I have to support church sales that start on Friday and stay open till 7 or 8 pm. That's just rad. All those old ladies staying out past their bedtime. I'm talking about me and my friends, of course.

We're not going to mention the fact that HB looks drugged in this picture. Or that she's wearing some conglomeration of pajamas. I don't think she reads this, so what she doesn't know can't hurt her. Anyway, the Millhouse sisters have a love of moody sea/ship art. Alicia is in the market for a place of her own and she found one of these at the Friday sale. In the middle of debating whether to keep it for her new place or give it to her sister, she noticed a second one. The same. Twinsies. Boom. I think they were like 50 cents each.

All of the little animals are Alicia's of course. As is the picture frame. Maybe she'll put a mirror in it. Maybe she'll paint it a rad color and put it over her new peep hole. Who knows? the wooden spoons are for her new place, too. HB bought the embroidery hoops, the bobbins and the great vintage Christmas tags. Now, I'm going to show you what I got. You might want to sit down. Because this is good. Almost overwhelmingly so.

Right?? Mouse pad! I'm using this bad boy at work. Goodbye plain red mouse bad. Hello love of my life! The whole shebang cost me 75 cents. Beat that with a stick, if you can! But maybe not, because I think it would break my new wine glasses. I sort of just realized that I don't have stemware. So, I'll be on the lookout all summer long. So then on Saturday morning the husband and HB teamed up for a duathlon. She ran, he biked, she ran. Team Chick and Nick placed 13th out of 49 teams! Not too shabby! We got up at like 5:20 am they did physical activity, I waited around a took pictures. It was nice out. And sunny.

After they finished we went home to clean up. I took a nap, you know, since all that looking around was such hard work. Nobody else napped. That's just how my lazy ass rolls. Literally. That's how I'm maintaining such astounding rolls. Take note. A few minutes later we headed out to a neighborhood sale. It was glorious outside. Just as we started to get hungry we discussed the potential for us to come across someone selling hot dogs. Just at the same moment we spotted said person. The combo was $3. Hot dog, bag of chips and a drink. I opted for Fritos and water. I gotta watch my waistline. The menu said that gossip was free. I'm not sure why I didn't document this in photographs. Too much eating, I guess. Then I belched up hot dog for the rest of the day and remembered why I don't like those little mothers. They don't even really taste that great the first time.

The husband got vinyl.

Sarah got a very cool green bag and a Pennsylvania Dutch Unicorn plaque. Which, makes perfect sense to me. Andrew got a tea bag squeezer outer. I'm pretty sure my family used to have one of those.


Alicia got the hoodie she's wearing and it came in handy right away. Babe the Pig is a toy for her dog. Something about that makes me cringe. Don't worry Babe, it won't hurt for long. That dog will have you ripped apart in four minutes flat. The totally unauthorized Michael Jackson trivia book is nice because we can all learn a little something from it. I don't know if the thing draped over her arm is a rug or a blanket. Knowing Alicia, it's a blanket. Because if it's not a garbage can, it's going to be a blanket every time. Or a small animal statuette. With jewel eyes. I can't wait to see her new place!


HB got the skirt for a quarter. Ridiculous. She wears skirts all summer long, so I'm sure she'll get her monies worth out of it. More vintage Christmas labels which were free and a glass what says "Norma" if you can believe it. The Millhouse sisters have an aunt Norma (Normie) and she enjoys a nice cocktail every now and again. So this is the glass she'll use when she comes to visit.


This is my haul. $1 for the mug which I'm giving to my aunt. She loves cardinals and she also likes cute cartoon things. I think she'll get a hoot out of it. That would have been a funny pun if it were an owl mug. Pretend, ok? The strawberry shortcake things will be listed on my Etsy page shortly and the linen was ten cents. Ten cents, ok LuLu?!? So no guff from you! It's awesome and you are getting it and I don't want to hear about rules! Heather made me do it! She made me get it for you even though I tried to tell her about the rules! She doesn't go in for rules and she's a bully to boot! I blame her.

Then on Sunday morning HB and a bunch of our other friends ran the half marathon. Right after that we went to the public market for their yard sale day. It was so nice out. Perfect weather for running. I would imagine. Not that I know from experience. But I do have a pretty good imagination, so just trust me on this one. Below you will find the things the husband and I bought. Just the wine glass is mine! (25 cents) This is the most that the husband has ever bought in one saleing event. I think he had a tinch of the bug. The fever. He didn't want to pay full price for anything and ended up getting a $4 plant stand that our friend Mae had been wanting for $2 instead! He's gettin' good at this. The belt buckles were $1 and $2 (he's going to try for all 50 states. The funny part is that the Arizona buckle was made in Colorado.) and the movies were $5 together. Great way to finish off the weekend. I'm proud of you, my son.

OK, time to go get ready for brunch! So many good things! Hearts and bellies full of joy!