Thrifty Things Friday #142

Welcome to this weeks 

Thrifty Things Friday

This week I'm sharing some of my after Christmas/Winter decor!

A mish mash of snowmen, cardinals and red & white!

I love these garden boots, bought after Christmas sale from Target!

You saw my little girl bought last week, 

but I found a couple of new things at the thrift to add to the bookcases!

This little candle holder, made from a finial and a candle cup is just so cute and only .50

This adorable top hat with poinsettia's and a cardinal was $2 and I love it! 

A great addition to my cardinal collection.

This adorable salt & pepper shaker set is a Christmas gift from my daughter Sara and fits in with my winter cardinal theme perfectly!

The winter look

Until February when I'll bring out the 

Hearts! 

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Wishing you JOY,

Linda

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Krispy Kreme

Have you ever had a Krispy Kreme doughnut?

They are yummy! 

Have you ever been to a Krispy Kreme store?

I have!!

Back before Christmas I had dinner with Sara, Blake and Tiger.  After dinner Blake loaded us in the car and said we were going for a treat!

Hot Krispy Kreme doughnuts!

When the light is on that says HOT they are making doughnuts!

You can follow along as 'your' doughnut is made

From the fryer, flipped once

Through the waterfall of icing

To the box of doughnuts we bought! 

The plain iced one's were all hot off the conveyor belt!  

Tiger picked a chocolate iced doughnut and we all had milk

Only Tiger got the hat!

and a chocolate mustache!

It was so much fun to watch them 'make the doughnuts'.  Besides the glazed doughnuts they have many other kinds (as you saw in our dozen) all good!! 

It was so much fun and a real treat! 

So if you see a Krispy Kreme and the HOT light is on, 

stop on in for a melt in your mouth delight! 

(no one paid me for this post, all opinions are my own)

 photos are from my cell phone but you can see the fun we had!

Joining Kathe at 

You're Gonna Love It

Wishing you JOY,

Linda

Thrifty Things Friday #141

Diann and I are so happy to have you join us for Thrifty Things Friday~2014 

Can you believe it is our first party of the year?

If you are like me you haven't done a lot of thrifting, but I must say there were many bargains to be found at the after Christmas sales.

I had a return to Marshall's today and so of course had to cruise the last of the markdowns

I REALLY did not need anything else for Christmas decorations, but these two items just called my name!

This adorable Vera kitchen towel was marked 1/2 price and I had to have it!

I splurged on this little girl.  I saw her before Christmas and fell in love, but her price tag stopped me.  Today she was 1/2 price and it was still a lot for me, but I love her and so I brought her home. 

All in all I spent less then the amount of my return so it was a win-win to me!  

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Wishing you JOY,

Linda

Junkin Awards 2013

What better way to start the new year then to look back and give my annual Junkin Awards!

This was a year of more re-thrifting then buying, but of course,

 I did get some great finds this year!

I usually start with my favorite Pyrex find, but I did not buy any Pyrex this year.  I already have so much and so nothing just grabbed me this year! 

Favorite Find in White

This wonderful little table was bought at the WLYS from my friends Kathy & Jeff

It is one of my bedside tables and I love it!

Favorite Find in Red

I've been collecting these small pieces of pottery in this amazing red glaze and this year added this adorable ball mini pitcher

Favorite Find in Blue

This $1 find made me so happy!  I love this color of Blue and I have a few of these jars but this one is a new size and it has the lid!!

Favorite Find in Green

This green pottery 'elf' shoe was such a fun find and for $1 just made me so happy!  I added my own little kneehugger elf at Christmas and it was just perfect!

Favorite Find in Pink

Usually a hard category to choose just one for, but this year these Hazel Atlas bowls were hands down winners.  I use them and love them so much!

Favorite WLYS find

My friend Kathy made this pillow to sell in her booth at the WLYS,

 but once I saw it, it was mine!

Favorite Christmas Find

Love these little Scottie mugs and used them all through December!

Favorite Find for Tiger

Made a great score on some clothes and

  books were my best finds for Tiger this year!

Favorite Find in Plates

Found all these plates and they were 1/2 price! 

These Poppy Metlock dishes were my fall plates this year!

Favorite Find in Paris

A new 'category' this year and probably the only time I can really say, I found this at a flea market in Paris...this Quimper Bowl is a wonderful memento of my great trip to Paris in Sept.

So those are my favorite junkin finds in 2013!

I can't wait to see what 2014 brings! 

Thanks to all of you who follow me and junk along with me!  

Wishing you all a very 

Happy New Year! 

Linda

Reflections of 2013

As 2013 comes to an end, it is time to look back and reflect on the year that was!

January saw me choosing my word of the year

It was subtitled 'the year of Linda' but not everyone knew that (Smiles)

I made the decision to take my trip to Paris in 2013 and had the best time planning it for most of the year.  I'm sure you are not surprised to find out that some of my most viewed posts were about Paris!  

I had the time of my life and made memories I will never forget.  

It was truly a dream come true!

I took about 100 photos of the Eiffel Tower while I was there...oh yes I did!

The other big event of 2013 was my decision to sell my home and move closer to my daughter and her family.

Once decided I moved in July and it was a crazy time trying to settle into my rented duplex.

I really only partially moved and it took me another six months to finish moving all my 'treasures' to my new home

During this move I also purged so many things and re-thrifted them as I worked on downsizing

Charlie has adjusted to his new home but isn't really happy that I am still traveling a lot

I hope that 2014 will see a little less of that!

The best part of moving, of course, has been the time I have been able to spend with my daughter Sara, my son in law Blake and of course the love of my life...my Grandson Tiger!!

This was one of his first visits to Grandma's house in the summer and I knew I had made the right decision!

This is six months after I moved and now he has spent the night here at Grandma's!  I see many more fun times for Grandma and Tiger in 2014!

I Love my sweet Tiger!

I did feel like I was not able to give my blog the attention I wanted to this year.  My posts dropped to a couple a week, but you my faithful friends stayed with me and I am so grateful for your friendship!

Another popular post is always my Worlds Longest Yard Sale adventures

This year I joined my friends Kathy & Jeff who had a booth and sold amazing stuff!

I bought these wonderful bowls there!

Another blog change was joining my friend Diann at The Thrifty Groove as co-host for Thrifty Things Friday this year.  I've enjoyed it so much!

Thank you Diann!

So it's been quite the year!  

I know that 2014 will hold more challenges as I work to move my Mom here to Georgia.  I want her living closer to me and she has finally agreed it is time to move. 

This year's word JOY has been fulfilled three fold!  I am so happy and yes filled with JOY!

I'll be back with my new word for 2014 and my Thrifty Favorites for 2013.

Meanwhile I'm joining Kathe at 

You're Gonna Love It 

and 

Brenda at Tweak It Tuesday

Wishing you JOY,

Linda