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this artwork from heart&soul. not sure who the artist/designer is. but i sure love what it represents. love my gal pals!

Lasses in Lampasas

hey y'all,

am just about recovered from my weekend wildness with the girls. whew! it's a good thing we were snowed in the past couple of days because i didn't feel like getting out anyhow.

speaking of snow, i was going to cram in snow pics in this post but realized that i was overextending myself, so i've made an executive decision to postpone the snow blog till later. for now, suffice it to say ... yeah, yeah, it snowed. about 6 inches in central texas.

but back to last weekend ... we loaded up the camry and headed west to lampasas for a warehouse sale, advertised as (of all things) a huge "WAREHOUSE SALE. SEIZED & FORECLOSURE MERCHANDISE".

we'd been to this one before and though it's a pain in the arse (crowded, irritating people getting in your way, crying babies and the like), they do have some interesting junk if you sift through enough of it.

but before we left the cove, we hit a couple of yard sales. we managed to do some damage at all of them:

a huge junie b. jones display for $0.50! got it for hubby's classroom

precious little yellow cups with a sweet bunny ... all great for upcoming easter

a heavy, marble-based candelabra for $0.50!! plan to paint and add prisms. and candles of course.

and then we were off to the warehouse. as it happens, i only got one thing there, but i was very pleased with my purchase. an old chest/dresser that was marked at $35. i'm not sure why, exactically, that it so desperately wanted to come home with me. but it did. i kept trying to leave it, but it whimpered and whined until i finally asked the lady minding the sale if she'd take less (it's in my blood to at least try for a better bargain).

here it is, at home. my plan is to paint it a vintage-type light green and distress it.

she agreed to sell it for $30. and made it clear to me that it was an excellent deal and that was her lowest offer.

not. a. problem. i was happy at $30, but decided to ask her hubby (who sold us stuff at his last sale at excellent prices ... and i knew that he would undercut his wife's price). i know, i'm bad.

love the sweet feet/legs on it

sure enough, he took the $28 i proffered as he looked over his shoulder to make sure wifey wasn't watching. she was. she stabbed me with an icy glare as we hauled away the chest.

i think this baby's well worth $28 ... and the daggers from the wife/seller.

ANYways, after the warehouse ordeal, we stopped in to a quaint lil thrift shop just off the square. it's some sort of faith-based thrifty place in a sweet old house. if you look long and deep enough, you can usually find some treasures there.

in the kitchen, jannetta spied a box full of vintage dinnerware that she thought i'd like. "but hurry up! there's a lady in there digging through it right now!!"

i nearly tripped over her and everything in between (it's a small, packed with junk, house) to get to the kitchen. sure enough, some woman was hogging up MY dishes. listen people ... it was a vintage SET with turquoise flowers and a splash of pink in the middle. oh yeah. they were MY dishes.



the woman finally removed herself from the area, carrying a serving bowl and multiple plates. ack!!!! later, the young girl working there admitted she shouldn't have split up the set. but she offered to sell me the rest of the set for $6.99.



i was pretty bummed about missing out on the entire set, but her price made me happy enough to agree to purchase the remaining pieces. they are wonderful. absolutely no buyer's remorse with this.



famished from a full morning of junking, we finally stopped for a late lunch at my girls on the square. it's a sweet little locally-owned restaurant that serves up yummy chicken salad sandwiches, soups and the like. the hubby and wife were very gracious hosts and were more than willing to take our official group pic of the day on their staircase. too bad they can't spell.

"restaraunt"?! didn't even notice it until i uploaded the picture. normally, i'm all over misspellings like stink on a dog.

the official group photo, on staircase inside my girls, lampasas, texas.

my girls had this very clever fish tank inside an old TV. cool, eh?

after lunch, we browsed around lampasas (in the camry) and accidentally found this place:



a little shop inside a historic home. love the old homes in lampasas!! we weren't sure if they were open, but jannetta investigated and was finally able to rouse the man inside. bonnie was too full and sleepy to be adventurous, so jannetta and i checked it out. not a lot going on inside, but on the front porch we were greeted by this:

he wouldn't talk to me, but he was very entertaining

jannetta, who's able to squeak and squawk with the animals, made a new friend.

on a final note, i received a surprise box of treasures from my dear pal sue at vintagesue. i can't thank her enough for her thoughtfulness, generosity, kindness, etc. i LOVE my treasures, sue!! thank you SOOO much.

sweet linens and things ... yummy!

an adorable pillow made by sue

y'all stay safe and warm and keep on junkin'!

love and hugs from a white central texas,
terry lee

official ring photo :-)

Shake, Baby, Shake!

hey y'all!

if you've been reading my blog, you already know that when the girls get together for a junkin' saturday, we usually stir things up. and by stir things up, i mean something always happens ... an altercation (okay, that may be too strong of a word), an unfortunate incident (meaning, it's never our fault) or just simply an encounter with your regular run-of-the-mill yard sale seller or shopper that drives me to the brink of insanity or homicide.

you know, that sort of thing.

however, the saturday sale goddess smiled down upon us this weekend. our general plan was to head east to belton and temple for some estate and yard sale listings i'd gleaned off craigslist.

our very first stop was at a belton house listed as an estate sale. as you probably know, we prioritize our list, hitting estate sales first, then yard sales, then thrift shops if there's time.

but i digress.

we've been doing this for so long that we can usually tell from the car if it's going to be a good sale or not. our spidey senses were tingling on this one and we were not disappointed.

the gentleman running the sale greeted us immediately and warmly. he was johnny-on-the-spot too with any questions we had. best of all, he had some great junk with great prices to match. our kinda sale!

all of us loaded up on stuff we couldn't live without (including some killer LPs for $0.50 each!!) while we chatted up (or was it the other way around?!) the seller. his name was jerry and as it happens, he's a pianist/musician/singer/former 60s band member/songwriter/you-name-it (click on his name for more info about him).

he invited us inside to see his piano and to hear him play and sing. i played a little ditty first, while he was tending to some other customers (sheesh), then he joined us and took the stage.

first song: desperado by the eagles. one of the albums i'd bought from him was the eagles so maybe that's why he sang it for us. then he ripped into jerry lee lewis' "whole lotta shakin' goin' on".



well! you would've thought we were teenaged girls the way we started dancing and shakin' to the music. what frickin' fun! afterward, he whipped out his trumpet and played something bluesy for us. wow! a very talented singer/pianist/musician!



jerry walked us out to the car and we thanked him for the personal performance in his living room. geeez. who would've thought something like that could happen while junkin'?! what can i say? we are the FAGs!! woohoo!



as we drove away, we knew it'd be downhill after that. in fact, somebody (who shall remain nameless) stated the obvious ... that we'd "shot our wad" at the first sale. so crude. so unladylike. so true.

but we still had a great time junkin', laughing and being together the rest of the day.

when i got home, i had a package from vintagesue in the mail! my friend dana ordered some goodies from sue ... beautiful and sweet little heart shaped cake tins that she embellished with vintage buttons. love love love them!! thanks again, dana. and to sue for the special touches and love she puts into her boxes. go check out her site if you haven't!



not a bad weekend! hope y'all had a good one too.

love and hugs,
terry lee

look at these two babies! gosh they were young. bookends!! from jerry's sale

here's another sale where i found several cool vintage things

sweet vintage bowls for $0.25 each at the GW bargain barn

purse with cool old flowers ... this is sooo sweet!

love these old cards and pics!

i couldn't resist this baby doll's head. i don't normally do this sort of thing, but she was so cute and i felt bad for her. so i brought her home. and the clock is an avon collectible piece. got them both for $0.50. total!!

found this adorable lil lamp (far left) at the barn. love its roses!

a basket of lovely vintage ornies!!! snagged them ALL for $1.00!

also couldn't resist this lil lady. it's actually a page from an old magazine that someone framed. not thrilled with the frame, but the pic was definitely worth the $2 i paid for her.

okay, this find nearly threw me into v-tach. i could NOT believe some crafty person didn't snatch these up before i got to the barn on friday!! a bowl full of glass prisms (26 of 'em total!!). all for ... are you ready ... you're not gonna believe it ... $0.50!!!! as y'all know, they sell for 10 times that, each! score!!!

vintage slip for $0.25. so lacy and lovely!!

official FAG ring photo

Playoffs vs. Posting

hey y'all,

greetings and salutations! i'm writing this as dear hubby (and the rest of texas) watches the cowboys' playoff game. i can hear the announcers (blahblahdiddyblahblah) on TV and the crowd cheering like fools. ack!!!

i may have to finish this post later in the day when it's a little more quiet in the house. geeeez. oh gawd. something must've just happened because now the announcer is yelling.

sigh.

okay, i refuse to let this post be a play by play of the game.

my blog title is all things terry lee and i can assure you that football doesn't fall into that catagory.

anyways, yesterday i had the most marvelous opportunity to meet and spend time with my new blogging and email friend, dana of dana's chicken scoop. we met in belton for a little junkin' at nellie's and the expo's city-wide garage sale.



it was SUCH a treat to meet dana. she's an angel and we had a blast together. kindred souls for sure. we love junking and we not only have similar tastes and sensibilities, but the exact same taste in vintage lovelies.


{{ hubby yelling to the TV: "BOOM!! get up!!!" (whaa??!?!) }}


our first stop: nellies in downtown belton. our main goal was to head upstairs to visit cindy's booth. it's a good thing we didn't have any other goals because we went directly upstairs and stood at cindy's for about an hour and a half, chatting and oogling the pretties.

great booth, cindy!! if you're reading this and are in central texas, go. check. out. cindy's. booth!!! it's a must if you love all things vintage, sweet, lovely, pink. as an added incentive, she has a few things from vintagesue as well.

sweet cards/gift tags made by sue. love 'em!

{{ hubby: low, sad groan to the TV. (that may not be a good sign for the 'boys) }}

after lunch at a lil bbq joint in belton (which, btw, doesn't offer an awful lot on the culinary front), we trekked over to the expo center for the city-wide garage sale. not sure how or why they call it a garage sale, because it isn't. it's a lot of vendors set up in the assembly hall, hawking their collectibles, antiques, jewelry, vintage linens, etc.

sweet compilation of lovelies. esp that darling lady with the eyelashes ... $75. ouch.

i thought this looked cool. not a lover of orange, but still.

very cool. i love me some elvis.

had to take a pic of this, under the disapproving eyes of the vendor. too cool, a painting (print?) of the rat pack.

oh, this is prolly why the vendor was scrutinizing my behavior. ack!! $350!!!

suh-weeeeet lil pink vintage piggy!!! i took this pic for tara, lover of pigs.

this was interesting ... a vintage hat with dolls placed on it. hmmmm. you could wear it to sunday school, right?

plenty of dolls at this place. was a must to take a pic of my dear scarlett. fiddle dee dee. i love her so much!!

lovely pink rose dinnerware. gosh, this was a pretty set!

vintage barbie and ken, cruisin' on down the road in their orange whatchallit. the woman kept yakking about the car but it was all lost on me.


still. it was interesting and we both found some cute things:

an adorable, unusual lil dress form. she came home with me and is happy with her new friends.

i also got this GORGEOUS noritake rose platter for a song. very very happy to have it.

see the rusty ornamental iron piece hanging on the pink door? i picked that lil baby up for $5. i'm sure i'll put it somewhere else, but for now, that's where i hung it. love it.

close up of rusty, crusty iron piece. love the curlies on it!!

of all my treasures on saturday, this lil piece probably captured my heart the most. there's just something about a vintage pink bird (albeit an owl, which i've never been fond of) that gets me every time. doesn't she have the sweetest face?! it's a little pitcher. all of $3. love her!!

here's dana with one of her treasure finds: a vintage thermos that she plans to display on her picnic table. perfect! can't wait to see pics of it in its new home, dana!


{{ hubby is mighty quiet. crowd is screaming like maniacs. uh oh. vikings scored. }}


i had a great day of junking and am very pleased with the treasures i brought home. but most of all, i'm so pleased to have met dana and am thankful for our new friendship. thanks for a wonderful day of laughs and junkin', dana!


{{ hubby: "honey?! dallas got a field goal!"
me: "that's nice, dear." }}


hugs to all y'all,
terry lee

dana, the gift-giver, gave me this precious lil card/collage she made. i adore it dana! thanks so much!

dana also gave me this vintagesue collage. killer, as always!

{{ hubby just growled at the TV. hmmm.

announcer: "vikings lead by 11."

ouch. }}