If we op shopped together....

By Anonymous -

Well I remember there were times in our early years when sharing was quite hard to do (eg: bedrooms and barbies). I think if I went thrift/garage/op shopping with you we would have to revert back to our age old system of working out who got what: put everything in a pile, then take turns choosing the first three things we wanted, then the rest numbered and drawn out of a hat!

Here are a few of my latest bits of a recent scrounge:
Lovely granny blanket (can't have too many of those), some fabric, apron and vintage habby. The really bad eighties patterns you seen in the corner are not there because i have a yen for a drop waist jacket or a lumberjack shirt- no, they have an eco use. I felt these patterns were in dire need of being put to rest once and for all, they are so bad one should put them out of their misery and so I do - by using the pattern paper to clean with!!!
Love,
Shells

Comments

Paula Mills said…
Gran would be so proud of us!
October 24, 2008 at 3:51 PM
Anonymous said…
Haha I buy those terrible patterns to wrap sales and swaps in. It's a cute way of recycling and Lord knows those patterns should be rendered unusable in as many ways as people can think up!
November 4, 2008 at 6:04 PM
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