Find of the week

It may be due to having a thriftshopswop coming up, but I felt postively drawn to the op-shop as I wandered by this week, and call me superstitious but I have also started to get really lucky, with multiple exciting finds. Ye-ha!
I don't think I've mentioned before, but for the most part all my op-shopping happens at just the one store.
I live in a small town with *gasp*, only 3 op-shops. One has cooties; another is rubbish. However the Rangiora salvation army op-shop is as good as they get. Still, I tend to only find one 'goodie' per visit, and occassionally leave empty handed.

This week was different though. The moment I walked in I spotted this box of old glass christmas westling balls, each wrapped in an old fashioned paper napkin, with a thick wad of ancient cotton wool and dried up bit of fir tree in the bottom. Pure christmas-past loveliness.

Seconds later I saw another dream find, a nordic jersey, sadly in the hands of another customer! As I was in no particular rush, quite desirous of the jersey, and having been trained recently by the hubby in some of the finer arts of sucessful op-shopping, I trailed her discreetly until I she headed for the changing room whereupon I parked outside, hopeful it would be cast aside. A rather tall lady leaned over me then, casting a shadow and blocking my view, and mentioned what a great find the glittering baubles were. I agreed, clutching them closer suspiciously, and was amused to find as I moved off, to follow the lucky nordic jersey lady heading for the cash desk, that I too was being trailed! I was tempted to offer the tall lady the baubles if she wrestled away the nordic jersey for me but I got distracted by a massive pink meakin plate, perfect for my 'any-excuse for high tea' parties.

What else?
Well, more retro-pastel towels, in pink-purple this week. Hoping beyond hope they put out the pale green ones I'm sure they must have next week. I'll be lurking.

Also, a miniture, functioning sewing machine with footpedal and all for Claud to have some gender imprinting mimic mum play when she's a bit older! (to go with the wooden iron we made her today, heh!).

Erm and loads of other, secret stuff too. Something kylie-esq. Something for the hubby on our anniversary next week which will crack him up, and other stuff I'm having a tug of love over; keep-selfishly or send-selflessly-to-as-yet-unnamed-swopshop-partner...

Oh, and I almost forgot to say...when I went back to the oppy a day later accompanying hubby on his day off

                                                                         Hurrah!!!!