this is the face of a happy girl

alright my story begins as i go into my local salvation army thrift with the intentions of looking for a pair of pants. i think to myself "i'm not planning on buying any glass today but i'll go check it out just for the hell of it" my curiosity gets the best of me fairly easily. about a quarter way down the isle i grab some fire king jane ray saucers with the hopes of finding the cups to match. i start getting a little discouraged because i'm not seeing a whole lot and im almost to the end of the glass ware section.

i quickly scan the last of the remaining glass and do a double take because there i see 3 jadite d handle mugs. my heart starts to flutter and i feel a little woozy from excitement. i put the saucers down and dash over to the mugs, i think i made a happy squeaky sound because the woman i almost ran into to get to them laughed at me a little. i scoop up the mugs and behind them are 3 more d handle mugs in the regular milk glass. oh joy!! i know im sporting the goofiest cheesy grin and everyone around me probably thinks i'm a crazy person. each mug was .99 and i can feel my face start to hurt from smiling.

now i know this all sounds a bit dramatic and i believe my husband is probably tired of seeing me dance around the house like a nerdy fairy singing about my love of jadite. honesty i just cant help myself, i have wanted a piece of jadite anything for as long as i can remember but have never been able to buy any, it's pretty far out of my budget and i've never seen it at a thrift. then i have this magical moment of discovering these beauties and i feel as if i have won the lottery. all is right in the world.

rain rain go away

the weather has been keeping us inside for days and it seems everyone in my household is beginning to suffer some cabin fever. nothing but rain, all kinds of rain, light rain, windy sideways rain, get dumped on completely out of nowhere rain. another disadvantage is the lack of natural light, my poor etsy photos are suffering a little bit.
on my last thrift excursion i found a trio of corning ware dishes at the very bottom of a goodwill bin just like buried treasure. i decided to list 2 and keep 1 for myself, mainly because my cupboards are filled almost to capacity as it is.
 














i've been having a difficult time deciding whether or not to keep or sell my fenton pedestal dish. i love it but it doesn't tie in with a lot of the things i have around my home, knowing me i'll start to lose sleep over it. i am notorious for holding onto things for literally years because i get stuck in that limbo of not really needing a particular thing but not wanting to get rid of it because i'm sure that one day i'll find a use for it. for those of you who haven't had the pleasure of owning fenton you should look into it. their glass is amazing, the one i have is heavy, so so shiny, and incredibly smooth, you can just sense the quality whenever you hold it, it's delicious.















now i'm off to find something that will occupy my time. 2 more days of rain then finally some sunshine. mental note: buy more neosporin because with nice summer weather comes more scraped elbows and knees.