Great Garage Sale Finds and a Hometown Parade

On Friday morning I was out the door to hit a few sales in my town. The first few sales I hit were pretty lame, but as I kept going I found some great stuff. One of the antique dealers in Old Town was having his annual Barn Sale. Found lots of cool vintage items there. Here is a peak at what I found.

Two lace tablecloths, vintage gold mirror, girl print on boards (sold the last one I found that was similar to this) neat old sewing drawer, old bottles, old frame, bag of vintage rick rack, two gingham aprons, watering can, old emphemra pics of little girls, old hat box, toy rifle

stack of vintage magazines, sheet music. Great graphics.

neat old typewriter

cute powder tins, bottle opener and glass knobs,

But the best find of the day was this awesome cabinet. Now, I'm not suppose to be bringing any big stuff home and I don't really have room for it right now at the antique mall, but I just couldn't resist. It is very dirty after sitting in a barn for who knows how long, and it has a few issues like missing cabinet door on the right side, missing glass and the door on the left is locked/stuck (no key), but come on! White crackley paint, pink paint on the inside on the left with pink shelves, cool hardware, neat carved details, what's not to love?

Here's another picture of the cabinet with the desk part down. Look at all those cute cubbies! This thing is made of solid oak and is so, so heavy. All I'm gonna do is give it a good scrubbing and it will be good to go. I've decided that even though I like making stuff pretty by giving it a makeover with paint, somethings are better left as is.

I was thrilled with my finds for the day. The best part is that I found everything here less than five minutes from my house.

So, are you ready for a parade? Yesterday was the Robinhood Festival in our town. We have been going to this Parade/Festival for the past 12 years, but I have missed the last three years due to Expo falling on the same weekend. I was thrilled we could all go again. It brought back such great memories of when we would take the kids when they were just little tikes.

Here are the parade goers, boy on right is my daughter's buddy.
Veterans, choked me up.

My friend Marcy's daughter Kate was in the Maid Marion Court.

Here's Marcy!

My friend Kevin leading the Robin Hood Marching Band.

Here's my friend Kelly with the Sherwood Youth Cheerleaders.

I loved these twirlers!

After the parade, the kids took off with their friends and hubby and I wandered down to Old Town to check out the Festival. Lots of booths, food and our favorite "Firemen Chicken" which we quickly got in line for as it always sells out fast. Took our chicken down to the stage area where we ate and watched some African musicians and the Reptile Man. It was such fun and a good reminder of how awesome it is to live in a small town.

Gotta run and get ready to take the kids to the airport. Will be stopping by Monticello to take a few more things. My honey has never been to Monticello so it will be fun to show him our new and improved booth. I promise to take some pictures this time.