I hope you all are having a great Spring/Summer (it’s definitely Summer weather here in Maryland now!). I am working and it takes so, so much time away from blogging and thrifting. During the school year, I could thrift in between classes or after class, but it’s not so easy in the summer. There aren’t any large thrift stores close to my house; I’d have to drive 15-25 minutes to hit a couple of them and sometimes it’s just not worth it and  I can’t do it every day like I did at school (thanks to the free campus bus)! But I am still trying to get some good deals. I’ve been hitting the flea market as early as I can get my sleepy butt up and I also go to some yard sales, though I never have yard sale luck around here.

At the flea market, mom and I scooped up 2 lovely Pyrex casserole dishes. We found the Kim Chee (#043) promotional piece for $2 and the New Holland (#045) for $4. My dad asked for the blue New Holland for Father’s Day because he liked it so much! I also scored 12 canning jars, including the blue, for $1.50!

At a recent trip to Value Village, I found 2 hard-to-find Pyrex Colonial Mist mixing bowls (both 404s). I am keeping one and the other is being traded/sold at the moment. They were priced at $7 (which I think is super high for a stupid bowl). Value Village’s prices have absolutely skyrocketed. It’s sickening. You can go on any given day and find an item from the dollar store or the Dollar Spot in Target, priced at more than $1 at Value Village. Why I still go is simply for the hunt. Sometimes you find good things and have to suck up the prices. I would much rather give my money to other charitable shops or people at yard sales. I also found a primary blue refrigerator dish for about $2.50 and another (yep, that makes #3) Pandora Cupcake jewelry holder.

Over Memorial Day weekend, we went up to the mountains and you know I cannot give up my thrifting hobby. We went to a few antique stores and yard sales while we were up there. I bought the blue mixing bowl (401) for $3. It’s unnumbered which means it goes to the set made in the ’40s. I think that’s just insane! How amazing that these adorable bowls survive all those years and come out looking so pretty!? I am 1 bowl (green) away from completing my 1940s primary mixing bowl set and spent $10 so far. Patience pays off! One of the yard sales we stopped at had a “FREE” box. Those are my favorite. Who doesn’t love free?! I found a canning jar (quart size), Butterfly Gold salt/pepper shakers, and the Butterfly Gold cream and sugar bowls in the box. Michael bought some cake decorating supplies, so I didn’t feel as bad taking the freebies. Michael’s sister also got 8 free Butterfly Gold mugs for her apartment (she goes to college this August!). We stopped at a Goodwill and I picked up the (2) Spring Blossoms mixing bowls (#401) and the lid for $4.50 total. Yes, I have 5 of those green bowls now, thanks for reminding me I simply can’t leave the 401s behind.

Today Michael and I took a ride to another city for some nice yard sales. FINALLY I found some Pyrex at a yard sale and at great prices! The big Daisy bowl (#444) was $0.25!! I wish I could have seen the look on my face when the lady said “a quarter!”. The Butterfly Gold refrigerator dishes (502 and 503) were $3, the Butterprint Cinderella Bowl (441) was $1, and the Apple Dumplin’ (friends of Strawberry Shortcake) mug was $0.25. I found the 503 lid for $2 at an antique store along the way. And the blue and red primary refrigerator dishes were found at my local flea market for $4. I was a beautiful morning, we hit some great sales, and had a lovely time together! That is my kind of date (We drove his new car and we stopped and got donuts, too, so Nerdboy was satisfied).

I hope you guys are still enjoying these posts! I love, love, love my thrifty finds and really love reading about your finds too!

It has been over a MONTH since my last thrify finds post. Why hasn’t anyone told me?! I am a bad, bad blogger lately. I go thrifting almost every single day (I know that’s totally not normal, but neither am I) so I ought to post more often! Or maybe I just haven’t bought anything good lately? Let’s see!

I bought this vintage Dansk yellow pan for around $7. I don’t personally collect Dansk, but I know it’s collectible so I picked it up. I has since been sold to a collector – yay! The 3 salt/pepper shakers were in a bag together for $0.99. I HAD to have Miss Priss. She’s very collectible and adorable.

I scooped this turquoise snowflake casserole 045 dish for around $4 something at Value Village. Great shape!

During our Spring Break, Nerdboy and I ventured to a few new-to-us thrift stores because they were near the place we were going for lunch. First stop was a Goodwill Outlet store. Instead of having shelves for everything and hangers for clothing, almost everything (minus glassware and some electronics) were in humongous bins (see example here (clean version). Really, listen to it, it’s my theme song). Not only were we totally confused by the bin shopping… almost everything was sold by weight. $1.69/lb! Totally new to us. Luckily I found some Pyrex! The Snowflake Spacesaver was about $4. I found the red primary 402 bowl and Daisy 471 for $1 each at a Salvation Army.

Pictured above was a little trip to Value Village (one of the rare times I actually buy anything). It was 25% off day. I bought a Maryland jacket for my future child. It looks brand new and it was less than $2.50. Nothing is wrong with buy for the future early, right? I plan to dress my children in Raven’s and Maryland gear anyway and this stuff really doesn’t go out of style. Might as pick it up while it’s cheap. I also bought a Pyrex bowl sized 024 in Pineapple (though, it’s usually called mustard). I picked it up for a fellow and local Pyrex collector.

The next day I went back and found these cute Terra berry bowls. They are marked Corning, but are the same pattern as the Pyrex Terra pattern so they are practically Pyrex. They were $0.75 each but I’m not sure if I’ll be keeping them yet.

I’ve also been trying to hit the flea market when I’m home. I haven’t scored anything good there in months. I did get 8lbs of Strawberries for $4. I had to throw some away because they were too soft, but it was still a great deal. I also should have tried them before buying so many because they aren’t too sweet or flavorful yet. I cut and froze them all though!

I still have a few recent trips from April to add, which I promise to post soon! I hope you guys enjoy these posts. I’m really not a hoarder Have you done any thrifting lately? It’s yard sale season!

It has been a FABULOUS week of thrifting for me. I couldn’t be any more satisfied. There’s so much to say about my finds this week, so be prepared for a rather long, Pyrex filled post.

The thrifting started when Nerdboy went to the thrift store for me (such a great boyfriend!). I had gone to the flea market that morning, but didn’t find anything. Nerdboy had luck instead! He found me a Yellow 503 Refrigerator Dish with lid! This goes to the primary set and has the older style lid, which means it was made in the 1940s, crazy! Also as crazy, the dish was marked at $8 (super pricey for this thrift store!). Luckily, it was 50% off day so he got it for $4! That same night, we went off to another Value Village and a Goodwill. Value Village had nothing good, but I found a Red Primary 402 bowl at Goodwill! It was $2 and is also from the early 1940s set. I am still trying to complete this primary set. I only need the blue 401 to go and I’ve only spent $8 on the set so far!

School started and back to my favorite Value Village I went! I went THREE times this week. 3. Am I obsessed? Slightly, yes. But LOOK what I found! First, we (Nerdboy actually found everything this trip as I was too busy looking intently at other bowls) found an almost complete Town and Country Refrigerator Dish set! Everything is there except for the last 501 – and I searched the store high and low for that thing! After discount, all 3 pieces including lids came to just $9. Then, Nerdboy spotted a dish nesting inside some other bowls. It didn’t catch my eye at first because it was white and blending in with the Corningware. Even when he pulled it out, the pattern didn’t ring a bell. I recognized the pattern, but the size really threw me off. After some research, I discovered this piece is really rare! Golden Tulip was not made in this 043 size; there isn’t a single picture or word of it online anywhere. How many of these are out there? Maybe only a handful! How neat is that? Obviously, I bought it for $3! I also bought a canning jar for $0.37, but it missed the photo shoot.

I woke up the next morning and had this strong urge to go to Value Village again. I felt that I could not successfully complete my day without going back. So what’s a Pyrex hoarder collector to do? Go back, of course! I went back in the freezing cold and LOOK what I found! ORANGE BUTTERPRINT! Orange Butterprint is also rare and collectors spend a fortune on them. Mine was $3 I also picked up a black and white gooseberry 443 bowl for a fellow collector. It will complete her set!

In addition my my thrifing, my mom went to Goodwill while I was at school and bought me some Pyrex! She had a 50% off coupon to use up before the end of the month. The Trailing Flowers 475 with lid was $4 and the Spring Blossoms Loaf pan was $2, after discounts. Score! Go momma!

Super duper Pyrex week for me!

And now it’s your turn! Any questions, comments, or thrifting shares?!

It has been quite some time since our last thrifty finds post! This has easily become the most popular read on my blog. I love that you guys share the love of thriftiness with me.

Pictured above is a Butterprint 401 sized bowl. By now you all know that this size is my favorite size to collect. They are perfect for soup, cereal, and salad. I use them all the time! I’m trying to collect one from every pattern to stack up in my cupboard, so this Butterprint is a newbie for me. This bowl was actually a trade with a fellow Pyrex lover. I traded one little brown speckled bowl (that I bought earlier this month) for this bowl. Yay for trading!

Now that the semester has ended, I’m surely going to miss my Value Village. I was used to going once or twice a week, but now that I’m living back at home, I won’t be there until the end of January. Check out the gorgeous bowl set I picked up my last week at school! It’s the all yellow bowl set (#401-403, I’m missing the large 404). It’s such a rich, bright shade of yellow. It screams happiness! The bowls are scratched but their color and shine are amazing! They were priced at $9.99, but it was half off day so I got them for $5+ tax! YAY!

That same day, I checked out the craft section and found some yarns I could not leave behind! I always check the craft section because it’s a part of my routine every time I go. I usually refrain from buying any because I don’t use up the yarn fast enough, but today was an exception. First I found the bag of yarn that had that beautiful aqua handspun yarn in it (third from the left). A few months back, I left behind some handspun yarn and I still regret it, so after seeing another ball of it, I HAD to have it. The three yarn balls on the left set me back just $0.75! Then upon closer inspection, I found another bag of yarn and noticed they all still had the tags on them. I looked through the bag and saw that the one yarn was originally priced at $22, the other $20! They are beautiful hand dyed yarns (alpaca, merino, etc.) so I could not leave them behind at Value Village! Surely I’ll find some use from them, right? And for just $2 for all 3 skeins! I was so excited about that trip.

Pictured above are my newest pieces! I didn’t thrift the items above, they were given to me by Nerdboy’s grandmother for Christmas. Isn’t that sweet? There’s the Spring Blossoms 403 (I have the full set here -yippee!) and this pattern just screams Pyrex to me. It’s a common pattern, but it’s also one of my favorites. I feel like a lot of people recognize vintage Pyrex by the Spring Blossoms pattern. Under the bowl is a 474 Homestead Casserole dish with lid. And on the bottom right is a Butterfly Gold 043 with opal patterned lid! This is my sister’s favorite pattern, so she’ll probably be stealing all my Butterfly Gold when she moves out one day.

I’m so happy to be adding to my Pyrex collection. I even got a new shelf to display it for Christmas! I use my Pyrex all the time and picking out which design I want to use is so much fun! I’m planning a Pyrex party for the near future – let me know if you want an invite

Now that I’m home from school, thrifting will probably slow down. I had such good luck at the Value Village by school. And I’m not going to the local flea market anymore because it’s just too dang cold and not many sellers. Hopefully things will pick back up this Spring with yardsale season. I’ll definitely post again in the near future if I find anymore goodies.

And now it’s your turn! Any questions, comments, or thrifting shares?!