Let’s Go To the Ice Cream Parlor!

Hi everyone!

I hope you all had a wonderful holiday weekend! Memorial day was actually a non-rain day here! Woohoo! We have had very few days without rain. We spent the day at my parents house eating and gabbing while the princess played in her little plastic pool.

It is good to be three!

We visited a local ice cream parlor. It is the princesses favorite “Ice cream store” (her words) because it has a lot of kids toys to play with.

This ice cream parlor was opened in 1981. It was originally called “The Happy Twirler”.

And yours truly was one of the first employees! Yup, it was the first job I had after I graduated high school.

It has gone through many owners since those days.

We even had a jukebox inside.

My fondest memory was an elderly gentlemen who was always dressed in a gray suit with a gray hat would come in and order a large chocolate cone. I got to the point that I could have his cone ready for him when he walked in. He was just the sweetest and nicest man.

The princess is much more interested in playing than eating ice cream.

For some reason this little ice cream parlor has always struggled for business. Regardless of who owned it, it had a hard time staying in business. The current owners are trying to supplement business by building a small greenhouse behind it and selling plants.

 Well, we enjoyed our little visit to the ice cream parlor.

Thank you for visiting today! I hope you all have a great day!

Don’t forget, Friday is “Thrifty Things Friday” Party! Come and link up a favorite thrifty post!

and…….

This Saturday, June 4th, is the very first “Thrifty Tablescape” Party!!

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Happy Memorial Day!

Hi everyone!

Memorial Day!

The Unknown Soldier - Roger J. Robicheau

"You need not ever know my name
This unknown soldier seeks no fame

I'm here to bring out thought from you
May your heart see more than your view

America, we marched with pride
We gave our life, for you we died."

My husband and I want to thank each and every man and woman out there in our military. We thank you from the bottom of hearts for all you endure everyday. For our freedom. For the safety you provide for us. Our prayers are with you.

To all the families that have loved ones in the military, we thank you and pray for you as well.

For all the men and women who have given their lives for country, we thank you.

For the young men and women who are, as we speak, joining our military, know our thanks and prayers are with you.

I hope each and everyone of you have a wonderful Memorial Day and enjoy the freedom so many have died to give us!

God Bless you all.

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The Multi Function Shoe Bag

Hi everyone!

I did a post a couple of years ago about my love of hanging shoe bags. I use them for everything, well everything but shoes. LOL

I stopped at a yard sale recently and the lady had two kids shoe bags that were brand new still in their packaging. Each package was .25 cents. I snatched them up.

I am using these two for my scarves. I have a lot of scarves.

 

These would be perfect to use for your cloth napkins as well. I have one hanging on the back of my bathroom door with all my hair accessories in it. I have one hooked on the inside of my pantry door that holds all those little seasoning packets. I have another one on the back of my bedroom door that holds pantyhose, stockings and trouser socks. I got tired of them being all mangled up in my dresser drawer. I also have one that holds scrapbook doodads.

The point is, these hanging shoe bags are great for a million different things to keep organized.

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful weekend!

Are you Looking for some Pink Flamingos?

If so, you need to head to the Christmas Tree Shops! I was there a couple of days ago and they have the cutest selection pink flamingo items. And since I had my camera with me, I went on a pink flamingo hunt! LOL

Before we get started, I want to say a big Congrats to Beverly for 3 years of Pink Saturdays! Woohoo! And a small side note, yes, I am dedicating this post to my friend Linda! LOL

Fuzzy soft ones standing.

Fuzzy soft ones sitting.

Cute stacking bowls.

Wine glasses

Martini glasses.

Large serving platters.

Serving bowls.

Fun and silly flamingos.

Flamingo lights.

Last but not least, flamingo yard decor with solar light.

I just thought I would share some of the cute flamingos with y’all. I hope you have a wonderful day!

Regarding leaving comments on blogs.

Yesterday Courtney at French Country Cottage shared a great tip that solved my comment leaving problem.

Here is the advice she gave:

 

I wanted to mention that Blogger has been having comment issues

for a few days... I don't know much more about it

but I know that a lot of people have not been able to leave comments

on posts but my friend Tricia has this advice~

For anyone who is having commenting problems, try this...when you are logging in to Blogger uncheck the little box that says "stay signed in." I did this and all is well now. Hope it helps you too.

THANK YOU COURTNEY!

Don’t forget, Thrifty Things Friday party is still up and running. So, if you have a thrifty post you want to share, come on over and link up! 

And next Saturday, June 4th, it the first…….

Thrifty Tablescape party!!

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Thrifty Things Friday Party #9

Hi everyone!

**I am posting this early because I know a lot of folks are dealing with some major storms and with that comes power outages and loss of internet. Not to mention, Blogger (and Google in general) are all acting weird and it doesn’t seem to be getting fixed, at least not from my end of the internet. LOL I blog from LiveWriter (thank goodness). I still can’t leave comments on blogs unless you have the “URL/NAME” option for comments. So, know that I have been stopping by your blogs!

I hope you all had a wonderful week and a thrifty one!

One of my favorite things about thrifting is finding those special little things that you know someone else will love. I am always keeping my eye out for gifts for other people. They can be gifts for birthdays, Christmas, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day you name it. But, they can be for no reason at all. Just a gift that says, “I was thinking of you when I saw this”. That is what this thrift find was.

I love aprons. And so does my mom. And my mom actually uses aprons on an everyday basis. So, when I spotted this pretty apron at a second hand clothing store, I instantly snatched it up for my mom.

It was hand painted by someone and they did a very nice job painting it.

It was $1.29. But, just because it was so inexpensive, doesn’t mean the gift is of any less value. I searched though my stash of wrapping paper and ribbons. That is another thing I  thrift, ribbon and other gift wrapping items. I like to keep a stash on hand. Sometime you don’t want to throw your gift in a gift bag. A wrapped present is so nice to receive.

I decided to use some of this roll of free newspaper paper. It is the end of the roll and the local newspaper will give them away.

  I also recently found this pretty Iris photo box at a thrift store for 75 cents. These are always great to have around. Knowing my mom, she will probably give the box back to me. Which is fine by me. I use these boxes for a lot of different things.

  I found these clearance gift tags by Paula Deen at Michaels for .50 cents a package. The pretty yellow/white/gold wired ribbon was an after Christmas clearance item. It didn’t look Christmasy to me so, for .19 cents, I bought it!  And I am ALWAYS stocking up on cute “all occasion” cards. I use these for a gazillion things. When I sell an item on Ebay, I always include a little card with a personal thank you from me. So, when I see these little cute packages of cards clearanced  for .25-.50 cents, I always pick up a few packs. And don’t forget tissue paper. I have had this toile tissue paper for over a year. I had bought several packages at Hobby Lobby clearanced and have made several projects out of them.

Using pretty tissue paper, adding a little note and then a pretty little tag turns a gift into a fun and pretty treasure.

A simple bow and tag completes the gift.

So much more fun to open a wrapped gift and turn the little thrift find into something special than using a gift bag.   It’s all in the details. And those details don’t need to cost a fortunate, which they can if you have to race out ad buy he things at full price. Always stock up on these kinds of things. It really makes the recipient of the gift feel special.

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Check out these awesome folks from last week’s party!

Jane at Mamie Jane’s created this wonderful display stand from a thrifted vintage strainer! Love this idea!

Kim at Musings from Kim K shared with us the super cute button bouquet. And she shared the tutorial for us!

Jordan from Sir Thrift a Lot always has the quirkiest thrifty finds to share. And this week is not different. check out his thrifted shot glasses.

Thank you for sharing great thriftiness!

Please remember to link your thrifty post back to The Thrifty Groove. You can use just a link back or you could use the the button on the sidebar. Or you could do both. It is only fair for me and for the others who link up. Thank you!

Just a reminder!

Next Saturday, June 4th, will be the first Thrifty Tablescape party!  Woohoo! All you thrifty dish lovers out there, this is for you! Show off your great tablescape thrift finds! I know there are a lot of talented thrifty tablescapers out there. I have seen some of your awesome tablescapes! You guys can rock out a No-Full-Retail Table!  You don’t have to have a huge full blown table, a thrifty table setting is fine. Of course, if you are one of those mega rich ultra thrifters that live in a castle and have a table that seat 45 people, by all means whip up a thrifty tablescape to show us! :)

I would appreciate if you could spread the word about this once a month party! Thank you!

Okay, let’s party!

 

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