What the Junk?!

Surprise thrifting!

My friend and I went out of town to a new place to try today.  It was in Eden, NC so not too far away.  We ate there and then went to the Goodwill in Eden. I found a few cool things and bought them.  We then came back to Danville and decided to go to the Goodwill here too.  I found this neat guy:

He is actually a wax melt warmer that is missing his lid, but I didn't know that.  I just thought he was cute so I bought him! :). The mugs on either side were two of the items I found at Goodwill in Eden.  A coffee mug with coffee all over it and a mug that has a 1986 calendar. Very cool!

I received an item in the mail today that i ordered recently on eBay.  It's a Loot Crate exclusive Ice King statue with Goontz and several other penguins.  It's so cute! Here that is:

I want to get another one so I can keep one in the box and display one!  I'll probably do that because it's just too cute not to display. I found it when looking up Gunter stuff on eBay.  I love Ice King and I don't have any merchandise with him featured. I have a shirt he is on, but the other characters are there too. I've been wanting something Ice King so this gave me Simon and Goontz! :)

Post office trip.

I had planned to go to the post office this evening and check my box and then swing by Starbucks as it's double star day.  I was able to go to the post office, but not Starbucks.  My friend texted that he was coming over after he ate to work on my air conditioner in my room.  I had enough time to go to the post office because I asked him.  I had enough time for Starbucks too, but I didn't know that at the time. I don't like to make people wait for me.  I missed out on my chance at double stars. :( Oh well, maybe next month!

The post office trip was a success. I received five letters. Four from regular pals and one from a new one.  It's always fun to get new penpals.  For once, I didn't have any mail in my box except pen pal letters!  I am glad I went.  I have informed delivery, but I didn't know about several of the letters.  I don't know if I just overlooked those days emails or what. 

I hope what my friend did to my air conditioner will help tonight.  Last night I had a really hard time sleeping.  It was right at 5 am the last time I looked at the clock.  I couldn't get cool or comfortable.  I'm hoping the air will be cooler tonight. 

Umm... sorry?

I thought I had p0sted on Sunday and realized that I did not. I didn't post yesterday either.  Oops. I'm posting now, so there you go!  Sunday was a usual Sunday.  I washed my bed linen and hair.  I also washed my car. It took three tries. The place I've been going to had issues and you couldn't use it.  Then I went to the next one that was close by.  It didn't work either!  So, I went to one last place and that worked.  I should have just done it myself at home. :P

Yesterday, I went to the recycling center to do my recycling. I found a couple of jack o' lanterns outside the bins.  It was a tube that held candy corn and it had little jack o lantern stoppers.  I got two stoppers. It's funny because I got one just like it last year after the season.  Now I have three cute jack o' lantern toppers.  

Today, I haven't done much, but I did meet my friend for lunch at Roma.  We haven't eaten there since before all the Corona stuff happened.  We did get take-out from them once while everything was close for eating in, but this was the first time we'd eaten in. They are a small business and I'm glad they have survived.  They have great food with great service.  It was nice to go back.  They have the tables and booths marked so people can't sit on top of each other. I wish restaurants would do that all the time! lol

Stuff and more stuff!

So, yesterday at Goodwill I got a lot of stuff.  I got a Starbucks cold cup tumbler.  It is missing it's straw, but I can get replacement ones. I found another 'Starbucks' tumbler.  I say it like that because it DOES have a Starbucks logo on it, I'm just not sure it's a legit Starbucks tumbler.  I am still searching to see if I can find one like it.  I also found a really cool Starbucks cup from the Barista line! ^_^. First time finding anything like that.  I also got some stretch sting (for crafting), two pumpkin buckets, the Pokeball, a snowman ornament, a mug with a red crocheted cozy, a Gap purse (.99!), some graph paper, and a letter-size pad holder.  Whoever donated it left a cute Harry Potter pen in there so that was an extra score! I think that was all I got.  I got all of that for $16. Not bad at all!  

Today, I only went out once.  I had planned to go and wash Goontz and then vacuum too.  As I left the house, it was a bit cloudy, but no rain.  As I started driving it began to sprinkle and then the bottom fell out! LOL! It rained a LOT.  I decided to give up on the car wash since I was getting a free one!  I went to Dairy Queen and had a cotton candy Blizzard.  I had forgotten just how good they are.  It was delicious.  I turned on Munzee while there and noticed that the parking lot I was sitting in to eat had quite a few Munzees.  I was only able to find two and capture one.  One was faded too much to scan.  The others were in other parts of the lot, but it was still drizzling a bit and it began to thunder, so I headed home. Most of the Munzee stickers were on light poles and I didn't want to be scanning and become a possible target for a lightning strike! :P I'll go get the other ones at another time.  

PS Blizzards are EXPENSIVE! Sheesh!

 

PPS The Starbucks tumbler IS legit.  It's an old Thermoseve one.  I can find many of them that are the same type as mine but with different designs. I haven't been able to find a picture of my design, but they are legit.  I am just so used to all Starbucks cups having Starbucks on the bottom.  I guess these were before they changed.  

 

Friday follies

I rode to Greensboro with my friend to eat at a place we love. We went to one Goodwill while there. I got a bunch of stuff. I will share one thing for tonight. 

My friend actually had this and asked what it was. Myself and a Goodwill worker said, Pokeball! 😂 Then I said, "Give me, that!" 

Oops, impulse!

I just ordered another Fossil bag on eBay.  It was one I was looking at when I bought the cute little striped one.  I got an alert today that a bag on my watch list was about to end via auction. It was cheap and still at the opening bid, so I decided to bid on it. I won with the opening bid. Yay! It's another fabric one and a pattern I've wanted for a while now.  I'll take pictures when it gets here.

I ran to the grocery store today to get a few things I missed when I went earlier.  I participate in a program they have that when you buy x amount of something in different departments, you get some money back on a future trip. (Example, spend $30 in frozen, get $5 back.) I had enough rewards today that my total was free.  That was crazy! I didn't mind though! 

I got myself a treat at the store today. I bought a pint of ice cream. Not just any ice cream, but coffee ice cream. Yummy!  I used to get a coffee ice cream from Starbucks, it was in grocery stores. It was SO good.  I decided to give this a try.  I wish Starbucks still made it.  I haven't tried this yet, but I'm hoping it's good.  Coffee ice cream? How could it be bad? :P

Finally

I put my Gunter decal on my car and the Myrtle Beach sticker I got on the recent trip. :)

Hello there

I went to get some needed supplies today. I ended up going to two different dollar stores to get everything I needed. I found a few cute things that I just had to have and both stores had two packs of Post-it notes for $1!  I got one at both stores.  I took a picture of the two packs along with the cute pencil case I bought and the novelty pen.  It looks like an ice cream cone.  I'll post the picture, but it might not show immediately.  I noticed that no pictures were showing on my blog today. It must be a glitch. 

 By the way, one Post-it pack has white notes and a darkish blue color.  The other pack has lime green and teal blue. :)

Missed posts...

Yes, I know I didn't post yesterday. I planned to, but I did so much yesterday, it was hard to keep up! :P

I washed my bed linen, I fixed my bed (it fell again), I washed a TON of dishes, I washed my hair, I took out the trash, I carried branches to the street, and I put away the laundry I washed yesterday.  Phew. I'm tired just telling you about it. I also fixed my box fan.  It stopped working Saturday night and I was scared it was dead for good. It's really old. It's a metal box fan with controls.  They don't make them like this anymore!  

I took the back off yesterday and used a hand held vacuum to clean out the build up of dust and dirt from over the years.  I cleaned everything I could reach and then put it back together. It worked!  I was very happy that it works.  I love that thing!

Today, it rained and it actually cooled down a bit outside.  That was a nice change.  It cooled down so much that when I ran out in the car this evening, I didn't even have to turn the air on!  That was nice. IT won't last long, but I'll take it while I can get it.

I recently bought a very cute Fossil bag on eBay and it came today. It's a bit smaller than I was thinking it would be, but it fits everything just fine, so that is okay. It's also crossbody and I love those.  Here it is:

It's very cute. It has a lot of pockets.  There are two on the outside under the front flap, three inside the bag itself, a pocket on the back (that fits my phone perfectly), and a zipper pocket on the flap. (Easy access to my lip balm!) Of course, as usual, the picture does not do it justice.  

 

Ahhhh!

So, even with my air conditioner going full blast AND a fan directed right at my head, it's still hard to sleep at night.  I like to snuggle under a lot of blankets and it's just too hot for that.  I put the fan on a chair so it's on the same level as my head when sleeping. Last night, I decided to try something new. I turned the fan up to medium.  I never put it on a higher setting when it's on the floor because it makes a LOT of noise.  I guess since it's in the chair and it's right at the back of the chair, it doesn't rattle.  It was nice to use a few more blankets last night.  Still not the normal amount that I like, but it made sleeping a lot easier.  I'm definitely doing that again tonight! I just wish it were fall.