Bits and Bob # 44 1/2

 Before I came down with this cold from h***,

I went thrifting with my good friend.

We love to get off every now and then and eat lunch at a cool place...

and then hit all the thrifting shops we have time for.

I was already about to come down with this cold and got tired after

lunch and only two shops......BUMMER...

The first  shop had two large ironstone platters and I came home with both.

I'm trying to get enuf to hang on each side of the living room fireplace.

Both are in excellent condition...

I wouldn't mind a bit of discoloration 

and crazed a little bit.

CRAZED:
Produce a network of fine cracks on (a surface):  

I haven't hung them yet..will as soon as I feel better, tho.

I have to change out decor on the mantel from winter to summer. 

the price for these beauties is just plain CRAZY

While nothing much tastes good when you are sick with a cold,

(even my coffee tastes HORRIBLE)

CORNBREAD always tastes good to me.

My dad always wanted cornbread and buttermilk when he was sick..

It's not only good for the body...

it's good for the spirit and the soul.

just add BUTTERMILK instead of regular milk in your favorite CORNBREAD recipe
and you'll have a whole new TASTE TREAT.... 

 Last week....the week BEFORE I caught the cold,
friends and I went shopping.....again....

I have a thang for lamps...
I just love them..
 

especially when they are the most gorgeous aqua/robin egg blue color...
I swooned all the way up to the check-out counter at KIRKLAND'S.

One of my friends said, "UH OH...
look, it's been scratched...the paint is coming off..."

"Where HAVE you been, my sweet friend..?"

After explaining distressed....and....
shabby.....and.....IN....
she said...".uhhhh.......OOO...."
and I saw her eyes roll as she turned her head...
hahhaaa....gotta love it.

On my way home, it dawned on me that us olden ladies....especially those without blogs, really have no way to keep up with changing trends....magazines, I guess.

if it weren't for my girl and grandgirls, I might still be wearing bell bottom pants and polyester tops.  
We'd get those poly bell bottoms so tight, we had trouble just sitting down. 
I remember one time, buying a pair and having the alteration lady pin them up on me and she got them so tight, she pinned the pants to my skin in one place.
Now, that's a hair TOO TIGHT...
:>)
    

I really love my new lamp....even if it's "scratched and paint coming off in places..."

My friend, Martha, bought this sweet little platter for me as
a "just because" gift...
she knew I'd love it in all it's black and white beauty.

She also gifted me with this beautiful cross...
she found it and the little platter at CRACKER BARREL, on the clearance table.
Thanks for thinking of me, Martha.

Those are my mama's scissors in that blue wooden box...

 
Stacy & Jent went to MARTHA'S VINEYARD last summer
and when she came home, she had some of her outstanding photos
made into the prettiest mouse pads.

The above is one she gave me for Christmas..
(I just realized I'd not shared it with you before...
.that's why I LUV BITS & BOBS  so much...)

oops.....
I nearly forgot this cute little canvas basket with bikes all over it from Ross....
nothing says SPRING AND SUMMER like bicycles...

You might remember this little bike pillow I bought last summer.

That's it...that's all I've got....

Love to all of you, bj

Swinging at these great parties:

Thurs. Fav. Things

Full Plate Thurs.

Home Sweet Home Fri

 Farmhouse Fri.

Foodie and Everything Else Fri.