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A few months ago I had heard there was a high end consignment shop opening in SW Longmont and was excited to see the balloons and sign out front announcing that Fabulous Finds was finally in business. It’s situated in a strip mall that houses a fitness studio, Proto’s pizza, Vic’s Espresso, a liquor store, a [...] My apologies for the lack of thrifting, friends. I blame 1. me saving my pennies for a mountain bike instead 2. I haven’t had much luck thrifting anyway! have to say the Boulder thrift scene has been disappointing lately. Either too pricey or much too junky. Oh well. I don’t know about you but [...]
Before I had a driveway to shovel snow off of, I had a snow shovel. We were living in a tiny two bedroom apartment near downtown Longmont and I loved walking around the historic West Side neighborhood. Lovely homes. Reminded me of my hometown in Pennsylvania actually, [...] I tell myself I don’t like blue. It’s not my color, I say. Especially pastels. Then I bought this bowl from a Longmont thrift store for $4. It’s like a robin’s egg — pale and speckly. It’s a nice place to hold little things, like the The Kid’s LipSmackers or [...] image source Regret. It’s filling my mind. I went thrifting and spied a $4 artwork. It was nothing spectacular: a most likely massed produced, run of the mill still life. But I liked its big smears of paint, the bold colors, the size. It came in a hideous frame, one I [...] ***Thrift Store Thursday is back!*** Brrr, it’s cold outside. Finally. Thankfully I’ve been building up my scarf collection. Now a staple of my wintry wardrobe. cream, pink argyle, periwinkle, sage green, black I’d like one more in a festive springy print. All were bought at [...] In divorce, you find that suddenly you don’t have a coffee table or a knife set or a dresser or someone tall enough to get the dishes off the top shelves. That’s happens! And then you get replacement stuff. Mostly off Craigslist. For $15 I scored this coffee table and two matching end tables [...] Pitcher. Perfect … for flowers. > $15 from Serendipity in Longmont. Like a million years ago. So shiny. And reflective. My friend Jeremy Buckley was my music guru in college. The kind of person I like to have around because they seem to be in the know of up and coming musicians before anyone else does. The kind of person who made me CDs of bands he knew I would like (and I did [...] Once again, thanks to @pixelsrzen for these questions via formspring.me/melsidwell – you can ask me something, too, anonymously or by name. What was your favorite Saturday morning cartoon when you were growing up? Favorites as a Little Kid including Gem (truly truly truly outrageous!) and Thundercats, now a favorite On Demand of The Kid’s. Later [...]  |
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