Thrifting treasures

I needed a little break from my thoughts, my grocery shopping and my todo list, so on my way from one supermarket to the other, I decided to stop at the thrift store. You know, just to look around and maybe pick up a book or something small.

Ahem. Six books? Yeah… Couldn’t help myself. I already picked up Gulliver’s Travels at the supermarket (they have a free library), but I couldn’t resist a novel by Nora Roberts that I haven’t read yet (Sanctuary in English). And I discovered Corina Bomann last year. I love all her books and I’ve been binge reading every one included in my ebook subscription, so finding two I haven’t read yet was a treat. The other three books are non-fiction, about hunger, food and changing habits. Because that is what I need to work on. If I could only get myself to actually read books like that… I have a few more in my TBR piles.

Anyway, here’s the rest of the stuff I found. Those wooden leaves… I don’t know. They look like the broke off something, but I just like them very much. I’m sure I will find somewhere to put them. The orange/red bowl is from Pyrex and it’s dirty (still soaking at this point), but in good condition. I usually don’t pick up colors like that, but… I don’t know… I just wanted it.

The little basket had a broken handle, so I took the other one off too. Which was harder than I thought it would be, but I got it done. This will be perfect for drying herbs, or just for decoration. Isn’t that spiral lovely?

When we moved here, I discovered baskets are hard to find here, especially thrifted. I never expected that, given the mountains of baskets I was used to see in thriftstores in The Netherlands, but I tried to accept it as part of living in the tropics. But the past year, I’ve gotten lucky and I have a nice collection now. They are all meant to be used, but they also look great as decoration, I think.

Out of all the linens they had I picked up this cotton tea towel. I don’t know what I’ll use this for, but I really like the sunflowers.

My favorite find is this little glass pitcher (the right one is the one I bought this time)… I try to stay away from collecting things, but I have to be careful with these. I know, two isn’t a collection yet, but I looked at another one in the shop and I would have bought it if it hadn’t been chipped…
To be honest, I don’t know what I could use them for, but gosh, they’re so cute. I do wonder what they are meant to be used for though. Oil and vinegar (which means the corks are missing)? Sauce? Milk?

Oh well, I like them. And since I paid 13 guilders (about 7 dollar) for the whole lot, I’ll just consider it cheap therapy.