And Still She Thrifts . . . .

Yes, I am a brave and hardy soul.

 Last week, as I watched other people work hard on renovating
our family's beach house out on eastern Long Island,

I somehow summoned up the strength and braved Thursday's wind and mist and fog . . .

(A public beach in Greenport, with Shelter Island in the distance.  I used to bring our girls here for the playground.  Now I bring a sandwich and a cup of coffee and have lunch.  Inside the car last Thursday!)

 Anyway, I found the strength

. . . to go thrifting.

Neither fog, nor rain, nor gloom of storm could keep me from The Southold Outreach Thrift Shop, which makes its home on the North Road, in a weathered small Cape Cod, clad in classic cedar shingles, that dates to the 1700s.  Just to walk through that door, on those ancient floorboards, is a treat and a privilege.

From the Thrift shop, I brought home these:

Six little glass dishes.  $4 for all six.

I have no idea how old they are -- not old, just used --

but they are a lovely size for ice cream, or berries with yogurt, or even an old-fashioned shrimp cocktail.  

My mother said to display glass on dark blue.  I'm using the boxes of my daughter's wedding thank-you cards.

 They sparkle plenty when the sun hits them;

I see them merrily joining us for weekend breakfasts at the oak table in our sunroom. 

I missed the morning sunshine; this is mid-day semi-cloudy.

They look a little Deco-ish to me.  All those parallel lines.

They are not serious glassware by any means.

Look Ma!  I'm standing on my head!

But I'll use them!

I also picked up a couple of brand new fingertip towels that can be used in the beach house powder room.  75-cents each.  Do you know what the stores charge for finger tip towels?  Yes, of course you do, and it's way more than 75-cents. 

Question: Why are fingertip towels so expensive?  There ain't much to them, after all.

See you tomorrow -- our trees and lilacs and tulips and bleeding hearts are all bursting with Spring -- Cass

Tuesday link parties!  I'll be visiting them this evening -- gotta run now.

Coastal Charm -- Nifty Thrifty Tuesdays....click!
House of Grace -- Twice Owned Tuesday ... click!
The Gypsy's Corner -- Three Or More Tuesday ... click!