STIM-A-LA-TIN....the Tardevil Plan

Sadly, this is kind of what I fear my neighborhood is going to look like this year. We bought in a new subdivision when we moved here, just over a year ago, and houses we at looked in May of 2007, have still not sold. Our builder is about to go under and many others in our area are as well.

So,

Do you like to shop? (Surely, all females have that gene!) Are you tired of all the pre-election ads? While I admire both candidates for being willing to run for office, I'm not IN LOVE with either of them. So, I got this bright idea (do you feel the glow?) on how I could do my part to help this country. You see, GG came home the other day, a little huffy, saying in his most stern hubby voice, "IN THIS DOWN ECONOMY, YOU'VE BEEN STIM-A-LA-TIN IT A LITTLE TOO MUCH"....or something to that affect. Can't you just hear him? That's hubby speak for "you've been shopping too much lately"....kind of like the BLAH, BLAH, BLAH they hear when we speak (sometimes). You see, I'd had a cold for 2 weeks, was feeling better and thought I'd do a little thriftin, so I took a trip over to Goodwill (Hello, I said Goodwill!!!), and had a BIG time! You've heard about the drought in the South, well that's pretty much what I've had with shopping at thrifts all summer. I'll admit, I've had a few good shopportunities lately, but this particular day was probably my biggest haul E-VER from a thrift store. So, I'm going to show you a few of my finds, and then cordially invite you to join me in my plan for getting this economy on track before the holidays...even before the election!

I thought these birds looked fallish. The books are from an earlier thrifting trip...and I didn't buy them to read....just for the colors.

I collect green vintage glass, so I thought this turkey-lurkey toothpick holder would fit in nicely for Turkey Day!

And, I guess, maybe amber glass too???

And the baby bird (dove?)....I already had the mama & papa, so it kind of completed the family...like the 3 of us.

This porcelain treat bowl...

And finally, this sorta majolica-ish looking grease jar (didn't know they made such a thing). It says "grease" on it.

There was more....but I don't want to bore you!

So, I'm inviting my blogging sistas (and brothers too, if there are any), to spend the week of 10/13/08 through 10/17/08, stimulating this economy and helping to get it back on track. We can't afford for the stock market to drop any further! The rule is that you must buy at least one thing (even at a yard sale), and post it to prove (winks) you have helped this nation get back on track. So, shop til you drop and leave me your URL, and I will try to link to you as we share our finds. I was never very good with economics, so I hope this works! Thank you in advance for participatin' in my STIM-A-LA-TIN PARTY!

If we unite, I'm confident we can turn this economy around! God bless America!

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