A junkin’ weekend
My mom came down to Burlington to visit me this past weekend, and “junkin’” is a new word we discovered on Saturday and whose meaning is clear when I tell you all we did for two days was visit antique malls and Value Villages everywhere from Stratford to Toronto. While we were on our way into a Liquidation World in Mississauga, I yelled at my mom, “We’re on a junkin’ junket, y’all!” and that was pretty much the tone from Friday evening to Monday morning. Here’s what a junkin’ junket looks like, from beginning to end:
My car’s tires are known by all to leak air, so here I am, in a familiar pose to everyone who has travelled with me.
Here we are, back at the St. Jacobs farmers’ market. The picture doesn’t accurately show how HUGE these carrots were!
What if there was a miniature Jack climbing up these brussel-sprout stalks? What if…
Johnny Appleseed would like this picture.
I discovered I might love kettle corn a little too much because I think it made me ill on Saturday night. I believe this because I ate it before lunch, after lunch, before supper, after supper, and before bed, and I have felt ill after eating it in the past, but I didn’t want to believe I needed a self-imposed kettle-corn limit.
About to enter the Stratford Antique Warehouse. My mom and I thought it was high-priced in here, and I only bought one thing.
I wanted to buy this so badly, but it was $55, and I just couldn’t bring myself to pay that. Since I left the store on Saturday afternoon, I have thought about this fur cape constantly. Non-buyer’s remorse!
Waiting for lunch at Pathway Fish & Chips in St. Marys. We didn’t know what we were in for…
…Fish and chips wrapped in newspaper! This was one of the best meals all weekend.
Can you spot me among the clutter at Eclectic Treasure in St Marys?
The wallpaper in the front hall of the Freelton Antique Mall, a.k.a. the best antique mall my mom says she’s ever been in
I also regret not buying this Pyrex warmer set. My mom has a new obsession with Pyrex after reading this article in the Toronto Star, and she has been busy seeking out where to find it, cheap (this set was only $17!). Her zeal effortlessly rubbed off on me this weekend, and I am also hooked on a new blog she recommended, The Pyrex Collective.
This item presents an odd mixture of non-buyer’s remorse and practicality. I REALLY wanted to buy this (why it was only $18, I have no idea!), but I have absolutely nowhere to put it, and it doesn’t match with any of the colours in my apartment. I think this sense of futility has placated me in a way the pass-up of the fur cape has not, which could have had infinite uses. I WANT THAT CAPE!!
Here is the upper-level view of a portion of the Freelton Antique Mall. What treasures to be found here!
And there you have it – Part 1 of a storyboard chronicle that details my weekend with my mom. Part 2 will be revealed tomorrow, when I show you my wares. I wish I was gearing up to display my fur cape. But I won’t be. Because I didn’t buy it. Because I’m DUMB! Argh!!!
October 25th, 2010 at 6:39 pm
Ohhh this post makes me so happy. I <3 pyrex!! I have collected it from flea markets for years! I have the whole friendship cinderella bowl set AND a mint condition yellow butter dish. I have been on the hunt for a cheap full set of the multi colored pyrex nesting bowls in mint condition forever. You see them all the time but they aren't cheap and if they are it's usually because they are all marked up or stained.
Chris and I go to the Freelton Antique market quite a bit, isn't it crazy?? So huge. The upstairs freaks me out though I always feel like I am going to fall through those old creaky floors haha.
October 25th, 2010 at 7:48 pm
Ami, my mom loves the Friendship pattern! She has one piece in it, but I forget which one. I have a three-piece bowl set of my great-grandmother’s in Butterfly Gold 1, and I want a butter dish badly! I saw some at Freelton, but I didn’t think they were in my price range. There was a lot of Pyrex, period, at Freelton! I saw the multi-coloured bowl sets that you want ranging from $45 for four, to $115n for four! Also, my mom and I thought vendors had put together “sets” that weren’t actually supposed to be together – i.e. patterns mixed with solids and colours that didn’t match. And another thing we noticed – incorrectly labelled Pyrex! Fire King was a popular error we saw repeatedly.
Do you read that Pyrex Collective blog? My mom also showed me pyrexlove.com, which is helpful in learning about the patterns.
I am going to be making regular stops at Value Village and the Salvation Army now, looking for cheap bowls, which I have decided I am going to collect in the large size. My mom has scored some good pieces at the Sudbury VV!
October 26th, 2010 at 4:19 am
I hadn’t seen the Pyrex collective blog but I am hooked now after seeing your blog yesterday haha. I see fire king all the time labeled as Pyrex!!! I haven’t seen any pyrex other than measuring cups at vv or salvation army but now I am going to check it out!
October 26th, 2010 at 4:42 am
I’ve been lucky every time I’ve gone into the Sudbury VV – I even had to get a cart one day when I had two purchases – divided dish in the Verde pattern and 1 1/2 quart refrigerator dish with no lid but in excellent condition. I’ve also picked up the small Cinderella forest fancies bowl and a small pink bowl. And, I’ve paid no more than 3.99 for each piece – Sudbury VV is a haven for Pyrex!
October 26th, 2010 at 7:44 am
ohhh next time I make a visit to Espo I am going to have to stop in at VV in Sudbury!