Is It Spring Yet? Sure Seems Like It Here!

I know some of the country is cold and snowy or rainy, but here in the South, the weather is so great that we think it's Spring already! Today was sunny and around 70 degrees by lunchtime. Our family got up early this morning to go yard-saling. My Darlin' Person and I were more enthusiastic than our daughters were at 6:30 am when we got them up, but they tolerated it and ended up having fun, too!

I had checked the newspaper and mapquested our route last night, then we also used the GPS in my car. Do you have GPS? Ours has a female voice, and we call her "Lola" (from the movie RV, remember?). Sometimes she is more trouble than help...we drove around in circles a couple of times because of her!!

I guess we stopped at a total of 10 yard sales...only one was really worthwhile though. Most of them were selling a lot of clothes and toys. But one sale had some interesting home decor items and name brand clothes that were perfect for the girls! I think I paid too much per item for most of the things I bought, but we only spent $25 for most of them plus another $12 for the clothes, so that's reasonable, I think. See if you agree...here they are except the clothes...

Don't know what this thing is supposed to be, but it looks rustic and is heavy...of course, when I got home, I wasn't sure where to put it!!
My Favorite Younger Daughter (FYD) wanted the "Go Away" sign...to keep her older sister out of her room, no doubt! I liked the color of the green plate/candle holder...may take it to the lake. And had to have the pkg. of fish napkins for the lake...I drink Diet Coke like a fish!
The black and white makeup bag is for FYD...she loves black and white toile and makeup! The brown item is a metal rose hook...I love anything in bronze metal...who knows where I'll use it!

And finally, my most expensive item...three rusted metal Christmas trees. I thought $15 was too much, but they were rusted metal!!! Had to have them!

We saw some beautiful homes as we drove from sale to sale, and we had the camera with us just in case we saw some cool ideas...

Hard to see in this photo, but this painted brick has been acid-washed or something...I think the house we want to buy would look great with the same treatment.

Also the narrow, double doors on this house are just the idea I have had for the house we want...right now it has floor-length windows leading out to back yard from the living room, but door similar to these would not only look good but would allow access to the back from that room.

We also saw this house today...it is hard to see in this picture, but the right portion is completely covered in ivy...so French-looking...love it!

We finished our treasure hunting by 11:00, had an early lunch, and went home. The girls may not have enjoyed the "shopping" too much, but we all laughed and joked around enough to build some good memories, I think!