Foreign White Substance Falls From the Sky + Cottage Finds

Well, I can't believe it. We finally got snow! It is all melted by now, but we got a good coating (perhaps an inch, lol!) on Friday and it stuck around for a day. How pretty it was! Here are a couple of shots of both our backyard and our front. I honestly didn't think we'd get any snow this year, so this was a pleasant surprise.

I love the snow but I hate the cold. I really wish I could just hibernate right through winter - and OH how I'm looking forward to spring! Tonight, finally, donning a heavy long wool coat, scarf, gloves, and slippers, I headed to the office to work on some photos for this entry. I realize it's been about a week since my last entry, and I still have lots of "ugly house" photos to post - and there is so much more to write about, but I decided to use my time in the freezer to upload some warmer, sunnier photos:)

Don't you just LOVE 50% off days at Goodwill? Saturday was such a day. I didn't buy many house related things (though hubs cleaned up in the suit department!) but I'm so pleased with the little things that I found.

Okay, I'm not using real eggs again for this little photo series. But you know how I recently said I'd love to find some "faux" eggs? Well, I found them! These are ceramic eggs and very real looking...I only wish I could have found more:) They are so sweet and probably my favorite find this week. I don't know why I'm on such an egg kick as of late, hehe.

I also found this plain little tin box. I thought it might make a great recipe box. I may paint it and distress it. Wouldn't it be fun to create pretty little recipes cards and recipe dividers for such a special little box?

I'm really excited about this old pitcher I found. I couldn't believe my eyes! If you're like me, you may peruse the household aisles at Goodwill a couple of times while you're in the store just in case they put out anything new when you weren't looking, lol. This was one of those instances. I believe this pitcher is really old - but I'm not an expert. There are no markings on the bottom, so I can't be sure, and there is lots of crazing - which I love. It's about 15 inches tall. In the past I've looked for old pitchers on Ebay and boy, they sure are they expensive! I paid a whopping $3 for this one!

On January 31, hubs and I had our 14 year wedding anniversary and he gave me the beautiful flowers seen in the photos. I wish they could last forever, but for now, I'm enjoying seeing them in my Goodwill pitcher:)

You've recently seen two of the Goodwill throw pillows to the right(the floral and the diamond pattern) but this weekend I found another really nice coordinating pillow (shown on the far left). It's a soft red velvet with a feather down removable insert. Just $2!

And lastly, hubs found for me (as a joke) these vintage colorful patchwork...pants. Yes - pants. Seriously, I would wear these if they fit, lol! I thought perhaps I could make them into something else - or lose 15 pounds. I just love that crazy patchwork:)

THank you all for your comments on my last entry:) It's nice to know that others have survived the dust and mess of remodeling. Thank you for sharing your experiences and well wishes!