More Op Shop Wonder

A herb chopping thingy - $3.50. CMS Opportunity Shop, cnr. High & Pakington sts, Kew. (With superbly matching egg cups from an op shop in Narooma, NSW - $0.10 each!)


Evening bag - $15. Toorak Opportunity Shop, Canterbury Rd, Toorak.
Bit hard to date, but perhaps 60s? Any suggestions? It's marked 'Made in Spain Fortnum & Mason Gift Dept'. I just love the wee details like the covered button, the interior stitching and the coin purse and its chain.
Mikasa Sugar Bowl - $3. Vinnies, Johnston St, Collingwood.
Cake tin - $4. Vinnies, High St, Kew East.
After reading Adelle's post I trotted out to Yours Now Mine in Greythorn, Doncaster Road - didn't know it existed - and they happened to be having a 1/2 price day. Vase - $4. So, thanks Adelle!

Recent Thrifty Finds

Card games: Golden Egg, Happy Families and Donkey - $0.50 x 3. One of my mostest favouritest op shops, Mental Illness Fellowship of Victoria, High St, Kew East.
Basket for my son's cars - $2; vase - $3; four Figgjo egg cups - $9; proper cup of coffee from a proper spankingly shiny Kontessa coffee pot - $15. All from Salvos, Whitehorse Rd, Balwyn.
A pinch of salt. Mental Illness Fellowship of Victoria, Kew East - $3.50.

Who stole the cookie from the cookie jar? Vinnies, Auburn Rd, Hawthorn - $5.

Special Stuff

I love this illustration - that IS actually me in the helicopter.

Marcel Marlier books stir up a big pot of nostalgia for me. I recently bought a few on ebay to read to my son after seeing Pip's post about them. Unfortunately, I found some of the images a wee bit disturbing. Lots of cheeky flashes of white-knickered crotches.

I can't read them to my little boy anymore. Shame. Romanticisation of the past blasted.

Here are some more.