Canned Laughter

I’ve been window shopping on E-bay again.  What do you think of these?
Turn of the century doctor’s carriage from North Carolina.

My doctor drives a Hummer and apparently it’s still not as sturdy as this since he can’t make house calls in it.
Toy piano with five keys. Still plays!

I just think this itty bitty piano is [...]

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If you follow me on Twitter, you have read approximately eleventy billion updates on my car saga. For the rest of you, here’s the dish. We made the last payment on the econo car for Bear, so it was time to get a car for me. The only stipulation was that the payments , maintenance [...]

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A great calamity befell our our nation almost two years ago and living out here in the wilds of Texas, I didn’t get the memo.  When I found out about it this week, there was much pulling of hair, gnashing of teeth, and inconsolable wailing. The very core of my Old Line WASP being was [...]

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When they were little, stockings were such a pleasure.  Little wooden toys, candy, fruit… the kids stockings were so easy to fill.  Now that they are teenagers, those stocking stuffers and inexpensive surprise gifts can become a real beast to try to find.
Like a lot of teenage boys, my son is fascinated with Japanese pop [...]

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Spent Saturday shopping for a jalopy for Bear.  The idea was simple enough.  Let him pay cash for a cheap car so he can insure it himself with just the legal minimum.  That’ll get him rolling and we will be able to stop paying for an eighteen year old male on our insurance.  Ouch!
I learned [...]

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Went down to the Buy More and picked up a Flip Mino.  I blame Holly, the Anglophile Football Fanatic who put the seed of Flip lust in my heart.  Read the story here.

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Julie over at Frugally Retro sent me this adorable “I Love Your Blog Award”!  If you haven’t met her yet, bebop over and check out her very frugal finds.  Well now as with most of these nifty awards, there are some instructions:

A winner can put the logo on his/her blog.
Link to the person from [...]

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As seen on Hotfessional TV:
List 5 current addictions and then tag 2 people
Ooo, an easy one!
Let’s see, five senses, five addictions…
To keep this short and sweet, I think I’d better break this into five posts.  And because I’d really like to see what you come up with, I’ll tag two people for each of the [...]

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What tickles me on E-bay this week:
Old Christmas Tat

Sputnik Era Ornaments for your Aluminum Tree

Scrap Paper Ornaments
I love the gold foil Krampus. The steering bar on the sled moves.

Blown Glass Beads from Czechoslovakia ca. 1923.  Celluloid from Italy ca. 1937.

And this tiny 2″x2-1/2″ reverse painted glass icon from Czechoslovakia.
The mark on the back dates it [...]

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So it’s mid August and time to take care of Fall Fashion.  Today I took Girlchild shopping for this:

Hooray for school uniforms!
However, I secretly wished I was shopping for this:

Mandalay cocktail dresses $1,105. & $1,315.

Cashmere day dresses from $200.00  Do you see the black tights?  I LOVE tights!  Huzzah for the return of tights and [...]

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