Not feeling too chipper and the home of the week...

Wasn't feeling too chipper on Thursday afternoon, so decided to have a cup of herbal tea in a nice cup and saucer.

That is not one of the cup and saucer's I am giving away, this set my mam gave me it's Spode  Blue Room Collection, pattern Geranium.  I fancied a cup of tea using a cup and saucer, makes for more of a special occasion.  The tea itself wasn't too bad with the lemon and ginger.  I got too much sun on Thursday morning while cutting the grass, so that's why I wasn't feeling too perky.

I actually like this week's "Home of the Week," although I would never want to live there, as the $1.3 million price tag is way too high for me.  One thing that does confuse me is the layout.  The bedrooms are on the second floor, and the living/dining and kitchen is on the third floor?  Also did you see the views from the master and second bedroom.........brick walls?  However I do like the way it's decorated and the last photo says it all.  I wonder if they have any outside space or parking?

The "Cottage of the Week," is pretty nice and for once a decent price at $600,000.  Those wooden coffee tables are pretty neat and I LOVE the kitchen with the faux AGA stove.  They are expensive to buy those, have looked into it, as it would be perfect in our kitchen.  I could easily live there year round, though for part of the year I would be stuck in the covered sun room to escape all the biting bugs with all those trees!!

The "Condo of the Week," has gorgeous floors and a huge price tag!!!  Paying $1.3 million for this along with nearly $1,500 a month maintenance fees is crazy.  I could live with the wood paneling but not in the kitchen as well, that is way over board.  I'll pass on this one.

For a change I actually loved one house, liked another and only hated the condo; that makes a change!!!!  If you want to read how the housing market has been in Toronto this is an interesting article.  Dd and son-in-law went through it in the Spring and they are outside of Toronto.

Great deal......

We got the guest list for the baby shower on Tuesday and it looks to be around 60 people, with probably 50 + people actually coming.  So I thought I had better see what I had in cups and saucers and tea plates.  Below are the 51 sets that I have.

On Wednesday I popped into a thrift store and scored big time.  Both the sets below are Royal Doulton and there was a half price sale on housewares.  So I paid $1.50 for the burgundy set and $2 for the green set.

The two plates below were 50 cents each and are just so pretty.  The one on the left is Grindley Cream Petal

Then I called into a friends house and she gave me all these teaspoons.  She told me if you wrap your silver in cling/plastic wrap it stops it tarnishing?

I think I have got all my tea cups and saucers now..

While out and about on the weekend I purchased some more cups, saucers and side plates.  

I got two of these along with two dinner plates and a bowl for $5.  As the woman said the plates and bowl could be used at Christmas?  I love the colour red but am not overly fond of these...but do agree that I could use the plates and bowl at Christmas.

I got a great deal on the following sets.  I paid 75 cents for a set (cup, saucer and side plate).  I got four of the sets in the background, and six sets in the foreground.

I paid $10 for this whole set.  I didn't really want all the pieces, but it also included the platter and milk jug and I know I can use the rest of the things at the baby shower.

Here is a closer view of the pattern on the cups.

I have been on the look out for a pair of sugar tongs, but not in silver, as I wanted to use them to pick up slices of lemon for the tea.  No one really keeps or sells them anymore.  I called in at "From the Kitchen to the Table," in Orangeville and they had a pair, and they cost less than $4 and are perfect for what I want.

They have a lot of really good quality things in there and a lot of different things.  I need to pop back in there when I have more time for a really good look around.

Visiting thrift stores is addictive!!!!

We went for a ride out to Stayner on Saturday afternoon, to visit my favourite thrift store.  The lady is very helpful in there and even though I only got this platter this time, she hunted out a pile of other stuff in the back room for me to look at.  The platter is Snowhite Regency by Johnson Brothers and I paid $3 for it, so was happy with that.  I was trying to find this exact pattern on the internet, as it was also made without the pattern as well.

We then went to this "Antique Store," where I have bought from before and I picked up this pair of cups, saucers and side plates.  They cost me $3 per set, which I thought was high, but never mind.  It seems to be like a Corningware/Corelle type of product, and not fine china, but sometimes you have to take what you can find!!

This is my favourite set so far and again I paid $3 for it and it is Moyatt Staffordshire "Medici."  I think it is the Turquoise colour?  She has more pieces of this and I think I will go back next week to see what I have to pay for the platter she had.  The longer I was in the store, the more friendlier she got.  I think this is stunning:

This last set is Blue Bow by Crown Staffordshire and is very pretty as well.  She would only sell me the one set at $3 despite there being more.

I love going to these stores to see what I can spot.  The platters are not to give away, I will keep most of them for myself, so I will only buy what I truly like.  

They come in threes and more purchases.......

You know how we say things come in threes, we got news on Wednesday of another death, this time a friend's dad.  So now we are waiting for number three.........

I went into Brampton on Wednesday and while I was there, I checked out some charity/thrift stores.  I was surprised at how expensive things were, but I did manage to get a couple of things.  Everything I got in the photo below cost under $9.50.  So now I have 30 sets of tea cups, saucers and side plates.  I have nearly 40 teaspoons now, and the glass double handled container is to put the spoons in.  The little milk jugs are cute as well aren't they, and at 50 cents each a deal.

When I was visiting a very dear friend on Tuesday, she gave me this tea cup, saucer and side plate, which was ever so kind of her.