New Additions

I’m busy! Whaddya want from me?! I’m attempting to blog at least once a week, and so far, I’ve managed that. Some of us have to work, run to the hospital to see their new niece, and drive all over SoCal looking for hot deals on even hotter vintage furniture.

So over the past weekend, I did just that. My gas bill tells the story true. My brand new niece was born early, but healthy. She’s the newest addition to my human family, and I’m so proud. She’s in the NICU, but she can already breathe on her own, and she’s gaining weight like she’s Samoan.

Another thing I’m so proud of? My other newest addition: Baby Display Cabinet. I talk to her too. O-Zo Bo-Bo Doh-Doh, You’s such a perdy girl, sweet cabie wabby! Make my stuff-sies look sooooo nice!

And since I feel so terrible about depriving the world of my fabulous posts that I know everyone has just been salivating in waiting for…let me give you a little hint on this Monday evening. Mondays are the day that Fab.com features vintage everything. In fact Fab.com calls it “Vintage Mondays,” and of course, I subscribe to the emails. This week, a pair of vintage wooden candlesticks were featured at a discount for $75 down  from $110 retail. (See http://fab.com/sale/10879 if you’re interested)

I mean no offense to Fab.com. More so, my apologies in advance to the featured sellers “Vintage Junkys” from my much-loved Texas. I love anyone who loves mid-century modern, and mostly anyone from Texas. Hey Man, we’re all friends here, but if you pay $75 for a pair of wooden candlesticks, you have to be higher than a kite. Down from $115? Is that right? When did we become so stupid as consumers that we’d spend our hard-earned money this way? If you have $75 to spend on wooden candlesticks (even if they were once firmly placed in George Michael’s butt – I’ll give ya $40) you must be makin’ it rain – and you’re very welcome to send your oh-so expendable income my way.

My unsolicited yet extremely valuble advice? Get off your butt and hit your nearest thrift store or Goodwill. I don’t care if Jesus himself carved those bad boys, you opportunistic Vintage Junkys. The proof is in the pudding. Check this:

“1.99, are you outta your mind?” NO! You’re out of YOUR mind, Fab.com.
BAM!

And so…the moral of the story today kids, is that you’ll feel MUCH better in this economy having paid $2 bucks a piece, when your vintage candlesticks are lonely and collecting dust with no candles to complete them because Scentsy has the market and p.s….no one makes long skinny candlesticks anymore unless you live in Transylvania.

Which leads me to this: REASONABLE SELLERS ON ETSY.COM FOR ALL VINTAGE MUST-HAVES. That and more to follow next week (or maybe this week if I’m feeling feisty). I’ll share with you folks NOT on Jay-Z’s budget where to get great stuff at great prices.