Visiting in the mountains with my family is always fun and this weekend was no exception. We ate, we walked (one day), we shopped, we sat on the porch and enjoyed the cool weather, and we ate some more. We do a LOT of eating when we get together. You should see all the vegetables we brought home!
I’ll be sharing all of that later next week, but in the meantime, we’ll have another fun Monday of sharing yardsale finds. I didn’t go yardsaling this weekend, since we were out of town, but I have something to share that I’ve saved up.
A big congrats to Jenny, who is the winner of the Ritz Crackerful $100 giftcard giveaway. And thanks to ALL of you for participating in the giveaway. It was a fun and successful event and I appreciate all of you stopping by for that. Hopefully, there will be more of these in the future.
Go here for a chance to win a personalized engraved tile from my friend, Kaye at Engraved Euniques!
And for the chance to win a custom border rug, go over to Our Creative Life. I was blessed to win the monogram custom rug in my foyer from her last year and love it!
Beauty products at yardsales?
Did you know you can find cologne and perfume at yardsales, along with brand new lipstick, like Clinique and Estee Lauder? Yep, it’s true. I found all 3 of these just this spring at the sales. I never have to go and buy new cologne for myself now. The one on the left is Ralph Lauren Romance, for $4. Estee Lauder Pleasures Intense was $5 and Ralph Lauren Safari was $3. So, I’ll be smelling pretty for a long time to come. 🙂
I also find many brand new tubes of Clinique or Estee Lauder lipstick in just-right colors for me for usually 50 cents to $2. Now, that’s a bargain, if you price those at the department stores. It’s a no brainer for me. These are lipsticks that come in the freebie packs and someone decides they don’t like the color and to the yardsale it goes, brand new never used.
And right home with me.
How about YOU? Did you get out and about this weekend and find any treasures. You know the drill!
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I love the perfume bottles. My mom wears Safari–recognized the pretty bottle. I have no sense of smell (ever!), so I wear Ralph Lauren Romance all the time b/c I liked the bottle/packaging and my husband likes the way it smells. 😉 I did find a few things this past week, just not at yard sales. 🙂 Thanks for hosting!!
Well talk about good timing. I can’t believe I get to be #1 on Rhoda’s hot list. woohoo!!!
Glad you got to go to the mountains. I can totally relate. I’m a mountain girl through and through. Born and raised in Blue Ridge, GA. It doesn’t get any better. I didn’t always appreciate it when I was younger, but now that I’m older I love the mountains. Love your perfume bottles too. Great find.
So bad this blog doesn’t have a smell feature.
Oh and I want to ask. I entered my link and saw myself as number one, I went to my own site to add your permalink and when I came back my link was gone. Any idea how that could have happened? Now I am at three, also good, if I don’t disappear again.
I want to smell too!
Wow! Those perfumes were great finds! I find AVON & Bath& Body stuff pretty often at yardsales. I am really spoiled to finding cosmetic bargains that it darn near kills me to have to pay full price. LOL!
I’ve bought a full bottle of cologne from a sale before- the woman didn’t care for the way it smelled on her. It was one of my favorites, Estee. You just never know what you are gonna find out there!! My hairdresser sells a line of cosmetics- she had a garage sale and sold a ton of things- full price!
🙂 Sue
So thankful to hear you had a great weekend away with family.
You have sure found some ‘great’ scents at yardsales….I’ll have to keep that in mind and hopefully that will make me want to get out more to see what is out there.
Blessings today and always,
Kaye
Matthew 21:22
I have gathered most of my perfumes from yard sales. If you find the right smell at the right price it’s a victory.
I think if we can send a man to the moon, someone can invent smell o’ meter for computers. don’t you? wink*
I never even thought to look at yard sales for perfumes before! I am so excited that I actually found some cool stuff and able to join in this time.
you will be smelling good and smiling pretty !
we all like to find great decorating items but I get very excited about finding useful items too.
Earlier in the summer, I got 2 big bottles of still sealed lavender baby wash and lotion for my GS, I think they were 50 cents and they retail for $6 or so.
Love the perfume bottles…especially Estee Lauder. I don’t have timeto post for tomorrow, but hope to hop on board next week…looks interesting!
Mary
Rhoda–sounds like you had a fun weekend with your family! I love the perfume bottles–they are worth the price even empty, to me. Thanks for being such a gracious hostess, once again.
I’m so happy to take part in the party this week. I’m off to visit a few blogs now…
Love your finds! Ralph Lauren Romance is my favorite!!! Thanks for hosting!
Over the years, I’ve sold a ton of cosmetics at garage sales I’ve held. I found nail polish always sells especially well at garage sales. Since I do my thrifting at charity thrift stores, I don’t ever see makeup or perfume in the thrift stores where I live. I know eBay prohibits selling used/opened cosmetics so I’m wondering if the thrift stores are prohibited from selling it.
Thanks again for hosting Today’s Thrifty Treasures, Rhoda. It’s one of my favorite Blogland events!
I want to go to the mountains!!!!
Isn’t spending time with family just so wonderful.
I think you can find anything you want at yard sales…you just have to be flexible about WHEN you want it.
I would not have thought to look for cosmetics while at yard sales. What a great tip! Glad you enjoyed your time with your family and thank you so much for hosting us each week. It is so much fun to see what others have acquired and transformed over the weekend!
Blessings,
Beth
You are smart to find perfume bargains at yard sales. Those bottles are really pretty.
I am beginning to think you can find anything at a garage sale. 🙂