Let's Catch Up: Sandwiches, Antiques, Cupcakes

Yesterday I went for an afternoon date with my BFF Violet.  We went to our favorite downtown spots for sandwiches, window shopping, and of course cupcakes.  All the best things in life!

Introducing the BEST chicken sandwich ever; Simple Simon's chicken tarragon with avocado on fresh sourdough and a side of fruit salad.  They also have a bakery so their bread is to die for.

Next we went to a small local store that sells all sorts of little trinkets and vintage things.  I love this sign they had there.  I'm a big believer in "you make your own happiness."  If you're miserable and bitter about life, it's probably because you want to be miserable and bitter.  When I was younger, and by younger I mean like a year ago, I hadn't figured out the whole "happiness is a choice" thing but I think part of growing up and maturing is realizing you have to make the best out of every situation because life is never gonna be fair but there sure are a lot of pretty awesome things in life.  Like sandwiches with avocado, puppies, and sparkly things! 

Something I didn't like about yesterday were these extremely creepy pillows of half human, half bunny ladies dancing.  WHY?!

Then we went to a GIANT antique store downtown that I love looking around periodically.  Some things are over prices but on a good day you can find some good deals.  These are some examples of awesome things in life; all kinds of pretty things!  Also, I need a mirrored vanity tray like this one but I have yet to find one in my price range.

LOVE this picture, LOVE ancient architecture, LOVE being an art history major no matter how useless people keep telling me it is.  Life's too short not to major in something you love!

Example number two of awesome things in life; finding a random picture of Meg Ryan.  As you can tell Violet was throughly confused.

Does this even need a caption?  Giant hot dog's are put on this earth so you can take pictures with them.

Next we went to Casey's Cupcakes winner of cupcake wars!  Casey's is actually not my favorite cupcake place, nothing will ever beat Sprinkles.  But it's close and some of their flavors are pretty good.

How cute are the "Beach Boy" blue, red, and green cupcakes for summer?!  And to the left of them are the cupcakes of the month, smore!

I got a cupcake with a Reese's on top.  To be honest with you I have no clue what the cake and frosting was, I just saw a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup on top of it so I got it.  Not my favorite, the Reese's was probably the best part.  They do have pretty good dark chocolate cupcakes though, and their German chocolate is also yummy.  Maybe I should stick with those.

Creepy dancing bunny pillows and satisfactory cupcakes aside, it was a pretty good day.  Aren't days with your BFF always good though?

Trift Store Finds

Earlier this week my mom and I did some more thrifting and I picked up a couple more things for the new house.  Here are my finds!

I got this biscuit tin at Goodwill for about $3 I believe.  I'm not sure what I'm going to put in it yet but I thought it was just so adorable I couldn't pass it up!  Perfect for storing something in the kitchen perhaps?

So my jar obsession continues.  I'm thinking of using this miniature jar for bobby pins and other hair things on my vanity.  I'm currently using ugly old candle holders so I'm in need of something new for my bobbies!

They had quite a few of these distressed candle holders and I literally just stood there staring at them for like ten minutes trying to think of what I could do with them.  In the end I couldn't think of anything but I loved them so much I got them anyway.  I'm sure I'll figure out something, they are just so my style.  I don't even have to distress them, it's already done for me!  If anyone has any ideas send them my way.

A spaghetti keeper from Italy!  I have a plastic spaghetti keeper from the dollar store but this one goes along with my jar obsession and it was only $2.  Also, I just really like saying spaghetti keeper.

I got everything at Goodwill except for this envelope holder.  I got this for $5 at a local thrift and antique store.  I actually saw the exact one at the Salvation Army the week before for $9 or something ridiculous, Salvation Army is way to expensive for a thrift store if you ask me.  Anyhow, when I saw this again for almost half the price I figured it was a sign from God so I got it.  It's actually not wood, it's plastic and it's kind of an ugly color if you ask me which is why you will be seeing a revamp of this baby in the near future.  So stay tuned for that!

Those were all my finds for now!  I actually found a bookshelf that would have been perfect for my room for only $30 at Goodwill but when I went back the next day to get it, it was gone!  I had seen it there for three weeks and the day I decide to finally give in and buy it someone else buys it, of course.  So the search for a bookshelf continues.

Thrift Store Finds

Yesterday my mom and I went thrifting at Goodwill and a local antique and thrift store.  I bought a few things for my house and I found all this stuff for around $10!

I bought this mug, there were a ton of them there so probably nothing too special but I plan on using it to hold pens or pencils. I like the eclectic look of using different cups and mugs for office supplies.

 
I was hoping to get a few tea cups to hold jewelry and knick knacks but I only found one that I liked.  Hopefully text time they have more!

I got this box for $3! I walked buy it about six time before I noticed it. Not quite sure what I'm going to do with it yet but I'm sure I'll figure something out.

Probably my best find were these three mixing bowls, $5 for all three! There are 1, 1 1/2, and 2 1/2 quart bowls so I'm sure there is a 2 quart floating around there in the world somewhere but oh well.  I am going to use these as small mixing bowls while baking, I needed some and these are perfect!