our weekend + some recent thrifting fun

Did you all have a good weekend?  Our weekend was pretty fabulous!!  I got to spend Saturday with a new friend and then the boys and I had dinner with some friends we have known for a while now.  After dinner we fed them cupcakes while we picked their brains about homeschooling {they were both home schooled and we are really considering the possibility of me home schooling our little people posse}

And the best part about the weekend?  The temps were in the high 60's!  We even hit 70+ degrees at one point I think.  I was over the moon about that.  We made two trips to our neighborhood park and took the boys on a wagon ride.  I was so thankful for the warm weather and for the opportunity to spend some time outside. If you'll remember we just had snow last weekend.


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Ok, on to the point of this post............

Last week I found this fun necklace at Salvation Army.  Don't pass buy the jewelry case at the thrift store ladies!!  There are some fun things to be had, I promise.  The beads on my necklace  range from light pink to a watermelon color.  It was just the thing to get me in the mood for spring!! 

Occasionally I find something for the boys when we go thrifting.  I have found a lot of really nice, practically brand new clothing here lately.  Sometimes we also find some great toys.  I am pretty picky about the toys we buy though.  I have to be able to really clean and sanitize them.  A few weeks ago we found "Bullseye" for the Woody we already had at home.  He was in pretty good condition but we still brought him home and let him soak in a nice long bubble bath.  Then we coiffed his mane and he was good as new. 

In case you haven't noticed Target has lots of goodies on clearance right now.  A lot of bedding, window treatments, bath accessories, and other home goods are on sale.  I found this lamp shade on the end of the lamp aisle.  The clearance sticker said $9.08 but it rang up for $3.24!!  

While at Hobby Lobby {twice this weekend!} I noticed they had the home decor clearance marked down to 80% off.  I didn't find anything that I needed but maybe there is something there that you might like.

And while we are on the topic of Hob Lob, did you know that Michael's will honor  any coupons from Hobby Lobby?  I went to pick up some silver leafing supplies at Hobby Lobby but they didn't have everything I needed.  So I ran over to Michael's and I happened to ask while I was checking out if they would take my 40% off HL coupon.  And they did!!  You all might already know that but if not I thought I would pass on that little tidbit. 

I hope you all have a wonderful week!!

p.s. I have lots of things in store here at Tales and Trials over the next few weeks.  Stay tuned for a BIG announcement coming at the end of the week!!!