flea girls

Maggie stopped by yesterday and invited me to join her on a hunting expedition. We headed off to the Stormville flea market, an hour away through the Hudson Valley forest and farmlands. Certainly my kind of perfect adventure. Hers too. Like her sister, Erin, this baby was bitten by the flea-bug when she was too young to shoo it away. In fact, she started shopping estate sales before she was 2 years old. We almost never shop at the mall together, but haunt every Salvation Army, Goodwill, thrift and church sale within range. And the occasional flea market.

A gorgeous Indian summer day. Acres of beautiful, dusty junk remnants languishing at the end of a two-day sale. Best time for bargains.

 

$20.00 porch bench (perfect vintage green) for a coffee table in her new apartment....

and a sun-streaked farmstand on the way out.

Look out, great stuff...we're always huntin' for ya. Sometimes I think it's what we live on. (And I'm not talking about the tomatoes.) xoC

Comments

[Lilli]

Gotta love it; the Thrill of the Hunt :)

[sarah]

Wish I Was There.
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[Loretta]

I haven't been to Stormville in 20 years! Looks like you found some treasures. Enjoy this gorgeous late summer crispness.

[melissa @ the inspired room]

That is what I love about having girls, they eventually become a little mini-me reflecting so much of what I love! So much fun to have companions in our greatest joys! Sounds like a heavenly day.

That little wooden dog brings back memories of my childhood!

Have a great week, Charlotte!

[Kim]

Love the flea market finds. I only found your blog recently and am enjoying checking in. Thanks!

[Shelley]

I love the photographs! Something about the light really shows the end of summer. What a great flea market outing.

[janet]

On our way to Connecticut this weekend we passed the exit for Stormville on 84 and I thought, "Hey, I've never been to that flea market!" Maybe we'll be able to make it for the October one this year. Thanks for the pictures - that bench will make a great table!

[Cre8Tiva]

you have been busy...wonderful photos...and you girls are lovely...missed you while i was gone...blessings, rebecca

[Robin~Thrifty Miss Priss]

Lucky You that your daughter loves thrifting and flea markets! My grown daughter is always on the hunt for bargains as well, I used to buy her vintage hats and ladies gloves for dress up so I guess she has it in her bones as well!

[tea time and roses]

What lovely finds... There is almost nothing like the perfect find at a wonderful price! I love the bench and the threads...wish I were there...

Hugs...

Beverly

[Junk 2 Jewels]

What fun. I adore the little pull dog. I can just hear the little squeeky sound he makes! lol. Tracy

[Tinkerblue]

Great finds. Love the stars. Maggie's new coffee table would go perfectly in my friends house. She has old church pews along two sides of her dining room table as seating.

[Carie Frabotta]

Oh My Gosh! I had that little pull dog at my Grandmother's lake house when I was a little girl!
I have forgotten all about it! Seeing it made me gasp! Too cute! What a fabulous time you had!

[Melissa]

Wow! That's very close to me and I've never heard of it before! I'm going to try to get there for their October weekend - thanks for the link!

Have you ever been to the White Elephant flea market in New Milford, CT? When I go (not often enough..) that's the one I go to. They have it every Sunday!

[Carolyn Peeler]

What a deal on the bench, great find! I hope you found some deals too!

[corry]

Lovely pictures and what a great finds!