A Virtual Flea Marketing Trip with me

So I hadn't spent time with my mom in so long now because one of us would usually get sick and cancel or something and I have become quite the hermit plus she works but she had the last 2 weeks off and today was her last day so I thought I should do something with her I called her up wendsday and asked if she would like to go do something and she said..I don't know you always cancel on me so I don't see the point ...OUCH! and so I decided that no matter what I wouldn't cancel I would get up early even if I was tired and I would go because I do cancel on her way to often..and I feel horrible!


So I woke up a little before 10 am and tried to go back to sleep and couldn't so I called her up and she said she would pick me up soon.. So I got up and got dressed in my favorite horror movie tshirt ( she was so pleased haha )  It was my Dawn of the Dead shirt which she of course complained about and said I cant believe you would wear this on a nice Mommy Daughter day..at a nice restraunt ..

So She took me out to eat at this nice little tea shop and we had Asparagus Quiche and salad and a pot of Orange Spice tea and then we went to a flea market and I decided to take pictures.

 I thought about getting that cute cat figurine..but I thought about what it would be like to ship it and changed my mind...

 I have no idea what this is but it reminds me of Chubby from The Little Rascals

                                                           A Very Kitschy Clown

 I spotted this at both flea markets we went to the first time it was 75.00 and the next for 65.00 ouch

 I had something like this when I was a little kid..

                                                          a bunch of cute dog figurines

 Blue and white china .. my moms favorite type ..This is the type of stuff she looks for when she goes flea marketing..

 Large...sort of creepy doll...

 Really neat Willy Wonka poster..but they wanted 225.00 for it

 Beautiful chalkware carnival doll..

 Sad dog bank Josh has this in plastic

 Really neat kitschy Retro tacky awesome! I wish they hadn't been 10.00 a piece maybe Ill try my hand at making some.

 Extreme Tacky Retro Chairs that I have been wanting for over a year now but have no room for and Josh doesn't want them in the house :(

 A close up of the pattern on the chairs.. I really must have these

 My dad used to smoke this brand...oh the memories....

 A lamb planter so cute I almost bought it and then I remembered I have 2 lamb planters that I haven't sold yet...

 I love vintage Christmas stuff its great and it reminds me of Joshs Grandma

 I have wanted this guy for awhile but every time I come across him he is expensive and Im a cheapskate

and finally the last picture....I would hang this in my house

 

can you believe I only bought 3 things I got a vintage cat squeaky and Playskool Kid Sister ( the one I have talked about before ) The doll is in good shape except she doesn't have her original clothes and on the way home my parents Boston Terrier got ahold of her and messed up her hair so now I have to brush it out and put it back in pig tails...and a Oliver vhs ( I have told myself not to buy anymore vhs that I have no room but I have wanted to watch this movie for awhile it was a favorite when I was little )

The second flea market is HUGE we actually didn't finish going through it .. it used to be a nursing home which is kind of ironic and depressing ..My favorite booth that I buy Polly Pockets and Sweet Secrets and stuff like that was gone though and that was disappointing.

 

Well that's it for now :)

Forgotten toys issue 1 SNAILIENS!

This is something I have been playing around with in my mind for awhile now
writing about toys that have been forgotten and I have found my first subject "Snailiens"

This is one of my husbands childhood toys we didn't even know the name of it until recently because he had forgotten what it was called soon after he got it in 1992
The story goes his mom asked him what he wanted for Christmas and he said an Alien toy what he meant was Alien for the movie and what he got was this odd ball character poor little Josh and his well meaning mom :) but the toy grew on him after all he is 26 now and he still has it.




This guys name is Blastar that's actually the name he came with and he is a bad guy apparently and he used to come with a little evil side kick but its lost now...
they also came with some sort of rubber shell that you could launch them with

Snailiens came with a dumb comic book and the good guys in the story were named after presidents
Washington, Jefferson, Roosevelt, Lincoln, they also came with little side kicks.

While trying to do research I pretty much drew blanks I did however find this commercial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLABasuuGBQ
and this video with someone actually talking about them how neat is that?!?!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fctyC01_NWM

My husband still looks at the toy and says its no Alien..maybe this Christmas he will get the toy he has always wanted :)

Its raining its pouring ..its flea marketing time for me

Its been raining off and on all week here
sunday I had planned on a early morning fishing trip only to wake up to the pouring rain and sounds of thunder so I went back to sleep woke up a few hours later and it was still raining ..staying in the house doing nothing was not the way I wanted to go so I decided it was time to go flea marketing.

Here are my finds and a couple from my last little flea marketing trip with my mom that I hadn't take pictures of..and also some new squeak toys I added to my collection!


So for some reason almost all squeakys seem to have a boy and girl pair and I finally made my first pair
a doctor to go with my nurse :)

 I ordered the doctor on etsy and he also came with the cute little girl bowler they are made by the same company Alan Jay

 I found this cute book ..its one of my favorite childrens book series ...after Nancy Drew and the Hardy boys of course :)

 This caught my eye and made me smile its a bank :)

 The illustrations in this book are similar to Maurice Sendaks

 another addition to my collection it has somebodys name written on it though..still cute

 Some kitsch salt and pepper shakers for my charity shop

 a paperweight that reminds me of carebears or something....

 more salt and pepper shakers for my charity shop...

 a cute little doll she hasn't been opened yet :)

 Some plastic clowns..I need to do some research on them and the doll above

 a cute little kewpie look at his rosie little cheeks :)

 a rubber squeaky cat :) I have more that go with him

                                                             nd a slinky dog

 One of my favorite finds so kitsch ...so retro ...so pink and so adorable!
im putting her up in my charity shop

I had a pretty good rainy day :) and Josh found a vintage bamboo fly rod so he was really happy!