These weren't all the good deals today. I got lots of green beans to can tomorrow and a couple of packages of marked down mushroom and I am sure some of them will have to be dehydrated but these were the best of the good deals.
Saturday, September 22, 2012
Good Deals For Today
We really did get some nice deals today. I got some really good books and magazines from the thrift store and this little pot. Not sure what I will use it for but I liked it and it was only $ .49
Then ,on the way home we saw a sign for a yard sale a dirt road right across the main road from our dirt road. I found these right off. I can't believe that I got them for just a dollar each! Phil oiled them all up and added the bits and they all work great.
I have wanted the first drill for a long time. It is not a large one and adjustable to different bits like the one my father used to drill holes in trees with for collecting sap but it is still good. The second drill will take different bits. The third one is another kind of drill but we did not have a bit to fit it and the last one is an old spiral type of screwdriver (it doesn't really ratchet, it spirals). Best stop we made all day! Plus I got these:
Nice local (probably organic) pears. The lady picked them herself. I may can them, I am not sure yet. They were worth $4 to me and I did not see them at first so was glad one of the older ladies running the yard sale pointed them out to me (somehow one canner can just tell another, apparently, but looking at them).
These weren't all the good deals today. I got lots of green beans to can tomorrow and a couple of packages of marked down mushroom and I am sure some of them will have to be dehydrated but these were the best of the good deals.
These weren't all the good deals today. I got lots of green beans to can tomorrow and a couple of packages of marked down mushroom and I am sure some of them will have to be dehydrated but these were the best of the good deals.
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You got some great deals there. The tools were a bargain, I don't think they make them like they used to.
ReplyDeleteI have looked for them on eBay and Amazon and they are really expensive there.
DeleteCongrats on a good haul!
ReplyDeleteHi Becky! That was a good thing to find those old tools! And the crock can be used for so many things! I especially like the pears! I canned potatoes for the first time today and am waiting on the canner to cool down to take them out! I will do this again, as Aldi has five pounds of potatoes for .99. I got fifteen pints using ten pounds. I think I'll use quarts next time, since I'm out of pint jars now! Blessings from Bama!
ReplyDeleteI use quarts for my potatoes and unless I am making a soup or stew, I usually have to use two of them in a meal.
DeleteI could not have resisted the pears if I had tried and I think the lady knew it, lol.
Love the drills, I have one like the first one that was my grandfather's and one like the second one from when I used to do picture framing for a living. Your crock is cute, I bet it used to have cheese in it!
ReplyDeleteI know the drills will come in handy since I never have used an electric drill (I'm sure I could but just have never had one of my own). I like having tool that I don't have to plug in. They may take a little more muscle but a lot less hassle.
Deletethe far right tool is what is called a yankee drill-it should take drill bits and screwdriver bits....the speckled jar looks like a cheese crock. i love old handtools and have a pretty good collection of them myself..they come in real handy when the electricity is off or you are needing them when there is no electric available. pears-i am waiting for the october pears to be ready..i love pears!
ReplyDeleteYup, because it says Yankee right on it. Being a "yankee" from NH, I noticed that right off, lol. I did not know it was a cheese crock, I have seen them before a few times but they always seem to be on someone's stove fill with grease but I knew that couldn't be the original use.
DeleteWe have the second drill from the left. I ordered it from Garrett Wade as a Father's Day gift for my husband and it was definitely more than a dollar, so you did great! I used to see those crocks when I was growing up. They were filled with cheese spread and were sold by Swiss Colony and Hickory Farms.
DeleteLove the little pot. It would be great to find out what it was for. Love the tools.
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