Nicole - I love those Corning casseroles. I have 5 of them with the lids, 3 different sizes and I use them all of the time. Mine have a different pattern. I've had them since the 1980's. Every once in awhile I have broken a lid - I can always find a replacement on eBay.

Pretty chair! Why was it free??

seagrass....Someone moved into a new home. This chair didn't fit the decor. Brown leather or carmel colored leather is still trending here. I have a brown leather Ikea sectional I'm pairing it with. It sits in "this" room, across from the couch.

I love Corning Ware. Nice find.

I just found out that Rosetta Stone has a lifetime membership for all languages for just $179, which I think is a great bargain. I just signed up, and I'm telling everyone I know because I think it's a great deal. (I have no connection to the company otherwise.)

My find was not $6 or free (great finds!) but it was less than I thought it should be. That mystery was apparent after she delivered. I needed to glue the corners. I lightly stained the places that had been damaged over the years, but I love it despite the issues.

Photo I saw on her IG account:

I have a thing about water, bridges and windmills.

After

Allison, I love those prints. So funny, as I recently picked up this vintage windmill needlepoint. $1.99 at a nearby thrift. I’m not sure what I’m going to do with it yet. ETA: there are lots of shadow lines in the photo, but this actually in excellent condition.

Nicole, I love Corning Ware too. l

Lucky find!

I am really impressed with all the posts here.

I was tickled because at Lidl they had 2 lbs of butter for $4.

Made my day.

My son requested a bar set with several different types of glasses. I went to BedBathand Beyond and I got them all for $58.00. They were 40-50% off and then an additional 25% off my total order...now he better just use them! Sometimes Sam's will have specials in the middle of their front aisle. I've bought a 12 pk of corn bread muffins, a 3 pk of jars of turkey gravy and some chocolate/peanut butter trail mix and they were each .91

I wandered through the markdown section at the grocery store on Tuesday and came home with Lindt chocolate advent calendars for $0.25 each, 2 pounds of raw almonds (the way I like them) for $8, a large can of Maxwell House coffee for $4.50 and another one of Folgers for $5, and 10 of those little 1 oz. tubes of Banana Boat sunscreen for $0.25 each (those will go to the teen drop in shelter).

I’m always looking for toys for the Mikado Goodfellows Christmas party. This years is done but i picked up a Barbie and 2 baby dolls for $2.70 each from Walgreens today! Add that to the 6 Hot Wheel sets i got last week for $4.50 each. And its not even after Christmas yet! i have so much fun shopping for them Last year they had 200 kids! It is a small, poor community. Only a small store, post office, a bar, the St. Vincent de Paul store (called locally ”the Mikado Mall and a community center that has a corner of it as the library).

Lot's of great stuff here this month! I'll drop in this month's notable resale find....an 1980's IBE jacket found in the Goodwill halloween costume section for $9.99 and sold in a couple hours for $99! DH looked at me when I brought it home and said "who's gonna want THAT? ...spanish laughs all the way to the bank! heeheehee

For anyone interested 32 Degrees is having a huge sale again super prices on coats and pullovers.

OMG! You ALL are getting some AMAZING deals! Spanish.....WOW! and Dang!

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I purchased 2 of these little cast iron birds in aqua. $3.44 ea

Sprouts had chocolate covered caramels with sea salt $9.99lb on sale for $2.49lb. (I gave them as a gift in a glass jar. $1.25 & printed a cute label for them)

Lots of good finds in this thread!

Raven, I bought a number of things from 32 Degrees this month--for gifts, and for me. Last night I slept in their buffalo plaid "sleep dress.": Love it! It's warm, but not too warm. I bought one for my daughter-in-law too. She'll match her 3-year-old in his buffalo plaid jammies.

I bought some nice essential oils--again for gifts, and for me--from Revive. I've never bought DoTerra oils because I avoid dealing with multi-level marketing companies, and other brands can be overly expensive or lack in quality. Revive was a good find.

Their current sale takes $10 off a $50 order, and more if your order is larger. Shipping is always free.

Son, visiting now, was not impressed with my toaster which toasts only one side and doesn't pop up when finished, so one must watch it like a hawk to avoid getting toast burned on one side.

So on a visit to the city he visited a Goodwill shop and bought a shiny Hamiilton Beach toaster, priced at $7.49, for half price, $3.50.

Thus we are released from being burned by one-sided arguments.

ole joyful

Such great buys! I am a major fan of 32 degrees.

Last year (or was it the year before- who knows anymore?) I bought a long coat from them, as I recall $45 shipped and let me tell you that coat is amazing.

I had forgotten about it and then put it on one very blustery day and I was toasty warm. Very well made, zips from bottom and top.

And-----I shared previously about the velour pocket hoodie lounge dress I bought at costco.

If I could wear it out I would. Talk about comfort.

That sleep dress looks wonderful.

and joyful- enjoy your properly done toast! It's the little things.

I'm heading back to Lidl to get more of the 2 for $4 butter-the sale is through tomorrow.

I returned the giraffe-leg (size M) Fila pants I'd bought online from Costco for $15 and found size S at the warehouse for $10. 80% cotton 20% poly; warm fuzzy lining. Now I have black and grey. I skipped the pink pair.

Target marked down a lot of Christmas stuff to 50% off. This is the time to get them. I missed $50 angel, it was $100. I ordered it online last night when there was one left, but I received an email this morning it wasn’t available. I bought three 6’ birch trees for $37.50 each, 2 days ago I paid $55, the full price was $75.

My dog loves giant toys with lots of squeakers. Found one at TJMax for 9.99. Amazon price is 28.00. Got 3 hours of in the saddle time, including a lot of trail time, yesterday for my 1 hour lesson fee. Does that count?

I try not to buy so much and work on unloading stuff in my life these days. It's a bargain only if I am actively looking for something and find a good price or markdown. On Amazon I always just out the warehouse deals on hard goods. Seems that most of my expendable income goes on horses and related gear. Priorities change.

Kevin bought this pair of French patio chairs at Pelago Palm Springs yesterday for $131 each - regular price $437 each. They were discontinued by the mfg in France, and these were the last two in inventory, which is why they were reduced in price by 70%, but had to be sold as a pair.

They are extremely comfortable and have a very nice and durable powder coat finish. They are almost exactly the same color as our new cabinets in the kitchen:

but are slightly darker.

@Lars...Those chairs are so stylish! Nice job on the kitchen!

Lars - I love those chairs! Great job!

@LarsLars, (pardon the double tag) do you happen to know the paint brand and color of your cabinets? I've been trying in vain to match my countertops and your cabinets look close. I'd love to find something close to paint my walls.

Carol

I bought new cushions for my patio chairs a while back. I'not sure what the they were new, but they are usually $35 and up. I got these for $12.99 in a teal floral pattern. They will look great when I switch them out in the spring.

Carol, we did a color match of Benjamin Moore Oceanfront 660. The back wall is BM Soft Spruce 671, which I painted myself right after the old cabinets were removed. I did also buy some Oceanfront 660 paint that I had planned to use to paint the old cabinets myself, but we decided to have the cabinet company replace all cabinets in a custom color to match BM 660. The finish is far superior to anything I could have achieved with paint.

Here are photos of the old kitchen.

Got jars of Roma drink for 4.99, and bags of Nescafe frothy drink for 2.99 at my local outlet store. Normally would be 7-10 for the Roma, and 18-20 for the Nescafe for ordering. Mocha for the winter, for me and a couple family members. They also had 5 poundish rolls of porchetta for 1.29 a pound- I picked up two and got them split up for the freezer.

Got a fat roll of upholstery fabric for 6 bucks at the restore. It's a soft brushed flannel in pumpkin orange with subtle spice and yellow in it. Not sure what it's going to be yet, but there is plenty for a few projects.

I’m not sure if anyone else would think this was a great bargain, but it worked for me.

It normally runs at least $169 , but I caught a one day sale on Amazon earlier this week and got it for $108. Now a Christmas gift for my DH. We live in the mountains of Northern New Mexico with lots of amazing wildlife and no streetlights. He’s going to love it!

Lynn my DH would those also Heck I would love to have them

Another great bargain I found just today: my grocery market was having a buy-one-get -one-free of their beautiful fresh pork tenderloin roasts, today only. I just needed one to make my NM Posole soup for New Years Day, and so I called up the gentleman who runs our local food pantry to see if he knew of someone who could use the other for a Christmas week dinner. Yes he does! I am so happy!

Thank, @teeda . The top piece is a hand colored signed and numbered etching by Maurice Levis, and the bottom one is a watercolor.

Lynn...told my husband about those....he also thinks they're cool!

This is a January deal, but I got a great deal on a new chandelier.

This will go in my eclectic den/sitting room/game table room I’ve shown here before. It’s meant to be a formal dining room, but we don’t need one.

Anyway, after putting together some gifts cards, it cost me $25:

Batman and Spiderman gift wrap on post-Christmas sale at Walmart. This is something to get excited about when you have young grandsons. lol

Jinx, I am soooooo in love with that chandelier! It's going to be amazing in your room.

Thank you, Ida! :)

Wowser on the chandy Jinx! Your house is getting a pop of designer cool!

Alisande...that is a kids tasteful gift wrap! Your a cool grandma!

Thanks, nicole! :)

Just got an email — supposed to arrive Saturday.

I love, love, looooove your chandelier, Jinx!

Thank you, Nicci! :)

january ... 2.5 lbs of chicken breasts for 3.98