Why 'My Mink Betty'?

Why 'My Mink Betty'?
I'm not your common, everyday twenty-something year old and when I graduated from High School I got an equally uncommon gift. My parents found for me a beautiful 1940's mink stole at a garage sale. It had belonged to the woman's Great Aunt Betty who had married late in life to a man with money and had only allowed him to buy her this one luxury. The unusually styled stole has the name, Betty L. Jones, embroidered in the satin lining so that's what I call her. They never had children of their own and the mink was passed to Aunt Betty's niece and on to her daughter. Until it got to me, no one since Aunt Betty had worn it. Now Betty the mink and I go to the theater together on special occasions and I hope that someday I can take her to the Symphony or the Ballet. Although Betty hadn't been worn or loved for many years she was waiting for someone to love her again as are most other things I look for when thrifting.

Monday, July 18, 2011

I'm Back.

I haven't been able to post on here in a while or even go to estate sales or thrift often since I started my job in March. I work Fri-Sun from 6AM until 6PM so it makes estate sales pretty much impossible.

Just before I stopped posting, I showed you this:

Turquoise Snowflake Space Saver Casserole!


But since then, Mom found this at a thrift shop in another town. It was hiding on the bottom shelf behind a bunch of junk - $0.89.

A space saver lid!
It's got lots of chips that need to be smoothed out , but she was delighted to find it.

Then I found this matching 943 1.5 quart oval casserole at Goodwill - $3.00.

And Mom had this cradle for the 943, found in the same out of town thrift store - $0.89.


See how cute that looks?


So, even though there hasn't been much thrifting, there has been Pyrex. Even these Town and Country fridgies that I can't stand. Mom found them at an estate sale and wanted them because they're a full set; I'm trying to convince her to trade them away, but so far, no such luck.

I've finally gotten a hold on my schedule enough to hopefully post at least once a week from now on and maybe get an Etsy shop running. Thank you for reading and sorry it's been such a long time.

-Betty


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7 comments:

  1. JillJuly 19, 2011 at 6:49 AM

    I love any fridgies!!

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  2. annies homeJuly 21, 2011 at 9:13 AM

    I have pyrex seem to love it I have a light color with flowers your snowflake looks great as well

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  3. Linda @ A La CarteJuly 21, 2011 at 3:33 PM

    So glad you see you back posting! I wondered what happened! Love that set of fridgies!

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  4. DiannJuly 23, 2011 at 8:31 AM

    Great Pyrex pieces! And I agree, that the cradle looks great with the blue pyrex in it! thanks for joining TTF and have a wonderful weekend!

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  5. Have a Daily Cup of Mrs. OlsonJuly 23, 2011 at 8:05 PM

    Hi, I love that you are an unusual 20 year old. My youngest daughter, who is almost 23 is a different sort herself. I always say she should have been born in a different century. I love her, and we have so much fun together. She loves vintage just as much as I do. Love, love your turquoise pyrex! I've done my kitchen in red, turquoise, and green. I have picked up a couple, but have not seen those with the cute snowflakes. Thanks so much for visiting my blog, and Love that you refer to L.V. as Aunt Lillian. Too Cue!

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  6. KateOctober 12, 2011 at 7:48 AM

    Do you have any advice for "smoothing out" the chips in the lids? Just got one like this and the lid is a wreck.

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  7. AnonymousMarch 6, 2015 at 7:14 AM

    Kate, I use fine sandpaper to rescue chipped lids.

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