You sure scored big after not getting those pallets! LOL! I can hardly believe the stuff was still there when you went back. I surmized you were in a city. Did you visit the burbs? Or was it a neighborhood where the folks were too snotty to go through each others trash? LOL!

I thought I did well on Saturday picking up a lovely, big bird cage, but you made quite a "haul". Bravo!

We were passing through, taking a shortcut through a burb to get back home, and I cannot believe that all that stuff was still there! It must be the rain that kept people away. It's a standard neighborhood, not at all rich or anything. The tea cart was hidden under piles of junk, w/ just a corner peeking through. I am a tea cart nut, though, I can spot 'em a mile away, lol.

Honestly, I am shocked that they didn't drop at least some of the stuff off at any of the nearby donation sites; there was some good stuff there. They were putting the house up for sale and I guess they didn't want to bother.

LOL The snotty neighborhoods are the ones where they won't even put out the trash until after dark the night before pick-up; those people don't things out at the curb, at least not here. They have their cleaning people take it somewhere, don't they? ;)

I was always so embarassed as a kid when my mother would make us get out and grab stuff she saw on the curb...but she sure trained me well as a spotter for trash treasures.

My mother wouldn't even go to yard sales when I was a kid, she ranked it up there w/ going through other people's garbage and I inherited that from her. It took a lot of nerve for me to start going to garage sales. I've come a long way that I went through that pile to get the tea cart, footlocker, etc--in broad daylight! lol That was HUGE for me, quite a breakthrough. lol

Now I am addicted to the idea of not paying retail if I can help it. I want to build a table of sorts and am waiting for just the right find.

I love to go through others curb stuff. My hubby used to be military so people were always moving and lotsa good stuff. I got real used to it all. Just very sneaky. LOL I have found some awsome stuff. Great find now I want a tea cart will have to start looking!

Alrighty Then... and Merry Christmas to whoever might be at work and have nothing of importance to do... talk about PAYDIRT... geez... ya'll have found some really cool stuff. Nothing I like better than to find a discarded window box... mine is not to wonder why..I just snag and go...LOLOL..

I was having coffee with my neighbor 2 days ago and her hubby was hanging a ceiling fan in the bedroom. He comes out and says... 'Do you want these? I hate to toss em out. They are dated back to the very early 1920's'... so I slowly looked up and...'OMG... he had two glass shades that hang from chains that attach to a ceiling fixture. They are etched and frosted and gorgeous... I jumped out of my chair and said 'Thank you very much and you can't have them back'... he laughed... so, this morning they got wrapped as gifts for my S/O and will be happily turned into gorgeous bird feeders come the spring... but that's not the best part of it all..

My boss walks in yesterday morning and in her hand is a picture of a 1920 Jacob Doll Upright piano that she has been trying to sell... I looked once...then looked again because the price had changed to 'FREE TO LOVING HOME'..
LOLOLOLOL... Merry Christmas to Me!!!! It's being moved next week. How 'bout that? Merry Christmas...Jim

I am so happy I am not alone going "CURB" shopping. I have found some wonderful things in my days. 2 square garden boxes, soil still in them, a free standing Garden Swing, a little paint, good as new, Pots, I even found a Barbecue grill, it just needed a new gas fitting, which I had on my beat up, old, used up grill. Don't forget folks, Christmas just happened....Keep an eye to the curb!!
Darren

will do this weekend.

Well I am having fun. They only bummer here is that we don't have bulk pick up. But people still put out the good stuff. I just got my first bagless vacuum (they did not know how to unclog it) I DID! 2 fans , fire place cover, umbrella (was looking for one to grow morning glories up), and a bean bag. I also stopped at someone elses house and got a bunch of plywood that we need for my sisterss mobil home that was flooded and the floors are a mess. I had a load of fun. Love having a place to share my luck! Happy finding all.

Hi all,

THis is my first time on this forum and I love it. You all sound like my kind of people! Nothing I like better than a freebie. I have joined freecycle and absolutely love it. Have been given a number of wonderful things including a castiron bird cage stand and birdcage, a bar fridge , a 10 gallon aquarium. I have also found some great stuff on the curb. I found the back plate to an old dresser and turned it into a spice rack . An old table leg quite ornate....turned it into an angel for my garden . I read about the umbrella Eliz333 and was wondering..... do you hang the umbrella upside down or righside up and have the morning glories growing over it? Love this idea.!!!!! Anyway love reading about your finds and projects from your finds. Thanks for listening.

Signet

How great is that? Congratulations!