Who knew!!! You go dump your trash & get to shop, not only that some of it's free & they even painted the flowers on the pot for you!! They could take some lessons in America, I can just hear all the ladies saying"Honey got to take all this junk to the dump!! And their shock when you say, hang on a minute, I'm going shopping!! What a hoot!! Jan oh, love all the other great stuff too!!

Don't we wish our dumps here would do such a thing. They frown on anyone going thru anything here. I have heard that if you can find out what day they dump Lowes trash you and go wait, but I doubt it.
Way to go Cait, you did great.

WOW...wouldn't it be great if the dumps in the USA let us do that....at least set things aside and invited people to browse. Instead they usually yell over the loudspeaker not to take things! But, DH and I usually look around anyway!

GREAT finds!!

What a haul!! I'm green with envy.

It is a shame that our dumps don't do the same. Sometimes I think the people working there are afraid we will get all the good stuff before they can get their hot mitts on it. Love all your finds! You made a great haul. My Bob likes to go to the dump and then he grabs stuff out. He found a really nice cordless drill that works perfectly. Just doesn't have the recharger. He has also brought me a lot of broken dishes and pottery for mosaicing. But he is good at sneaking that stuff. he-he

Wow, to that "butter" dish, especially! And I remember those little blue & white cows (here in Iowa, they are called Holsteins, but they are b&w)...but who cares, blue moo's will be wonderful in your new kitchen! Keep working at it...sounds like you are on a roll!

And, to take a "dump break," well...nothin' better, right! Pots are great & you made some good saves on glassware! TFS pics & keep us updated as you bring summer in...we're doing "Fall" here now...altho summer never really got here! Jeanne S.
...oooohhh, I just saw an IKEA add on right side of my screen on this forum...wouldn't you love to "tip" dive there!!

Wow, I didn't know you couldn't go dump shopping there. Then again, I don't think I'd have ever gone to a NYC dump!

I kinda can't wait to go back! We went to a dump one town over because it's cheaper to unload. The dump in our town charges $45 while this one only charged us $18. But the dump in town also has piles of stuff you can look through. They keep all the bottles in big drums and I've checked them for blue bottles but didnt see any. I also got the neatest thing there but I'm waiting until I fix it to show ya'll. HA! I'm such a tease!!! But this find is so fantastic and so special and I really want the vignette all set up.... if only my plumber would show up already so I could get the rest of the kitchen demolished so I can get on with all the work and have the kitchen finished so I could get outside and play and do all my crafty things that are waiting in the wing.... WHEW!! I love run-on sentences!! HA!

Happy you enjoyed the eye-candy. Oh, and Jeanne, did you know my kitchen is Ikea? It is and I can't wait to put it together!!

I remember going to the dump as a kid and they had a "reuse" section and you could take stuff. Unfortunately the dumps around here are closed and we have an incinerator. I do have a friend who works at a salvage yard and although due to liability issues I can't go dig around, but if i tell him i want something, he'll set it aside for me.

Oh how I wish we could take a lookie. When I was growing up my mom would dread dump day, because my dad had a trailer he hooked on the back of his car and when he came back from the dump it was as full as when he left. lol People threw away more useful stuff then it seems. Many of our relatives in need would ask him if had had what they needed. Many times he did. Now we have gs. But still would like to see a useful section at the dump.

Kat

In the '70s and '80s, we had dumps in the area where we could take our trash, and I usually brought back a bunch of stuff. Old glass lamps and pieces of lumber for example--It was not manned-you just went in and dumped. Then they decided that people might get 'hurt' and started have a man there in the daytime, and a locked gate at night. Now they won't let you get anything...unless you are sneaky, and quick....LOL The very last time Bill went to the dump, I went too and grabbed a nice kingsized comforter, to cover plants in winter, and some LP records.....
We don't even have sales or free stuff like some dumps do.

WOW .... what cool stuff!!! Good thing I don't live close to a place like that, I might develop a serious hoarding problem lol.... TFS! ~tenderlee