A Little Update So As To Not Be A Slack Blogger

I'm currently researching a big, fancy, journalistic-type blog post, which you may have an idea about if you follow me on the Twitter-machine.  It's not left much time for blogging about other things, but I thought I'd share a little bit about my op shop trip last week.
I went to Lifeline looking for something suitable to wear to a job interview.  I didn't find anything, but I did find this:

I saw her and immediately I was flooded with memories of my mother's aunt, one of my best friends and favourite old people as a child.  She loved dolls, Asian-inspired art, musical instruments and antiques.  As this doll is all of those things, I had to get her.  I took a deep breath and hoped whoever had priced her didn't know what dolls like this are worth and what a collector will pay.  I picked her up and turned her over to find the price sticker... $1.50!  If it is possible to smile audibly, I'm sure I did!  I went right to the counter and bought her.  I took my new little sister to the cafe with me and she sat on the table and "played" for me while I had a coffee.
On my way home, I stopped in at the Asthma Foundation op shop, and found a book by one of my favourite writers, Maeve Binchy, for $1.
All in all, a good day op shopping.

Lots of love to you,
Cassandra Louise.

Op Shop Hop - Maryborough Queensland

I've been in Maryborough to visit my pets, and also my parents are here.  I'm going back to Brisbane tomorrow, so today my mum and I went on an op shop hop around town.  We both found some great things, as well as some great things which we couldn't take home or didn't need but thought were wonderful.

Our first stop was the St. Vinnies shop on Kent Street.

 We chose a good day!  The "special" on the board today was:

Which is perfect for me, as I am a lady and wear tops.  I looked through the racks inside to find four tops that would fit me and were cotton.  The ones I picked out had an original sale price of this:

So I felt $10 for the lot was a great deal, especially since even the cheapest top I chose would have been over $10 new.
I chose this one, which is my new favourite top, so you can't tell me if you don't like it:

Along with these three:

Along with the four shirts, I found a nice cotton dress with pockets for $5.  I couldn't find anywhere to take a full length photo, so you'll have to believe me that it's about knee length.

I won't show you everything that Mum got for fear of making the longest photo-based blog post ever, but I must show you this sari* that she got for $4.

*Not being worn as a sari in picture, really just making me a beautiful speckled purple ghost

Other things of note at Vinnies included all these wonderful plants from $1!

This organ, with a stool for only $40.

And children's books for 50c each or 4 for $1 from this basket

Our next stop was the Salvos shop in Alice Street, on the corner of Bazaar Street.

Where the "special" this week is:

Mum was after manchester, so this was very good for her.  It's quite hot so we didn't even want to think about long pants existing, but it's great for anyone looking to stock up for Winter.

One thing really caught my eye in here, which was this two piece outfit, obviously home made but fits me like it was made for me!  It was $6 for the set.

And it looks like this on me:

Again, couldn't get a full length picture, but the skirt goes down to my knees.

Other things of note at the Salvos shop included these toys from 20c each, some with their original tags still on, averaging $1.

This beautiful bassinet for $40

And this 60cm long fish tank for only $20!

Third stop of our op shop hop was St. Paul's op shop in Adelaide Street.

My favourite thing at this shop is always this clothing rack at the door.  It always has a mix of women's, men's and children's clothing and each item is 50c.

Mum bought some candle holders here, $2 for a set of 4, and some fabric.  I found a book I wanted which was priced at 50c, but they threw it in for free with Mum's stuff.  Score!

Our final stop was the Lifeline shop, also in Adelaide Street

.They also had an excellent special on ladies' tops, but I already had four so I tried really hard not to look at any as I have to get all the stuff I buy home to Brisbane.

Inside, they also had a special on dresses, $5 each.  I got this pink dress which was marked down from $8!  It goes down to my ankles and is delightfully cool and breezy to wear!

Other items of note at Lifeline included 50c books.  SO MANY BOOKS!

These lovely dinner plates at $1 each:

And this big bin of green thongs (footwear, not the ahh... other kind) for 50c/pair, new!

If I didn't have to get everything back to Brisbane, I would have bought so much more... including that $40 organ, which I'm a bit in love with even though I never even saw it with the lid up.

Happy Op Shopping!

Cassandra Louise.

Sunday Selections- New Chapter Edition

Today I am linking up with Kim from Frog Ponds Rock for Sunday Selections.
As photographs, there is nothing special about this week's pictures, and they don't seem to go together, even though I do like to have a theme for Sunday Selections.
There is a theme here, although it's a little hard to see: My father is currently undergoing treatment for cancer.  All of these pictures were taken on the day he had his last ever dose of chemo.  Now we move on to the next chapter of his recovery.
I took ninety photos that day, and I love them all.  I thought ninety would be a lot for you to look through, and so, with much deliberation and a little heartache, I narrowed it down to twenty-three, and tried to avoid including pictures that were too similar to each other.  I hope you enjoy them!

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I needed to get a photo of these colours together!

I liked the shadow of my sleeves, so I took this picture of my shadow thinking about something.

This pier, Urangan Pier, (which you can't see all of) is 868 metres long.  Makes for a very nice, but quite windy walk, when you can be bothered.

Someone lost a hat.  If I wasn't wearing such a nice dress, I'd have a new hat, now.

Seagulls. I had no idea they still knew how to look for food in the water...

 I liked this whole tree/shop perspective.  I find it very colourful.  That fish & chip shop there does good baked spuds.

Broken in a storm.

Bird's nest!  This makes me very happy.

You can see the whole pier here, and, um, other things.  I was actually taking the picture of that sole bird in flight...

What bug is that?  I don't know.

One day, when I'm not in a nice dress, I want to sit in that tree.

I must eat at this table!  I don't think I ever have, but I know this area is alive with animals, so it would be a wonderful adventure!

Nobody lives in here, I checked.  Thought about moving in myself...

Can't help but wonder if this happened when the pine cone tried to hold on to the tree when it started to fall.  My other ideas include faeries did it.

Is it that hard to take your rubbish with you?  Really?!

Rocks at the palm tree garden.  I don't even know why there is a palm tree garden, but it's very green and has nice rocks.

Delightfully artsy photo of some leaves at the place I bought hot chips from.

This is a shot of the patio railing at the same place.  You can see my dress at the edge there.

Colours.

Standard low-tide beach shot.

I love how the dog that ran through this concrete seems to have turned around and gone the other way almost as soon.

This picture is actually of the ants...

Close up on a gladiolus in the hospital grounds, when we went to take dad home.

I hope you have enjoyed your time with my many, many pictures.  Do pop over to Kim's to see what everyone else is linking up!

Love to you all,

Cassandra Louise.