Haul from the Mall

On the last day of my daughter's visit we went to Wildwood Antique Mall, one of my favorite places to scour for treasures. I admit, I let myself indulge in one last round of retail therapy, too. It's always hard to say good-bye to my girl.

I've officially started getting ready for Halloween. Okay, not really, but I couldn't resist this haunted house framed picture. The bats kill me. :)

This watercolor bird is going to hang in my home office.

I also bought myself and Katherinea mystery bag of jewelry. Here's what was in mine.

This shabby prim cat decided to come home with me, too.

He'll keep my shabby prim bear company. Hey, at least it's not dolls.

Fed my bunny obsession as well with this adorable trinket dish.

This 86" X 60" tablecloth is an odd size, but I can use the fabric, possibly for my calendar project.

Finally I picked up a bunch of quilt blocks, fabric, precut squares and an unfinished quilt top. Because of course I need more quilting stuff (they were super cheap.)

It's always a little sad to end a vacation, especially when you get to share it with someone you don't see very often, but I'm ready to get back to work. I just need to put away all this stuff first!

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T-minus Day

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