A couple of weeks ago I needed to go into town to get a new tyre for the car. It just so happens that along the same road there are seven op shops.
Oh happy days. I had so many good finds, this is part one: Retro finds
Cute retro tea towel (above) that I plan to turn into a shopping tote.
I love this beautiful silky oak platter, 40 cm in diameter. I almost didn't get it. I'm glad I did because when I got it home - it is perfect. $4.00
Stylish, simple and never used. This wooden salad bowl and servers , $7.00
But here we are..... the piece de la resistance!
Here is what all the excitement is about. This time last year I became a little obsessed at finding a vintage fondue pot. I searched e-bay and found some great fondue sets in bright orange and yellow. The only problem: the ones I fell in love with were either in America or the UK. The postage was not something I could justify at the time.
I have been thinking about fondues again recently. It's that time of year. On the day I bought this fondue set I was in my first op shop and saw a cast iron one for $15:00, it wasn't the kind I was really looking for and I thought that $15.00 was bit too much, I was in an op shop after all. So I left it there, thinking I might go back. Then I walked in the next shop and nearly fell over. Here it was! $6:00, made in Austria, never used. The forks were still in the original box. I scooped it up and quickly took it to the counter while I continued to look around.
My only regret is of all of those other op shop outings when I have left sets of never used fondue plates on the shelves.
So my search continues. But plates or no plates, I think that there might be some fondue making appearing on my new blog sometime soon.
Come back next week to see the rest of my finds from that day. Part two: pretty and girly.
Go here, to see what other treasures have been found this week.
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