S is for Sabi Saturday Week 7 (errr, Sunday)
Sabi Saturday Linkup Week 7
So the Sabi Saturday blog hop is open for the whole week where we share. Add your link up at the bottom of the post.
- the vintage/antique items handed down or we “rescue” from garage sales and thrift stores so they don’t end up in a trash bin
- items we’ve upcycled instead of throwing them away
- items we’ve repaired in a transformative way to make them more beautiful or cooler than before
- process or tutorials on how we upcycled or repaired something to make something new, more beautiful, or cooler
Sabi Saturday Linkup Week 6 Roundup
First the roundup:
15 and Meowing rescued a ceramic bunny, so cute with butterflies.
Cactus Catz photographed a cool vintage coffee grinder. (Seriously I had driven, I would have brought back the grey tiger cat and the grinder but these days flight baggage allotments have shrunk to nothing.)
This week’s Sabi Saturday contribution
Sorry I was a day late again. Flew home yesterday so had to pack, get to the airport, and you know.
Both Lori and I love thrift stores so it’s something we do every time I visit. So I used to bring my large backpack half full of clothes, computer, and computer bag and then when I went home, it would be full. Of course if I drove, space was a nonissue (the only issue was unhappy meowing cats on the 15-hour drive).
It used to be you could have one bag to check-in for free, one carryon (computer bag or camera bag) and your purse. I could bring my large backpack as a carryon because it could squish into the carryon space above as it wasn’t rigid. It was long, close to two feet I think. That used to be the criteria — if it can be squished into the little box.
Now it’s your purse/camera bag/computer bag and one carryon which is now limited to 22″x14″x9″ and saying you can squish it to those dimensions doesn’t really fly.
Problem is going home, I needed a bag to put my camera bag in and my purchases. So I found this American Tourister at Savers and snapped it up for $3.50 ($4.99 less the 30% seniors day). It’s awesome. Retractable handle, rolling wheels and all the zippers work. I think the previous owner had put on badges with their name or logo to easily identify it or something. They took those off before donating it.
Thing is I was used to packing my backpack where I lay clothes flat and everything fits because the sides can bulge. I totally misjudged. When I went to pack the bag, it’s perfect for the airlines at 22″x9″x14″ but the sides are rigid. No squishing! I only got in my computerbag, computer, a couple books and about 1/3 of the clothes I bought. Geez.
(I found out too late if you roll clothes you can pack them tighter. At the airport curb, to get more in, Lori rolled 3 pants to slide them into the front pouch. She even got in my Minnetonka pink suede slippers ($2 at Goodwill). I was floored at how small she made them. I probably should have read this article: 5 Ways to Pack Your Suitcase Way More Efficiently) |
I chose Top Chef The Cookbook
to take home because I love Top Chef. I found this one for $2 and it’s even autographed by Steph Izard, Richard Blair, and Carla Hall. You’d have to be into Top Chef, which I am — I’ve bought most of their seasons on dvd — to know who they are. It’s my favorite cooking show. It’s not the same as a cookbook signed by Alice Waters but I still think it’s cool.
Steph Izard was the first female chef to win Top Chef (4th Season). Richard Blais was a runner-up during season 4 but came back as the winner in the Top Chef All-Stars aka 8th season. Dale, another favorite of mine during the 4th season, didn’t make it to the finals which I couldn’t believe. Totally floored me. Carla Hall brightened up the 5th season with her vivid personality, her “hootie hoo” calls and “cooking with love” philosophy. She finished as a runner-up and came back later in the All-Stars.
Lori is keeping everything else for me to take home on my next visit. If I fly back next time, I will mail books media mail. It’s fairly cheap.
So while these items are neither vintage or antique, they are recycled as I liberated them from thrift stores.
The books I managed to bring home. (all Amazon linked images)
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6 Replies to “S is for Sabi Saturday Week 7 (errr, Sunday)”
Interesting packing tips — I’ll remember them for next time I travel 🙂
Ronel visiting with the A-Z Challenge music and writing: Something Local
There is a woman I follow on Twitter who has a room dedicated just to books on the sea…in any language or genre, so long as they are about/set in the sea. She accepts donations of books and lends books to anyone who stops by. I think this is a cool idea.
That does sound like a cool idea and a wonderful way to meet people who share something in common.
I love the slipper, such a pretty color. You have a lot of good finds there. Thanks for hosting.
I agree it is a pretty color. I’m beginning to like pink a lot which is strange because I was never a pink girl — way more into the cool colors. Thanks for joining the Sabi Saturday again.