free stuff

string cheese
Originally uploaded by itslynzee.

i like free stuff more than the average person. i don't know why. i'm guessing that it's genetic but i really have no way of knowing this for sure. one time i signed up for some random thing on the internet and had a box of goodies from O magazine sitting in front of my door about a week later! not just random crap but actual stuff i could use! a pillow, purse, snack samples, and running socks just to name a few. that was probably my best free score ever.

anyway, another place to score some interesting free stuff is Finney's Friday Free Stuff. it's a random segment on the channel 7 news in the bay area. every friday mr. finney gives away some random stuff. all you have to do is send in a self addressed stamped envelope and voila! a few weeks later you have a coupon for whatever random thing they were giving away that week.

a couple of months back the freebie item was string cheese. i like cheese more than the average person. i don't know why. i'm guessing that it's genetic but i really have no way of knowing this for sure. hahaha... so i sent in my obligatory sase and *poof* a couple of weeks later i had my coupon for free string cheese. i was excited by the coupon but i am also a lazy bum so i put it in my purse and told myself to remember to pick it up the next time i was at the grocery store. fast forward a couple of months... to december 30...

oh yeah! that coupon is still in my purse! hmmm... wonder when it expires... OH! december 31st! better go get my cheese! so i headed to the store, coupon in hand and proceeded to purchase a 36 pack of string cheese for free! that's a lot o cheese. even the clerk commented on the freeness and the quantity of cheese. she even gave me the tip that string cheese fares well in the freezer. i shall try it out! and if you want some string cheese please come over and partake in some. i like to share. =)

old candles and their new homes

old candles and their new homes
Originally uploaded by itslynzee.

they're tiny flower candle holders! i got them for $5 at illuminations (half off). before you tell me that is expensive, let me tell you that my friend bought their mini jar candles for $8 each! crazy.

singer

singer
Originally uploaded by itslynzee.

so i didn't buy this. but i want to!

unfortunately i have no need for another sewing machine. it'd match my living room perfectly and it's just so pretty and green!

MUST
RESIST
BUYING....

sfbay.craigslist.org/nby/hsh/242497980.html

mini daruma

daruma
Originally uploaded by itslynzee.

awhile back i headed up to the city with my cuz to check out a sale at the lab. all of the proceeds were to benefit this small collaborative arts space. i was excited because hoarding craft supplies is one of my favorite pastimes!

we arrived to discover that the sale was a crazy hodgepodge of craft supplies. i picked up a big skein of yarn, large lump of clay, flourescent chalk, and a mini daruma! the mini daruma was sitting amongst a few other random japanese items (a makeup sponge and other cosmetic items). who knows how they came to be there, but i thought... how can i be japanese and not own a daruma? so i put it in my bag and headed home with him.

all my purchased items were 50% off the marked price so i think he ended up being something crazy like 50 cents.

craigslist strikes again!

dining table
Originally uploaded by itslynzee.

over thanksgiving weekend i hauled my sister in the kidnap van* to visit the town on the other side of the mountain range (livermore). the reason? craiglist furniture of course!

i scored this set with four chairs and an extension leaf for $85. i love it! unfortunately it is very VERY heavy. anyone want to help me carry it up the stairs to my place? i live on third floor. =p

*a windowless (except for the front window)/ford/1970's/powder blue/woodpaneledbackwhenwoodpanelingwaspopular van formerly used by my grandparents to haul around goods back during the farm days

silver bows

silver bows
Originally uploaded by itslynzee.

a dollar store find. it's definitely not an earthshattering bargain or anything. but they're just too cute not to post about!

antique chairs

chairs
Originally uploaded by itslynzee.

i'm not really sure what makes something an antique. something about an item being old. old is relative though isn't it?

these chairs are a craigslist find. for freeeee! isn't that nice? thank you mr. craigslister!

when i was unloading the chairs from my car i ran into one of my neighbors in the garage. "did you go antiquing?" he asked. "nope" i replied. "just picking up some old stuff that someone didn't want!"