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Hey there… yes.. Goodwill Hunting- and not the movie… 🙂 .. I paid a visit to see if my $2.00 Tuesday Fairy has left a goodie for me under my pillow …. (yes I remember the days of the toothfairy so now she’s my $2.00 Fairy – cause that’s how much we use to get for a tooth..) Thank you Daddy (r.i.p) … OK moving right along… but yes, she struck again. After being well acclimated in my new office space the one thing I was missing and realized I needed was a wastebasket. Brand new ones were overpriced.. I mean really you see my office.. I don’t think I need to make a fashion statement in there.. but at Target I found these.. Prices range from $9.99 to $14.99

Well I found this one at Goodwill – Yes it was $2.00 (starting the new year off right)

A Martha Stewart wastebasket… sure it’s got some bruises .. but that’s ok… It’s sturdy, not torn or falling apart.. but it’s not staying this way… (you know me – Spray Paint to the rescue)

But you know wandering eyes just couldn’t stop at this.. I had to keep looking – just to see.. (thank God hubby wasn’t with me.. because he’d say ..”ok – you got what you’re looking for – let’s go” . Well – like I said in the title of this post.. Goodwill Hunting.. I found all these items there too!!!

Battery-operated candles were definitely a steal of a deal.. for $0.75 for this one

and for the pair of the olive green trees were $2.50 (OH MY GOD!! they smell soooo good – I can’t wait to get batteries..)

Much needed picture frames.. the glass (for someone who’s got a birthday coming 🙂 – and a gardener can ALWAYS use watering can

The pillows… can’t pass those up.. for $2.00 each.. (besides.. didn’t Pantone say the new color this year is Orchid.. chuckles..)

All in all…. I will definitely say it was a good “GOODWILL Hunting”

My total spent … $14.25 –

now it’s time for me to get busy working on that wastebasket.. I’ll see you soon to show you how I incorporate my new goodies around the house..

Tah-tah….

Is it me or is it that these $2.00 items are just making themselves be there for me.. lol.. because I declare.. they’re popping up all over the place.. (it’s like they’re saying – here she come- oooo -pick me, pick me..)… Unbelievable.. but it’s true and here I was thinking it was’t going to last long because there aren’t a lot of things worth blogging about for $2.00. Well, I’ll ride it as long as I can… I just hope you enjoy the ride with me.. and if you don’t, feel free to say “Hey Kim no more..”.. until then.. here’s the next $2.00 post..

Ok.. Goodwill is the source.. I know you’ve seen these vases all over.. well.. it’s $0.50, the candle (still wrapped) $0.50 that only equals $1.00. But I did pick something else up for $2.00 which I’ll show you in a few..But first I want to show you what I did with these two items, because the other item is a no-brainer.

Keep in mind that I’m making use of the items and not spending anymore money to use it. I sprayed painted some leaves for the silverleaf effect (my attempt at a little pun)

I inserted the candle into the vase.. Using a pair of stacking trays I already had, I flipped the larger one upside down and placed the smaller one on top, added some live pine stems .. then made a seasonal arrangement with feathers (which I love) pine cones and this is my $1.00 finished product. …