Ah, the simple pleasures of life!

There is nothing simpler or more pleasure-able than having a day off.  I spent mine thrifting and visiting Angie (one of my beloved sisis...(sisters) ) and just lolling with Paul (my beloved hubby)

So - what did we buy? Well, first I found these kitsch vintage prints of guardian angels for 50 cents each...Ahhh, I don't know why...but I like these feckin' prints (feck is not a swear word here in Ireland...ah no! - not at all, at all)

(...and I will be framing them in shabby chic frames and sellin' them for a small fortune ...(but dont' tell me taxman) ...on me shabby chic websiste...wot I haven't got yet but will have when Teeda gets her arse in gear and creates it out of the ethers....) Are ye' with me? '...good....cos I will be askin' questions later.

... another word that sounds bad but is not,  is the word "hoor" Everyone here says things like..." Aren't the weeds a right hoor? The hoorin' weeds are a *&%^"*to get rid of and sure the feckers keep comin' back!... Them feckers just wont stay away...they're a shower of hoors, that's what they are...the lot of them!"

To be perfectly honest we all swear like "hoors" here. It's a national pastime - and we make no apology - as we are Irish and can get away  with anything.

Anyway, I digress, ...here is another vintage print I got for my new website (sis, Teeda is creating it as I speak...she's a right hoor that one) Sorry Teeda, I'm only messin' ...work away girl! Don't mind me.

The next thing we found was a box of toffees in the shape of a cute little Irish cottage....called "Colleen Assortment" Aaaggghhh! guess who is gettin' them? Well, Colleen of Main St.Memories is gettin' one from Angie and Kimme of Irish Cottage Dreams is gettin' one from me!  'Cos when we saw them we said  in unison..."They would be perfect for those hoors in Utah and Germany!"

Then I found a book on Maureen O'Hara - star of my favourite smaltzeee film " The Quiet Man" 

Next treasure was a set of fairy themed stationery that Angie beat me to ...(just as well, 'cos I would have bought it for my beloved, Paul - but Angie beat me to it so she got to pay for it and Paul got it in the end so I win...right?) Ha ha! (one up to me in the sibling rivalry/thrifting war...whooohoo!)

Teeda is coming over here from Canada at the end of May and all four of us sisis, Teeda, Pam,  Catra and Angie are goin' thrifting all day in Dublin city.

Our theme/ mission/ aim is to see who can buy a red hat first! Have you thrifters ever tried this with a bunch of pals?  Nominate a goal and see who finds it first and they get to have lunch paid for by the losers!

Plus we will have a mega givaway at the end of it all 'cos you know we will buy a load of stuff we love but don't need. Whooohoo! All winners...no losers! Watch this space!

Comments

[Colleen]

You are too funny! Love the tin - and thans for thinking about us Utah Hoors! Love that the Irish are so happily-cursing people! Not a mean thought - I love ya ye fecking hoors! Whew! I've never said anything like that before...feels kinda good...kinda bad...but kinda good...
Colleen

[the old schoolhouse]

Ah yes thrifting with my three sisters, sure you wouldent have a snowballs chance in hell of getting anything,Fingers flynn would make sure of that.So much so that when we walk into a thrift shop i distract her [OH LOOK AT THAT]and then i run down the back to get the treasure,works almost every time! love ye earwigs[pams pet name]given to her by mam. Angie

[kimme @ irish cottage dreams]

I am laughing me fecking arse off !! (can I swear like this too if I am a grandchild of someone Irish?)

Yippee I am a hoor! Now hand over me toffees!
Thank you for picking me :)

Btw, love the prints. I would have picked them too.
just lovely.

~kimme

[Tanya]

Isn't hoor actually horror? I've heard that bloody is the worst thing one can say there? Is that true, for the life of me I can't figure out why. which is why I say it, a lot! LOL

Oh and our word is frickin'. You know anything sounds cosmopolitan if you say it with a British or Irish accent. ;)