Tuesday, May 24, 2011

BeAuT BaRGinS

I made a visit to Spotlight on Thursday night to pick up a couple of pens to write on glass for DD#1... and as I was walking out the door, I spotted an  "On Sale" sign.
Now last week I had a bit of a clean up in my cubbyhole so I moved the large plastic buckets I have under the table for storing batting and backing fabric and also boxed up the wool and needles... so I made heaps more room. However as a consequence of this extra space I noticed that while I was sewing, the foot pedal to the sewing machine was moving further away from me ALL the time ... a big nuisance as anyone who has had this happen will know... so ... back to the story of the "On SaLe" sign...
Once my eye noticed the "on sale" sign... why of course I had to check it out.. and guess what... foot pedal anti slip mats were on the table..... and for the huge cost of ... wait for it....
$1.00  yes that's 100 cents!
Now... no more problem...   WhaT A BarGiN !!!


I needed to make sure the laptop would make it safely overseas.. (a good swap MaMa needs her tools) ... and I thought my bag was a little lacking in the padding department for travel both on a plane and in a car... so ... I cut a piece of lightweight rubber to size... covered it with some bright and funky fabric... and made a padded laptop cushion... all for ... wait for it....$0.00 yes  nil ..zero.. zilch !    WhaT A BarGiN !!!



LaSt but certainly not LeASt... I just noticed that this will be My 200th Post... yeh!!!  ... and... I realised that I get sooo much pleasure out of this blog, with friends visiting, inspiration from other crafters and most importantly YOU.. and after realising that it's all for FREE... I thought...   WhaT A BarGiN !!!


Due to some personal issues which may cause me to take off on really short notice... I may have to hold off on a 200th post giveaway until later. But rest assured I will have one... so please be patient.

11 comments:

Linda said...

Congratulations on your 200th post!
You are so clever! It's so much fun to solve problems in such a frugal way!!

Anonymous said...

Congratulations on your 200th post.
Great idea for your laptop and I was also lucky enough to get the $1 foot pedal thingy.

Anonymous said...

Oh Cheryll the comment is from Maria.
Blogger will not let me comment under my own name GGRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!

Lana said...

I AGREE! Congratulations! What a very cute little site and very interesting!

Tarnyia said...

WooHoo 200 posts congratulations Cheryll... and you say you are going overseas ''a holiday''? Great bargins too xxx

BubzRugz said...

Gotta love a bargain and congrats on 200 posts... have a good trip and I hope the issues are not too bad issues..... take care and BIG HUGZ...

donna said...

Congrats on your 200th post. I do love bargins as well.
Hope everything is ok with you.
Hugs
donna

Janet said...

Congratulations on 200 posts! And where oh where are you going?

QuiltSue said...

Well done on all your bargains and congrats on your 200th blogiversary.

Love Bears All Things said...

Cute things...thanks for visiting and your well wishes...we aren't out of the Spring tornado season yet...they are saying we might have severe weather tonight and tomorrow...trying decide what to do about the workshop.
Have a great day,
Mama Bear

Michelle Ridgway said...

Congrats on 200the blogiversary! Blogger wouldn't let me leave a comment yesterday so the wishes are belated but sincere!