Op-Shop Bargains.

I am a lover of a good op-shop bargain! I guess I just love bargains in general, but I always get so stoked when I find something cool at an op-shop. Te Aroha has three op-shops, so last week I went and had a little look and here is what I found...

Cute peep-toe brown wedge heels...look like they have hardly been worn
$2
If you find cool shoes in your size at an op-shop its meant to be. 

Leather (i think?) bag. ok so this wasn't so much of a bargain.
$8, but I liked it. 

3/4 sleeve navy blazer. Looks cooler in real life then in this photo haha.
Buy of the day , 50c!!

Memories

I haven't used my camera in about 6 months and when I decided to make a blog, I decided to dust my camera off. I found some photos on my camera that I hadn't even uploaded to my computer yet, so it was fun to get to look at some memories from early 

2011..here are a few.

View from beautiful Orama

Swimming with a pod of dolphins!

Sunset on a plane flight

Our first flat!

Te Aroha Wetlands

View from Kaimais-on our way to Tauranga

Car rally -take a photo on a swing. 

Te Aroha soda water geyser. 

mac for life yo! haha birthday cake I made for Stephen.

Old Literature

One day a wee while back, I was on facebook looking at someones wedding photos (you know how it is, a friend comments on one of their friend's photos and it comes up on your homepage, and all of a sudden you find yourself looking through the album of someone you don't know at all! stalker much haha). Anyways, in the photos of the reception I saw that they had used old books tied up with lace as decorations and I thought this was super cute, so decided to give it a go as a decoration for my own room. I hit the local op-shops looking for old books, and found these beauties. Four for two dollars. Bargain. Then I bought some lace from the craft store. It cost me four dollars for 2m (I needed all of it). When I got home I realized that the white lace looked too "new" for the old books, so i dunked it in a cup of tea to stain it a more antique looking colour. So pretty much you just tie the lace around the books like you would tie ribbon around a present. Sweet, a cheap and cute decoration.