Garage Sale Finds 4/18/2015

So I am blogging my awesome garage sale finds for a few reasons. First I want to brag because I am sporting some amazing top dollar items for cheap. Secondly though, I think that people should be enlightened as to what garage saling in good areas can be like. I have been to those garage sales that look like the items have literally been sitting in the garage for years and that is not the kind if stuff I'm looking for but somehow I have great luck with designer clothing and bags and home furnishings and decor and this weekend was no exception.

So for starters I will talk you through my process. Craigslist is my friend and I spend Thursday evening gathering up all the sales for Friday morning and Friday evening doing the same for Saturday morning. Just type in the county you focus on. I pick a specific location I want to focus my efforts and I just pull all the addresses for those areas and write them down in a notebook. Once I have them all I color code them with highlighters by location. Usually I will target Sherwood, Tigard, Beaverton, Tualatin and King City as my general target and then I will narrow down the list to the nicer neighborhoods.

My first sale of the day was a hit and I walked away with tons of treasures. My favorite was my new Yves Saint Laurent purse which came with the dustbag! And hey look, it was featured in a style blog on Huffinton Post - article here.

I got a red Chanel wallet. My Chanel collection is growing and I couldn't be happier!

I got lots of awesome clothes too. Calvin Klein dress, a Micheal Kors dress (not shown because I sold it already) and some Banana Republic pieces.

 Vintage jewelry is one of my favorite Estate Sale finds! Normally I don't pay over $3 for jewelry but I made an exception for this bracelet.

Christmas decor...just don't ever buy it new. Literally almost every sale has something for sale. All these ornaments for $1.

Husband got lucky today and I found him some snazzy things. Jordan letterman was $5 and Hyperdunks were $3.

Oh and I got myself some Air Force 1's! Still haven't decided if I will keep them but for $6 new in the box I couldn't say no.

Nail Polish - $1

New living room pillow...I wish I could have found 5 of these instead of 1!

Side table - $5.

And finally a Victoria's Secret swimsuit - $5.

Portland Pizza Tour - Sizzle Pie

So after a good long run of burgers (with many more locations to go) we decided to give our palette's a break and try some pizza places. I am personally just giddy about this tour because pizza is just my favorite ever. First up on our list was Sizzle Pie in Portland. Sizzle Pie is a New York style pizza served by the slice. We each decided to try something different because of that! We tried the South of Heaven, Ol' Dirty and Exploding Hearts. We had so much fun and we thought that Sizzle Pie was the perfect start to our Portland pizza experience!

Our Ratings Below!

Kendra's Ratings

Pizza - 7

Environment - 6.2

"Ordering the slice of pizza with the salad is the best deal! I got Rabbits Salad (shown in the photo)"

Chris' Ratings

Pizza - 7

Environment -5.5

 Ron's Ratings

Pizza - 8.5

Environment -7.8

Lisa's Ratings

Pizza - 7.5

Environment - 5.5

Portland Burger Tour - Slow Bar

We had such a great night visiting Slow Bar in Portland! We got to sit in the biggest, most kingly booth there ever was and had tons of space. They had two burgers on their menu so some of us tried both - The Winter Burger and The Slow Burger. Both of them were huge and delicious! The Slow Burger has 1/2lb. Painted Hills natural beef, Gruyère cheese, onion rings, butter lettuce, pickle relish and aioli. The Winter Burger is their season variety with 1/2lb. Painted Hills natural beef, Rogue Creamery Oregon Blue Cheese, pancetta, grape tomato relish, butter lettuce, aioli. Both were amazing and we were all happy!

Our ratings below -

Kendra's Ratings

Burger - 7.5

Environment - 7

Side - 8

Chris' Ratings

Burger -7

Environment - 7

Side -7

Ron's Ratings

Burger -7.5

Environment - 5.5

Side -8

Lisa's Ratings

Burger -7.7

Environment - 5.5

Side -8.2

Garage Sale Finds 4/11/2015

The weather was super off and on this weekend so we didn't get out too much. We managed to hit a couple of sales in the Tigard/Beaverton area and even though I only got a couple of items, this may have been my favorite day yet!

True Religion Jeans - $3

Yes...I got not 1 but 2 Louis Vuitton purses! Yes, they are authentic with dustbags, marked hardware and proper logos. I am ecstatic about adding these to my collection! Large one was $10 and small was $5....Not sure what possessed the lady to sell them that cheap but I'm just happy I am on the end to benefit. She said both were well carried and she is happy to see them off to a good home. 

Anne Klein necklace - $.50

Funky sweatshirt top which is super comfy - $.50

Black knit shawl - $1

 More Italian pieces for my kitchen - $1 each.

Easter 2015

This year was Chris and my first married Easter! I had an awesome weekend baking my first ever Easter delicacies - cupcakes!

Garage Sale Haul 3/28/2015

This weekend was an incredible one for garage sales! I had such good look! As usual we headed to the more wealthy areas of Tualatin and Beaverton.

More Cetified Internation Bistro Chef dishes for my kitchen! Got this whole set for $5.

Paid a bit more for these than usual but they were all designer and in great condition. Paid $4 each.

Got this adorable rustic serving tray for $5.

Paid $2 for this cool wooden box.

I loved this frame! Got is for $3.

 Cookbooks are my weakness. $2 each.

Pillow that matches our bedset! $2

I love Pampered Chef stuff. I got this 8 cup measuring cup for $3.

Paris clock which I love on my wall - $10.

This was my best buy of the day! These are Waterford Crystal Christmas ornaments. $1 for the small one and $2 for the big ones.

 Gucci perfume for $6!