Antique Store Buys & Race 4 the Cure

This past weekend when I went to go visit my Mom for Mother's Day we went to our favorite Antique Mall. Well, my Mom bought me a couple items for Mother's Day and my first new found treasure is this old chair. My Mom and I were fighting over it and I ended up winning since she said that she already has so much stuff and wouldn't know where to put it. I love it when she says that because then I decided that I would snatch it up and for $8.50...... I was thrilled with the deal. My Mom asked me if I was going to re-finish it, but I am going to leave it as is. I love the different colored paint plus it is all chippy and well quite frankly, I think it gives it character. So, I put it in my entry way and placed a little prim bonnet over one side of the chair. It looks real cute! I am also going to be looking for some old books and a wire rim pair of glasses to place on the seat of the chair. I thought that would look real cute and prim!! I will share pics when I get it placed and decorated.

I also picked up this old rusty milk jug. I love it and it looks great in my entry way close to my chair. I was pretty excited when I saw it just hanging there in the antique mall on a ladder. I was pretty surprised that it had not fallen off. This milk jug is actually pretty heavy. Don't you love the look of this jug? Don't you often wonder about the story behind an antique or an item you find in an antique store? Not all items are antiques, but they definitely have a story and well I wondered about the jug and the chair. I love them and I am so thrilled that I found them.
This was not an antique store buy...... this was actually a cupboard that my Mom purchased awhile back and she didn't have the room for it so she gave it to me. I love it, but I am trying to find the perfect home for it. I was going to hang it in the family room, but my color on my walls clash with the cupboard. My Mom told me to re-finish it, but I love how it looks already so give me time and I will find a new home for it. Hummmm, let me think about that. I should have taken a pciture of the inside, but I didn't. Shame on me!! It has shelves in it and it is painted black so I could definitely keep it open and display some prim pretties inside, but I think I like the outside too much not to show the door.
Well, it is suppose to rain here in Ohio today. I am just hoping and praying that it doesn't rain on Saturday morning. I have participated for over 10 years for The Komen Columbus Race for the Cure and this weekend won't be any different. Ok, well it might be a tad bit different. Since I had Cameron..... and I have been staying at home, I haven't participated with my company that I use to work for, but we have been doing it on our own. Well, this year we decided to join a different team! Heather's Team is a team that was created after our local TV newscaster lost her battle to breast cancer. Unfortunately, after many years of struggling with the disease, it came back and spread throughout her body. Well, my husband and I have watched her do the morning news since we got married which would have been 6 years in Nov. - so when we heard of her passing we were hoping that they would do something to honor such a strong, sweet, brave and courageous woman. Well, they did and we decided we had to join the team! So, this weekend...... we will hit the streets of downtown Columbus sporting our Heather's Team t-shirts and pink wigs. Why a pink wig you ask? Well, one week before she passed away, they aired a special about her on the noon news, she was sporting a bright pink wig and sharing all the ways that us as viewers could help try to find a cure or help others with this horrible disease. So, to say the least we are all very excited about The Race this weekend and I can hardly wait to sport my pink wig in her memory. Last night we heard that her team is currently 6000 members STRONG!! Now doesn't that give you chills up and down your spine? Can you imagine all the photos taken from the helicopter up above on Saturday morning?!? Think of all the pink wigs he will see!! Heather is definitely missed. She was such a sweet person with an unbelievably sweet spirit. I never met her personally, but volunteered at our local cancer hospital and would send her jewelry that I would make that had breast cancer ribbons on it and she would proudly sport that on the air. It was great to see and knowing that she lost her battle at such a young age is heart breaking. So, not only will Saturday be filled with lots of pink, but we will also be walking in her memory as well as the many other friends that I have lost to breast cancer and those that are still STRONG survivors of this horrible disease!! WE WILL FIND A CURE TOGETHER!! Stay Tuned for pink pics later this weekend.