Every week I walk with my neighbor. We walk the same route. Today there was a dumpster on our route. They were cleaning out a house where and elderly couple had lived. I climbed up to look in the dumpster....I saw old Shiny Brite boxes.
My neighbor and I ended up each carrying home big cardboard boxes full of multiple boxes of balls.
No indents or fancy balls, just lots of simple Shiny Brites in good colors. There were some modern ornaments that went into the Goodwill bag. There were also old Christmas light bulbs in the dumpster.
I don't think my neighbor had ever been dumpster diving before..she was a good sport to add that to our morning routine!
A walk with a reward!
p.s. I did ask the workers for permission to grab from the dumpster...the two young men doing the dumping told me to take whatever I wanted!
Ha Ha Ha! Dumpster Diving with a neighbor! Only you could charm a neighbor into helping you :-) Although I think I could convince a couple of mine to dumpster dive with me too. I'm glad you got a little reward on your walk today on top of saving those poor ornaments and bulbs. So sad to think of them being thrown away.
Thanks for making me smile :-)
Posted by: Doreen | September 26, 2013 at 07:02 PM
I know that so many of these great old ornaments get thrown away. I'm so glad that some of them got rescued by you! You'll turn them into something or display them like they should be!
Great Job!
PS LOVE your SMOKEY post! 3 cheers to your son!
ERICA :)
Posted by: Erica | September 26, 2013 at 07:02 PM
Incredible! You have some good karma! To find Shiney Brites in the garbage. Just incredible!
Posted by: Shelley Germann | September 26, 2013 at 09:46 PM
Only YOU would have that kind of luck. How fun!
Posted by: Musings from Kim K. | September 27, 2013 at 03:16 AM
Been there done that... but not with Shiny Brites. You lucky duck.
Posted by: Melissa's Antiques | September 27, 2013 at 05:02 AM
Too funny! Years ago I saw a quilt just peaking out of a garage can in our neighborhood.... I thoughtnwhomcpuld throw this away! i knocked and no one answered..I tried several times. Garage pick up was the next morning I waited a few more hours and tried once more...no answer so I took it out of the garbage can! It's my oldest daughters favorite quilt, and I use it when I visit her...my girls still say it's the quilt mom stole!
Posted by: Perfectlyprintedblogspt .com | September 27, 2013 at 05:14 AM
You just never know where good "stuff" might be!!
Posted by: Jill | September 27, 2013 at 05:25 AM
Yep, only YOU would find Shiny Brites in a dumpster... do they call out to you or something???
Good idea to get permission first; great rescue!
Posted by: Maureen | September 27, 2013 at 05:40 AM
I was sure by the title that you were going to have old Jack La Lane exercise equipment!
heehee! I just woke up....what can I say?
I love old Shiny Brites! Have a great weekend!
karen...
Posted by: karen | September 27, 2013 at 06:00 AM
Only in the land of Magpie is there this kind of luck! You might want to swing by again and check for additional bonuses!
Posted by: Tammy | September 27, 2013 at 06:21 AM
Talk about being in the right place at the right time!! I'm glad your neighbor was a good sport about it. I can hear her at the dinner table... you won't believe what she did...lol!
Are you going to the sale in Eastmorland? It looks interesting but sort of odd to have the family watching while you rummage through their stuff.
Posted by: Kathy | September 27, 2013 at 06:22 AM
Way back, a co-worker and I were walking during our lunch break behind our building was in a strip mall. The Walgreen's store was changing it's line of greeting cards. Needless, to say we had a blast clearing out the discarded cards and envelopes. I love unexpected finds. Don't you?
Posted by: Sheryl Remy | September 27, 2013 at 06:32 AM
Wow Laurie,Sometimes you do get so Lucky! I am starting to see various versions of the Green "Bath chair" you got a while back? All over the internet.
But I saw it here first!Thanks for sharing I just Love your Posts. -Judy A-
Posted by: Judy A | September 27, 2013 at 08:02 AM
So what time is your walk next week? I'll be there!
~Erica
Posted by: Erica | September 27, 2013 at 08:51 AM
Oh, I love it!! ;) Glad you found some pretties in there! xo Heather
Posted by: Heather | September 27, 2013 at 12:14 PM
So wonderful. I, too, can't pass a dumpster without taking a peek inside, though I haven't found anything in years. it disturbs me what people just throw away without thinking!
When I was in college my mother spied a chair peeping out of a construction dumpster in the alley behind my aunt's house. She went out in her bathrobe to pull it out. it was from the 1920's and was my chair throughout college. I didn't even have to reupholster it!
Posted by: katyo | September 28, 2013 at 08:47 AM
Glad you were able to save those great ornaments. I found my inimitable mother in a dumpster on more than one occasion.
Posted by: Susan | October 02, 2013 at 02:37 AM