It’s no secret, I love rustic decor. I mean, look at this place. If there were a few more antlers, some more old guns and a skull or two it would look just like my living room.

You also know what a freak I am about getting a good deal. I shop garage sales, auctions, thrift stores and such sniffing out bargains. BIG ones. I started this sickness when we were first married and were broke, gathering stuff for our home one piece at a time: here a little, there a little. Fourteen years later, it has past necessity and past time and gone straight to a dad gum addiction.

So you can’t believe how tickled I was to find this…

Do you know what it is? It’s rustic that’s what. Actually it’s a camel saddle. Made from some kind of funky wood, a little raw hide, and some worn leather stuffed with horse hair. I think it’s cool. We use it to pick music on, watch tv on, fold clothes on or whatever. I found a new one, just like it, online for $250. Don’t tell anyone but I paid $10 for this one (I talked them down 20%).

And how about this…

I bought three boxes for a dollar at an auction. Took them home, bleached them and let them dry in the sun, and drew this famous Winchester emblem on one of them. Thirty-five cents later…I have something to hold magazines. Ben loves it and it sure didn’t cost much.

I still have the other boxes. I could do the same thing to them and fill it with homemade pine cone potpourri, a homemade throw, a few western movies, some microwave popcorn: and happy birthday gun freak brother. See. I’m an addict. My cheapness knows no bounds. It oozes from me. I drip with it.

More than one person has sniffed around my house and said things like, ’interesting…unique…where do you find this stuff?…’ I love that. But that’s what happens when you fill your house with 90% used things full of character. (Of course I hear things like, “Ewwwwe, everything is dead, old, and weird…doesn’t it scare your children?” But that’s another post. Today, I’ll focus on the positive things in my life.)

I said all this to say…do you bargain hunt? If you do…Do you dicker? Bargain? Haggle? I want to know. I’m writing a post on the tricks and treats of getting steals and deals. So click on the comment word below this post and tell all.

Simply Seeking,

Sis