Five Dollars!

I seem to be having really good luck with bargains lately, and wanted to share a few of them with you!  Five must be my lucky  number, because all of these things were $5 each!  That's barely enough to make it worthwhile to open my wallet...I should just check under the couch cushions!

This first one was a thrift store find.  It was originally red, but that's nothing a little black paint can't fix!  Definitely worth the $5 price tag.

Next we have another thrift store find that was originally marked at $10 but was 50% off.  Yippee!  It even still has the tags on it!  It's meant to be a chalkboard, but since I already have one that is basically this same shape, I don't feel obligated to use it for that.  In case you can't see (sorry about the glare!) it is a little painting of an artichoke, with the French translation underneath.

And now, yet another thrift store find!  (I have discovered the best thrift store in town, right next to the ritziest neighborhood in Denver, yay!)  This little stool was just plain wood, but a little black paint and some sanding of the edges turned it into the perfect stool for little people to reach the sink in the bathroom!  Yep...$5!

I love TJ Maxx.  Who doesn't?  My favorite thing is wandering back to the clearance section, never sure of what I'll find.  The other day it was this cute lamp, and I left the tag on just to prove that it was, indeed, $5!
Last but not least is this barn star that I hung on the back of my house by my deck.  I love that it is asymmetrical.  I found it at this place called Real Deals Home Decor, which is a new discovery for me, but check out the link because I think there are locations all over the country!  Lots of great decorating deals and clearance items!  And OK, I cannot lie, this star was $10, but 10 is a multiple of 5 and it's really cute so I thought you wouldn't mind if I broke the pattern!

So good luck finding some bargains of your own!  I can't wait to see them!