From Coast to Coaster

Today turned out to be a soggy affair in Toronto. Ken was working, so Duncan and I went out. We were going to head down into the Don Valley to look at nature, but the rain came down heavier. We trudged down to Chinatown East, stopped at a Vietnamese sandwich shop, found a tropical fish emporium, bought some groceries, and returned home. But something was not right. I needed to thrift.

So down the road we trudged once more, to our nearby Value Village. Duncan quickly spotted a Playmobil fire truck. There was no price sticker on it, so the cashier rang it up for .99. Son, you're learning the way of the thrifter. I found a few goodies including one of those big bags of random things for $1.99. In the bag I found these cute plastic lobster coasters.

Also in the bag were these comical booze hound coasters. Written on each coaster is a different pearl of wisdom about drinking.

We don't need more tea towels, but for $1.99, I thought this Scotland tea towel would stir up some fond memories of Scotland for my husband - or at least encourage him to do the washing up more often.

Duncan counting up all the coasters. He also discovered some white coasters with an abstract art design on them. The only thing I don't like about the coasters is that they're rimmed and too small to hold the big coffee mugs we use at home. I guess they're meant for cocktail glasses at pool parties in the sixties or seventies.
Yes, another shot glass I'll never use, but I loved the stylish paint job for .49.
This is cool. It's a hand carved receptacle of some sort. I think it was $1.99. Please let me know what language is carved on the outside. Russian would be my default guess, but it could be Latvian, Estonian or something completely different. I love the bees and honeycomb.

Close-up of bee.

Here's my song of the week #39 -Duffy's "Mercy." It was playing at Value Village when I bought all this stuff.