spindle spider dot comI was about to go postal at work and the stress was starting to crush me. So I cleaned up what I had in front of me so I could sneak away for a bit. I sped off to FP to check out a sale I found on gsalr.com, as always. I was just around […]
I’ve had some serious garage sale guilt for not hitting more sales this year but things are finally picking up. I hit 8 in 2015 I believe so not sure if I’ll keep the pace but I am surely trying. gsalr.com revealed this one a scant 3 mile round trip from my work. I snuck […]
Had my eye on this for a couple years, it is right at the Interstate 80 interchange but never had time to stop. Made time on this journey and it was worth it as we found a bunch of crates of 7″ right inside the front door. I did not buy anything at all for […]
I’ve run across things like this before. Found this one at Goodwill Addison. I find it so interesting not just to see the history of a piece of vinyl in my hands but the peoples name’s and addresses…thinking about them and knowing what their taste is in music and wondering what became of them. This […]
As there was no garage on site, and the goods were displayed in the church, I think this is better defined as a ‘rummage sale’. So I headed down to rummage around a bit. Had a hell of a time finding the place (no pun intended), the address is actually 130, not 30. They had […]
Last time I was in town, I wasted some time trying to find a Goodwill round these parts. Turns out it was just a ‘donation center’ which may be just the box. We did find it this time, and I think it may […]
Did a run through Morris on my way out west and hit up the old haunts. St. Vincent continues to get worse in the vinyl department, the one remaining crate is even more in the back of the store, over by the bathrooms now. It held nothing but junk, save for an ED&JFC album you […]
I have experimented with my Kreg jig on and off and demonstrated its use at a talk I gave regarding crate construction a while back. The simple 12″ box I built (without lid) I gave away/sold at that event and I’ve been aching to put something else together. We visit my girlfriend’s mom a few […]
It is truly helpless to know that what was probably my favorite thrift store of all time is no more. Fantastic Andy’s of Kewanee Illinois closed sometime in early 2016. I first visited Kewanee (and Andy’s) in the late fall of 2014. I went back a few times in 2015 but only blogged once almost […]
Back up in Cary, I made yet another stop to search for vinyl. Previous journeys to Cary brought me to Barrington and Crystal Lake. This time, I decided to check out a thrift store. Initially I went over to Barrington Resale, no vinyl there. I called in advance and got no answer, but when I […]