Garage sale season is back again :shade: got:
-3 strings of multicolor LED Christmas lights for $1 (I'm allowed to keep collecting until I blow a breaker. But thankfully since LEDs use next to no electricity, I can get a couple hundred strings going before that happens!)
-True North Smoker for $4 (sells for $135 at Home Depot!)
-2 French White corningware 2.3 L (one oval-ish and one round) for 75c each! They came with plastic lids for storage. More on this at the end!
-Starbucks 2 tbs scoop for 50c (You know how often I need 2 tbs of something in a recipe? CONSTANTLY)
-2 traditional handled French Onion soup bowls for 10c each, and one two-handled one from a brand I can't remember the name of but is just a beautiful little piece for 50c.
-A set of 6 square serving bowls in a metal tray for $2. This will be perfect for Christmas to put out the pickles and dips!
All of the serveware and bowls I got are white, as I am currently obsessed with white everything for the kitchen. I think it just looks so clean all together and even if they're all mismatched, your table will still look nice because of the consistent color.
And perhaps my best deal, a container of Barkeeper's Friend from Canadian Tire. It's $2, and the corningware I got had those black lines on the bottom from years of use, like this
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I went to trusty Pinterest and found out about Barkeeper's Friend from there, and gave it a try. IT WORKS SO WELL. THEY'RE GONE. I had to go at it about 3 times each container so I knew where I was missing spots, but HOLY COW. They sparkle like new. I even tried it on my mom's really old, beat up corningware that had baked on nasties from 40 years of use, and it looks like it came right out of the store today. I also tried it on a frying pan I burnt two years ago trying to sear a roast and it looks brand new too!
http://www.corningware411.com/2013/1...h-skillet.html Here's a link to the blog post I found online that convinced me to try the product, so you can see before-and-afters!
This is the most exciting thing for me! I can now buy old ugly stuff from garage sales for even LESS money because it's ugly and know I can go home and make it look new again!