Frugal Friday Night Out Fun

I stalk a certain website. It's known as AuctionZip.com. Oh yes!

Every so often I get the itch to score some cheap stuff that has potential. So, several Fridays ago, I gave in and went auctioning at an indoor auction house. What a way to feed the habit during mid-winter! Ha!

I try sooo hard to make sure all most some previous auction project finds are complete before scrounging again, but it just doesn't always work out thata ways, now does it?

Nonetheless, the latest finds...

Luggage Rack - like new and already being used in the guest room. This one is more compact in stature than many I've seen in hotel rooms, and for that reason it really fits perfectly. This was the most expensive item I bought.

Garden Hose Reel - nobody wanted it. So, I picked it up for 50 cents, not knowing if the hose was any good. And, it really isn't, but the reel works fine and it's already being used, old hose and all for the moment - with a leak somewhere! Last fall I had found one of these on clearance at Home Depot for $40 and just couldn't bring myself to buy it.

Lamp - yeah, I'm not sure about this one either and the pics are terrible. I think it was only a dollar, but it wasn't the one I really wanted. I had just stepped out and missed the sale of the one I reeaaally wanted. It was way cool. So, maybe this lamp will be fine if changed to an oil rubbed bronze color and a new shade. Or not. Maybe it will be the continual reminder of the one that
got away. :-)

Last, but not least. The whole reason I went to the auction in the first place (besides the lamp I didn't get). I decided that $40 bucks was tops what I would spend on this old wooden library desk chair. And the way everyone was checking it out, I knew I'd have to be fierce - and willing to stop bidding. Ha! By the way, I had priced these in some of those inspiration mags we ladies drool over and found them to be upwards of $300 plus extra shipping. No way!

A little hosing (with my new hose reel), some oil in the sqeeky spots and ta-da! Come to find out that nobody wanted that chair after all except for me. It probably helped that it was almost the end of the auction...  $2. Yup, $2. No kidding. And my HR has been begging for a rolling desk chair. How to keep it hidden until his birthday?  ... I'll have to redo his desk now too (secretly)...

Total bill for a frugal Friday night out - $10.44. Yup, I'm a cheap date. In fact, Mr. G doesn't even have to take me out! Even among the crowd and the auctioneering babble, I couldn't have been happier with a few hours all to myself!