I think I have a problem

Born and raised in the South, no one commented when I smoked too much, spent hours on end playing trivia at the bar, overate, and dieted like no body’s business. But when I traded all that for digging through bins of cheap stuff at thrift shops, one comment was one everyone’s lips. “She’s obsessed!”

Maybe I started the classification when I brought home the green parrot,  and daringly stated, “I think I have a problem.”

Now I ask you, what’s not to love about this parrot?

She’s got beautiful feathers…

A gold beak..

and..

Gold toes!

 

 

 

 

I fell in love with her at The Goodwill.  Oh yes, I call it THE Goodwill. It started out as poking fun at people who say THE Wal-mart, and now I’ve been sucked into to their glorification of their store of choice.  I don’t go to any Goodwill, I go to THE Goodwill.

But I digress.  I was talking about the parrot. I saw her sitting on a display shelf and sauntered over to take a look at the price.   $6.99.    Oh no way,  I was not going to pay $6.99 for a stupid ceramic parrot.   It wasn’t Senior Day with it’s 25% off reward for older than dirt.  This wasn’t a 50% off green or purple tag wares night.    I never paid more than a dollar or two for something unless it was furniture.  Nope.   If I wanted this blue-green bird, I was going to have to pay full price.

$6.99 for a ceramic parrot.

I didn’t need it.  My summer cubiclescape had already been packed up in my mind.  I was looking for Fall decorations.

Yet, there she was.  Shiny.  Pretty.  And of course, the clincher, she was green and blue.   My favorite colors. And……Sold!

So I walked in the house with a blue-green parrot, plopped her down in front of the family and dared anyone to call me out before I called myself out.  I have a problem.  I like stuff.  Sometimes weird stuff. Sometimes pretty stuff. Old stuff stuff, new stuff, especially green and blue stuff.  And I love finding stuff for an absurdly great price.

As I cradled PollyWannaCracker and pleaded my case, I turned her over to show the manufacturers label on the bottom, “Andrea by Sadek”.

I heard a soft rattling coming from inside her hollow body. Something orange was peaking out. I tentatively extracted the little piece of paper.

There was the original sales sticker, $72.00 and a date 1993.  Oh yeah.  Back in 1993 someone thought this parrot was worth $72 and here it is 16 years later and I got this highly collectible parrot for only $6.99.  Boo-yah!

Obsessed with buying interesting things for very little money?

Guilty!

Stuff to Remember

• Blue Green Parrot – $6.99, Goodwill (Mabry Store)
• Original price 1993 was $72.00
• Saw a pink one like it on Etsy for $12
• Designed by Victoria Morland
• Manufacturer – Andrea by Sadek
• Andrea by Sadek Company started in 1936
• Makes high end  gift, tableware and home furnishings
• Makes Vera Bradley gift products