Potted Palms for Thrifty Things Friday

Scanning the classified section of a newspaper is always a  delightful task.

With my leopard-patterned eyeglasses perched on my nose, colored marker in right hand, I scan those columns to see what potential treasures can be found.

Sometimes, it's "slim-pickins" but other times, like last Saturday, it's "Halleluah."

In a long ad from a house that just sold, I spotted the line that  made me circle it in color....."Potted palms."

Everyone has seen potted palms in movies. They make any room in the house more elegant and, well, rather exotic.

Those made from silk are dead ringers for the real thing and don't need watering.

Have you seen the prices of  silk potted palms? They are very, very expensive.

So last Saturday morning, off I went on the potted plant search!

There in the side yard of the gorgeous old New England home were four fabulous potted palms.

The owner wanted $25 each for them. 

After walking around a bit, I offered to take two of the palms off his hands for $20, or $10 each. Much to my shock, he agreed.


He even helped carry them out to my car. 

My hubs loved them. 

I told him there were two left behind.

He  asked me for directions to the yard sale.

Next thing I knew, he backed the car out of the driveway,  found the yard sale and offered $20 for the remaining two potted palms and bought them on the spot.

So now we have four lovely potted silk palms for only $40.00. Woo hoo.

Today we are joining Thrifty Things Friday on Diann's blog, The Thrifty Groove.

 Why not stop by and say hello to her? You'll also get to see lots of cool posts.  

Also, there's a new  co-host,  Linda from A La Carte. Yeahhhh. So happy you are going to do this, Linda. 

DON'T YOU JUST LOVE YARD SALES?