Friday, April 12, 2013

Champagne Tastes

Ok, so I'm one of those girls that gets a bee in her bonnet about finding something, and then, quite by chance and not at all by design, the version I find tends to be expensive, exclusive, or downright unavailable. And when I've allotted myself a beer budget for it, it gets a little frustrating. Take for example the apothecary bottles I was searching for this morning. I thought a row of old-looking bottles would be nice on a shelf in the bathroom. You know, the one that I haven't done yet, because I haven't painted the kitchen ceiling yet. That one. Anyway, I digress. I found these lovely bottles.

Vintage apothecary bottles with lids. Perfect! Price tag... $75. Ok - so they're worth considering, a bit more than what I wanted to spend, but they are lovely, and there are plenty of them, so they'd make a good display. But then in the description? Each. Yep, $75 each. So it was back to the drawing board.

 

And then the realisation hit. I have so many bottles already, all found in the paddocks and the dump here on the farm. I have these...

 

And these...

 

And these...

 

And these...

 

And these...

And these.

Why oh why oh why am I looking on eBay for bottles?

 

4 comments:

  1. When I started reading I was thinking - but what about the bottles you and we scrounged around your dump for and then tried to wash while frogs kept jumping into the laundry tub. They must be worth something. But then you remembered!!!

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  2. I love your bottle collection - I have a few salvaged old bottles like that from various tips on the place. And they are prettier, as they are usually pale green and pinks and purples. :)

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  3. Gah, I mean prettier than the brown apocathery bottles. Not meaning that my tip bottles are prettier! Didn't re-read my words before posting.

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  4. I must have missed this post......I have a collection of old bottles I have found around the farms......all different sizes and shapes and colours.........

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