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  1. Mae
    June 27, 2013 @ 11:36 pm

    We are SO obviously NOT reading the same Craigslist! I need to read yours instead…

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  2. Brian
    June 28, 2013 @ 12:20 am

    There sure were a lot of “I was like….” and “he was like….” sentences in your story. Does this connote similarity, albeit lack of specificity?

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  3. Paula
    June 28, 2013 @ 12:21 am

    OMG. That is so awesome. And I am doubly jealous because we live so far in Nowhereville that we don’t HAVE Craigslist. We have a page on Facebook that is like Craigslist for redneck hillbillies.

    But my husband is just like yours. They would get long FABulously in the grumblings.

    I am now going to follow you and be all jealous over here in Nowhereville.

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  4. Sandra
    June 28, 2013 @ 12:45 am

    LOVE it…………so thrilled for you. The “hunt” is the best part. Happy you dragged your husband with you and that you had a truck that was able to haul it away……..A M A Z I N G!!! Your house looks fab!!!!

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  5. Susan
    June 28, 2013 @ 7:04 am

    Wait! You already had one and you found one that matches it? Wow! They look awesome!
    Susan

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  6. Beegirl
    June 28, 2013 @ 7:56 am

    After a recent CL score of nine pounds of merino wool roving that involved doing her grocery shopping, picking up a few donuts, and hitting the drive-thru prior to the wool exchange, I cannot express how much I LOVED this post. So glad to know there are other kindred spirits out there! GREAT find!

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  7. Anke (anke-art)
    June 28, 2013 @ 8:34 am

    Oh men. The “what are you going to do with it” question is such a male approach… I don’t even know how I came across this post, but I’m glad it introduced me to your blog šŸ˜€
    As we’re proud owners of a house from the 1930’s which looked like a pigsty when we moved it (well, it still does, but now with our own crap… LOL), I’ll need to read through your posts to get some inspiration for our overgrown garden.
    Greetings from Germany
    Anke

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  8. Amanda
    June 28, 2013 @ 8:48 am

    You got to quit picking up things off Craiglist. You never know when your going to buy a haunted Item that a person who died loved so much that they won’t part with the item after death.

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  9. Yo-Jean
    June 28, 2013 @ 8:49 am

    Wow! Good thing you listened to your troll….that you even went to look at a 15′ foot mirror is amazing. I can just imagine how excited you were when it was uncovered and the ride home with it!! What a kingdom!

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  10. Evey
    June 28, 2013 @ 10:05 am

    Word. That is all! LOL!
    xo
    Evey

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  11. Sister Gayatri
    June 28, 2013 @ 11:44 am

    This is the BEST thing I’ve read in ages! šŸ™‚ <3

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  12. Alicia
    June 28, 2013 @ 11:49 am

    I am SO from a family of enablers of the most random, and usually TOO BIG TO MOVE things – awesome story – been there, done that šŸ™‚

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  13. Amanda Brendle
    June 28, 2013 @ 12:06 pm

    Wow..Great find, you went with your gut and it was RIGHT! šŸ™‚

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  14. Stacey
    June 28, 2013 @ 12:31 pm

    I have never read you before and I have no idea what you are about but this was the most hilarious blog post I’ve ever read. I can’t wait to read more!!!

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  15. What A Girl Eats
    June 28, 2013 @ 2:32 pm

    Love this story! I sooo get why you had to get that mirror!

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  16. teresa atkinson
    June 28, 2013 @ 2:55 pm

    i did laugh – a lot. and I have my own story of too big gotta have it — on my site.

    i posted about one set of the dang shelves — then the guy called back and offered me the second one — i now own two 11 foot long general store shelves for the way too low asking price of 40.00

    mine took a trailer normally used to haul a backhoe to get them home.

    http://maggiegracecreates.blogspot.com/2012/02/from-my-childhood.html

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  17. Kristina
    June 28, 2013 @ 4:36 pm

    I think I love you. For real.

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  18. Sara
    June 28, 2013 @ 4:38 pm

    Best story about a Craigslist find. Ever! That was like finding a copy of the Declaration of Independence underneath some painting of dogs playing poker! Well done, my friend! Well done!

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  19. Jen
    June 28, 2013 @ 4:48 pm

    LOVE IT!

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  20. Jessi
    June 28, 2013 @ 4:49 pm

    A few things – I adore this story. For a few reasons.
    Your writing is fantastic.
    You remind me of me.
    Your husband Paul reminds me of MY husband Paul.
    My mom would have also loved it.
    My family is a group of big enablers of unneeded things, with my mom as the founder and matriarch of that world.
    And that mirror? I want one in my house too!

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