Pyrex Pumpkins Fostoria and Friendship

Do you want to come along and see how successful our girlfriends road trip was?

We were headed to our annual trip to the Arcola IL Broomcorn festival and we head up old route 40 from St. Louis to my hometown in IL. Stopping in each little town on the way at the antique shops.

We always start at the Powhatan resteraunt in Pocahontas for breakfast.

Jan found the first find of the day 

pink gooseberry, she has been trying to find the set, but here is a start!

Then I found this!

Barbwire, let Jan found one in another town. I seem to love the black and white these days.

The store told us about a new Hospital charity shop...ok!

I found a refrigerator lid! 

and

snowflake garland for $1

but when I got to the check out, there was a sale!

I paid 87 cents for the 2.

Jan got a American Fostoria fruit bowl for $20.

Onward, we remember the green square dot bowl we left behind the year before.

It was $40

well, looky it was in the same spot as last year and marked $30!

Jan took it home.

we love the one mall in downtown Altamont.

Just as I was ready to tell Patty I found Verde Green fridge set I hear Jan scream

"friendship!"

I have never found friendship bowls.......she spotted them!

I am sure people thought we were nuts.

But by the time we left we had free waters and offers for some beer.

Pyrex and Beer? Not for me but my friends liked that.

So here is my friendship set minus the orange bowl

but by the end of the weekend I had the entire set!

Oh happy day.

So here is our one day, 120 mile haul

Friendship

Barbwire

Pink Gooseberry

Verde Green

Primary fridge set

Yellow hostess set

Alot of lime green

look at the space saver white turquoise snowflake I found, but then let Patty have it since she is the turquoise queen. And we all love the salad bowl set in the turquoise, even with tongs for $8

Day 2

Headed to the Broom corn festival after we stop off at Persimmon Lane in Charleston

I found pink daisy pan, $8!

And a yellow hostess bowl and lid.

The spring daisy gravy boat was $5 from the day before

Well of course we bought brooms!

Every color under the rainbow but I bought the plain one for Mr per his request.

Downtown Arcola has a great Antique mall

Jan found something she has been dreaming about!

Fostoria cake stand!

She and Patty found glasses, tooth pick holders, vases all at good prices.

I have all my Grandmothers piece but would love to have the elusive

square cake stand.

thank goodness for cell phones

found this funky lamp for our friend

Uummm...it still has at 1515 and you will see why later!

The last stop of the day, Jan found her gooseberry set! 

Day 2 haul

yellow hostess set for me

pink daisy for me

autumn wheat and gooseberry for Jan

yellow and a fk turquoise eye bowl for Patty

Day 3

relaxing morning, breakfast out and a stop in 

Tee Town for pumpkins

beautiful cool day

yes, near my hometown it is the honor system, just leave the money!

And here is what Jan's SUV looked like

Pyrex Pumpkins and Fostoria

But most of all packed with the love of Friendship

Thanks Jan and Patty, love you both!