Broken In Style: The best things in life are free!

I was greatly looking forward to this Labor Day weekend, cooler weather and an extra day off classes! However, the weather was pretty lousy...but on the flip-side I got to get out a lot! On Friday I took my Grandma out to my Sister's house for their garage sale. We didn't get to stay too long since... the wind began to pick up and like my grandma, I'm always cold. So the next logical stop was Panera Bread on the way home for a warm cup of soup. Now, there is something I must address... I am obsessed with Panera- I absolutely love it and I always always alwaaaays get the same thing. I don't think I could ever get sick of it... I could only possibly get sick of spending money. I guess my title is a bit contradictory to my love for Panera, hah! Saturday I worked and did homework all day- no fun. Sunday was pretty legit. I went to Muskegon with Brett to go out to eat with his dad for his Birthday! We went to Hobo's Tavern, mmmm so good! Afterwards, Brett and I stopped at his mom and took a trip to Muskegon Pier! We wanted to check out the waves since the wind was gusty all day!

Some pictures from the pier:

solar panel-woot!

These are items that I have recently obtained on some thrift trips and scavenge hunts.

This is a bronze magazine rack... seeing as a already have one I am not using yet I had to figure out another use for this. I figured it would be a good towel holder, and it is, woot! I have it placed right outside my bathroom door since there is not much room in the bathroom to store my towels.

I believe this was at one point a record stand. Seeing as I have no vinyl records, I am using it to sort out my school books and folders! It's really nice! I love that it has wheels- It encourages my laziness, I can just cart it around my apartment and whatever I need, it's all there!

I adore older, vintage furniture! There is a house down the street from me that is currently being emptied. so I've been keeping a eye on it ;) I always say "If it's on the curb, it's fair game" (This is where I got the mag. rack and record stand) My roommate Vic seen the owner put this chair out on the curb and called me right away! I immediately turned down the food I was cooking and ran down the street with her and fell in love. A couple minutes later we were struggling to get this into out upstairs apartment! haha The best part is that it was freeeeee

Going off on that... Spring and the end of Summer are the best times to go scouting for free curb items! I also suggest scouting out garage sales... if you want free items, go at the end. More times then not people will either, hand off to family, donate, or save the items for a future garage sale. However, a lot of people do not like to haul items back into their house. This is when they either give the items away or sell them dirt cheap! I have found plenty of items this way... If you are garage sale hunting, make sure to check out craigslist, the newspaper, bulletin boards in local stores, word of mouth, facebook, and best of all- get friendly with your neighbors in order to be one of the first to hear about the sale!!