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to receive a gift with a bit of history.Years before we owned our resale shop, Kenny figured out that gifts with a bit of history were lots more fun to give and receive than anything new. I love the old bowls, quilts, and santas he finds every year. Knowing these treasures have been used and loved by someone else makes them mean so much more to me than anything he could purchase at a local department store.This year at the Wandering Wardrobe, our consignors have provided an amazing and ever-changing selection of pre-owned treasures - santas, snowmen, nutcrackers, nativitys, angels, bowls, pitchers, platters and quilts. . . and the history is free.
If you give gift baskets to your friends and neighbors for Christmas, look no further. We have everything imaginable to make a perfect gift basket -baskets, large bowls, small bowls, wooden bowls, pitchers, platters, boxes, bottles with lids, jars with lids, vases, mugs. . . In fact, your imagination is all you need to make an amazing Christmas gift "basket"!Need ideas? Pack a "basket" with fresh cookies, add a small Christmas decoration or new potholder or towel (we have these too), and tie with a bit of ribbon and an ornament - which we also have. Voila! Your shopping is done, and your friends will be delighted. You'll have saved money and done your part to save the earth. We can even help with the imagination part. What could be better than that?
One thing you need to know is that Kenny does most of the cooking at our house. I used to be an excellent cook, but over the years, as the Wandering Wardrobe grew, he got home earlier than I did, took over most of the cooking, and has surpassed me in the kitchen. But every once in awhile, I get the urge to cook dinner. Yesterday, I made a rump roast and potatoes and gravy. Since there are now only three of us living in our home, we had leftovers. Thank you Paula Deen for suggesting the recipe I made today. She called it "Shepherd's Pie from leftover beef roast and potatoes and gravy". I call it "Refashioned Shepherd's Pie". This recipe is perfect for me, being that I sell used clothing and other stuff.This is how you do it:Saute' one onion in 2 T. butter. Add the left over beef roast, chopped into bite sized pieces, and the left over gravy. Heat until beef is very tender. Spray a 9 inch baking dish with "Pam". Spoon the left over mashed potatoes into the dish and spread evenly. Add 1 package of frozen vegetables that you have microwaved until tender. Add the beef and onions, and add 1 small can sliced mushrooms, if you wish. Mix two cups biscuit mix with 1 1/2 cups milk, and pour over the top. Melt 3 T butter and dribble over the top. Bake at 350 for 35 to 45 minutes. Serve. The picture here belongs to Paula Deen, but I think mine was even prettier. I should have taken a picture.
Have you heard about the 3/50 Project? The 3/50 Project encourages people to shop locally. When we shop locally, the money we spend stays in our community. For every $100 we spend locally, $68 is returned to the community. When we spend in a national chain, only $43 remains in the community. And, of course, when we buy online, nothing stays home.So pick 3 businesses you would miss if they went out of business. Spend $50. Save our local economy.For more information, check out http://www.the350project.net/home.html
We had a great response to our "Name that Dame" contest. The names suggested by our customers were as varied as they are: Wysteria, Alicia, Chloe, Queenie, Lulu, Delilah, Delia, Trixi, Gwenivere, Betty Lu, Connie, Sally, Dame Wilhemina, Darlene, Elaine, Oakley, Marly, Daphne, Sharla, Sophie, Isabella, Maria, Ella. . .and the list goes on.Because the winner of the "Name that Dame" contest is not eligible to win the purse, the names of all customers who entered our contest will be placed in a drawing, and the name drawn will win a brand new handbag. So everyone has another chance to win the bag.Imagine my surprise when I dumped out the bag of entries and saw an entry signed "Kenny Hulce". Kenny is my husband. His name choice? "Cupcake". And Cupcake it is. Somehow it just fits her, and it makes me laugh.
The Wandering Wardrobe has a brand new mannequin. She has everything she needs, including a face, except for a name.Drop by the store and enter our "Name this Dame" contest. You could win a brand new, really cute purse!
I blogged a couple of weeks ago about my good friend Becky's project, "Operation Hooah", and sent a constant contact email to our customers. Neither had anything to do with consigning or selling used clothes, but everything to do with remembering good times with a good friend, and caring about her cause. I thought that I was in a position to get the word out, and that my friends and customers might want to help.I received an email today from Aubree Bushman, the school counselor at Mt. Loafer School in Salem, Utah, regarding Operation Hooah:"We're going to make about 30 care packages and have each class be in charge of writing letters to the service men and women. I plan on assembling the packages next week and then plan on taking them to the post office that weekend. I'll have my student council help out with getting each class to write a packet of letters and then I'm going to have some of my young women
help assemble the packages. We're using money from a service project we did at Mt. Loafer last year to pay for the packages".This means 30 young men and women serving our country will receive packages from Salem, Utah. More importantly, 30 young men and women will know that people care, and appreciate the sacrifices they are making. It means young kids in Salem, Utah, are learning good things, and making a difference.
