Nickel and Dime Goes Bowling

Cute little catch-all dish, a whopping .69 cents (Salvation Army)

A cute mini Pyrex bowl, .69 cents (Salvation Army)

Americana Pyrex Bowl, $2.99 (Salvation Army) -- my most expensive purchase of the week!

There is nothing more satisfying than a good thrift score. Anyone who knows me understands I have an unhealthy obsession with Pyrex. I found two Pyrex bowls over the weekend -- one from the Americana series ($2.99) and a mini Pyrex bowl (0.69) that I had never seen before. They are both seriously adorable. The small Pyrex is like super tiny and currently being used to stash straight pins in my sewing room. Does anyone out there know what its intended use was for? It seems much too small to be helpful in the kitchen, unless they were used as ramekins or something like that. Were they promotional? It doesn't really matter... I just like carrying it around the house and pretending I'm a giant. The Americana bowl literally bowled me over (har-dee-har-har) because it is brown, in mint condition and has both an American bald eagle AND cat on it. Got to love those Pyrex graphic designers in the '60s and '70s, huh? Their designs are so warped sometimes. I love the weird graphics.