Monday, April 18, 2011

My First Verde



Had an interesting trip recently when crossing the border. We had been thrifting in Burlington, Toronto, Hamilton & Niagara Falls & decided to cross over to Buffalo in our rented car to check out some stores, pick up some Cherry Coke & some snacks.. around 5PM. When questioned about where we were going, we were basically going to play it by ear, even though I already told him that when you cross the border you tell them exactly where you are headed. He tells them we`re going shopping.. he asks us where.. he says in the mall downtown Buffalo.. he says there is no mall downtown Buffalo. Why are you crossing the border at 5:30PM?, he asks. Where is your rental agreement? Boyfriend forgot it in the apartment.


"Pop your trunk."

Scattered in the trunk the customs officer sees a 500 piece New Kids On The Block puzzle, a 1960`s Verde Pyrex divided dish, Christmas wrapping paper & tags, vintage Made In Japan horse figurines, used bed linens, a Holly Hobbie one time use tablecloth - NIP (so glad they didn`t open it!), Lily Tomlin & Connie Francis records.

I`d have liked to see the look on the guys face. Not something you`d expect to see in the trunk of 2 adult male men going across the border.


"Whose stuff is this?"
"Get out of the car, leave the keys in it & follow me."

Anyways, my first piece of Verde & my first divided dish. We never made it to any thrift stores in Buffalo.. I was astonished to find out they have such bizarre business hours!

Yours truly,
Sir Thrift-A-Lot

8 comments:

  1. LOL this is a good story. At least you didn't get your pyrex confiscated!

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  2. LOL, I know! We had to sit inside the building while they searched our car & they questioned each of us separately for like 10 minutes.

    I made the BF pull over as soon as we could when we got across the border so I could make sure they didn`t chip it & wrapped it back up properly, lol. Didn`t want any accidents & wouldn`t be able to sit still not knowing.

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  3. Those pesky border guards!!!!

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  4. Can't blame the border guards--well known that jihadists are big fans of Lily Tomlin.

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  5. Glad we are being so well protected from rogue Pyrex smugglers. Ha!

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  6. Good thing you didn't have any Kinder eggs with you -- you would have been arrested for sure.
    www.cbc.ca/news/story/2011/01/10/man-kinder-surprise-border.html

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  7. I echo what Aki said...at least the Pyrex wasn't confiscated! Glad you finally found a Verde!!

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