"And we will just drop by Trash Palace on the way..."

[stellar_muddle]

Famous last words.
3 trips later...(though the 3rd load was via Briscoes, Arbuckles, the Warehouse and grocery shopping)
1st load - 1 English oak occasional table for $75, 2 bookcase (past of a collection of 3 for $50)
2nd load - 3rd bookcase (which needed a little disassembling to get into the car) and 6 dining chairs for $100. The chairs are curious, because they appear brand new, with only a few scuffs and marks and one with loose joints and another loose joints and cracked. Italian, brand Effezeta. Photos can be found here Not the most practical chairs (white suede seats?!? but apparently teflon impregnated), but will do.
3rd load: 2 cane laundry basket, sheets on special, plastic container for dish rinsing, duvet inner, more sheets on special (Egyptian cotten - dye apparently run), groceries.

Think that will do for now. Time to clean the oven. But yay to lots of book cases. 2 are intact enough to bring up and use immediately - will be filling them up shortly.

Comments

[sazabhadri.livejournal.com]

Beware those Arbuckle sheets. They run like the French army, and they'll fade in any kind of sunlight, too. I have a set of "purple" flannelette sheets that I got for the guest bed -- the clerk suggested I wash them in vinegar the first time, which I did. An enterprising houseguest later washed them with some cream colored towels which are now quite pink as a result. The sheets themselves have a sort of op art thing going where the sun has faded the occasionally exposed patches to a dirty yellow. If the clerk warned you about the ones you got, I expect they'll behave much the same.