Several years ago, I received a tip from one of my local friends in the antiquing community.  She told me there was a huge stash of like-new vintage buffalo china at a thrift store and I might want to go check it out.  Well, as an ironstone lover and an antiques dealer, I couldn’t turn that down!  So, I made a little day trip to the thrift store and my jaw dropped when I saw this.  I had been warned, but I wasn’t expecting this much buffalo china.  I wrote about the entire experience HERE. I made dozens of trips up and down stairs, carrying hundreds of heavy pieces of buffalo china in small plastic shopping baskets.  I was a woman determined!  I did finally give up, though, and I really didn’t even make a dent in the stacks. I sold most of the pieces at the Lucketts Spring Market

  I have always enjoyed poking around town, and checking out shops I haven’t been to, so that’s what I’ve been doing with my mom and mother-in-law.  We hit some antique malls, thrift shops, and used book stores just to see what we find.  I am not buying any larger pieces but rather taking pictures of pieces I feel drawn to just to do some “imaginary shopping.”  I have been buying a few small things, books, and frames for paintings.  (You can see what I bought in PA HERE.)  It’s been fun to do a bit of shopping. So, my mother-in-law took me to Fuquay last Wednesday, which is just a few minutes from their house in Raleigh, and we went to The Guardian Angel Thrift Store and two antique stores. This thrift store is great.  It’s well-organized and has a wide variety of home goods, furniture, clothing, accessories, and