What keeps me thrifting? And yard sale-ing? And estate sale shopping?
Well, things like this potato chip can.
I found it at a yard sale a few weeks ago.
Do I need to know they’re alkaline? Is that a selling point?
I don’t know about you, but “scientifically processed” just gets my taste buds tingling.
And not in a good way. More like in a my tongue is going to fall out of my mouth way.
My favorite kind of feasting. Without fear.
I bought it to put a plant in for my porch. But then when I brought it home, I noticed that it said this on the back.
I mean, Frito-Nicolay? Could it be Frito-Lay?
So I googled it. After I was done cleaning the pop off my computer screen, I had second thoughts about my planting plans. Seems it’s worth about $30.
It’s Frito-Lay before they knew they were going to be Frito-Lay. Before they got into the land of Ruffles, Fritos and Funyuns.
Bought for $3, which at the time I thought was a little too pricey for a yard sale. In hindsight, not a bad price. Not bad at all.
For me, it’s the thrill of the hunt that keeps me thrifting and yard sale-ing and estate sale shopping.
It’s finding a deal.
It’s that little jolt of adrenaline you get when you first spot something vintage on a thrift store shelf. Or on a greasy table in someone’s garage. Or in the bottom of a box in the back of a closet at an estate sale.
It’s also finding something strange and quirky that you never knew existed, but now think is sort of cool.
That’s what keeps me in the game.
What do you love most about thrifting and yard sale-ing and estate sale shopping?
BTW, can we all get together and decide how to spell yard sale-ing? Is it yard sale-ing? Yard saling? Or yard sailing?
I’ll let Merriam Webster know what we decide.
Blessed Serendipity
I have had that same tin before. I like the graphics on that one. It’s in great shape. Good find.
Danielle
Polly McCormick
haha! the whole yard sale-ing things has always stumped me! as a matter of fact, we started calling it yardin’! I looooove to thrift! For me, it’s the joy of rescuing something that somebody didn’t want anymore whether it be old or new!
Pat
I am glad to know that potato chips are healthful! I love estate saling (?) and garage sales. I love to come home when I find something and look it up on ebay to see what it is worth. However, the last few years, I must answer this question before I buy. ” Where are you going to put it, do with it, etc?” Keeps me from just buying cause I like it.
Carlene @ Organized Clutter
I have never seen that tin before but it’s cool! Not sure how to spell yard saling either!
Marla Wilson
My daughter lives near an ad for the product painted on a local silo, which I have always loved.
Linda @ Itsy Bits And Pieces
Love the graphics on the tin! Exactly why I love shopping yard sales…you find the stuff you don’t find in stores…
Shara
Thrifting. Eh. I’m not into it. HAHAHAHAHAHA Addicted is more like it! You just never know what you are going to find! Like that flask I bought yesterday. It’s cool and industrial and slightly Meth-y, but really cool and a brand new one sells for over THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS. Wowzeeeee. I can find the dorkiest thing at a yard sale and be happy to just look at it and admire it and think HOW LUCKY AM I to have found this! Man, I need to go thrifting right now!
Blondie's Journal
This is a neat tin and you were a smart cookie to Google the name and value! You still might try adding a container inside of it to protect it and still have a planter. Just keep it out of the rain.
Do you know thrifting still isn’t considered a word? Try it…it’s telling me to do spell check!!
Jane
Pam Kessler
I know. I keep thinking I’m spelling it wrong. Yet another word we may have to talk to Mr. Webster about.
mary scott
I love the colors on that can, & I wish we had HEALTHY potato chips today. {I think it should be yard sale-ing.} The thrill of the hunt is the best feeling. When you score like with this can, it just fuels the hunt for more & more. When I find a marked old English ironstone serving bowl for $3, I feel like I just won the lottery.
Debbiedoos
I love it Pam…and I love this can. It reminds me of a cookbook I have that clearly states, cake is nutritious! I knew it all along:) Cute can.
Jill
I wouldn’t have passed that tin by either!! That’s a conversation piece for sure!!!
Vickie @ Ranger 911
We just call it rummaging in my family. Yes, I agree, it’s finding that unusual thing you never knew you wanted that keeps us pulling our cars over when we see that familiar sign on the boulevard. I love your new tin! The early days of junk food!
Musings from Kim K.
I totally remember this tin. My grandmother had it in her basement kitchen and stored some of her canning supplies in it. Love the hunt! Totally addicted.
Sir Thrift-A-Lot
What a weird product. Still looks delicious though.
Always be “yard saling” to me…
Mick
thrift shopping is the best. i love the bargain, the weird stuff,the hunt. i rarely buy anything brand new. i haven’t bought clothes in a regular store in many years.nor dishes, kitchen things, books, music, pretty much everything but food. i also love that you are saving things from the landfill, it makes me sad to think of all the really cool stuff that ended up there.the fun way to recycle
Kerin
Love your yard sale find!!
For me, it’s thrifting, or yard sale-ing . Guess as long as we all know what we are talking about 🙂
I love to hit the yard sales every weekend. It’s a fun, and in-expensive hobby.
You are right, you never know what you’re going to find!!
I too have to think about my purchases now, and decide where I’m going to use something, or for how long I will use it, and where I can store it, or who I can give it away to eventually. I told you, if I’m not careful, you’ll see me on an episode of “Hoarders”!
At a thrift store, I found a copy of “Moby Dick” for just $3.00. Turned out that it was a first edition book, and worth anywhere from $400.00 to $600.00 !!!! What a deal.
K.
TARYTERRE
WHAT a great find. You made quite a profit on a $3 investment. Call it yard sailing.
NanaDiana
That is a great find and I LOVE it! I remember when several chips came in tin cans like that- Charles Chips & Lays Chips did…and some others. I have really cut back on “buying” in the last couple of years and know I should be “selling”…but haven’t yet.
As far as Saling- Sale-ing…I just say I go to garage sales. lol xo Diana
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What a great find! I love the silhouettes…way cool 🙂
Melissa
What a cool piece of advertising to find. I am with you on the “tingling taste buds” and not in a good way! I like auctions/estate sales/garage sales because I enjoy that “thrill of the hunt” and finding amazing things for amazing prices.
ThrifterSisters
Quirkiness at its absolute best!
~Erica
Arlene
I have that same can and have never read the back of it! Funny thing is I live in Wooster OH – home of Frito Lay!
Into Vintage
I too have to go with “thrill of the hunt” and after doing it for so many years, it’s especially thrilling to come across something unique like a potato chip can that depicts athletes of all sorts (because potato chips are #1 food consumed by Olympic gold medalists.) Great score!
I also use sale-ing the most. No particular reason.
Melinda
For me IT IS THE HUNT! Whether is is for home or
school. I also enjoy seeing what people are getting
rid of.
Great find you have there! If you don’t palnt in it, what
do you think you will do with it?
M 🙂
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I love the hunt the most, and then the profit if it’s a good find. We all need to have a little talk with Spell Check on the yard saleing dilemma…thrifting too. Happy yard sailing, saleing, sales this weekend!
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Oh nice can…that just didn’t sound proper. Nice potato chip can…amazing history.
Lara
Love the can but can’t stop laughing at the language used on it. Obviously, before the FDA regulated having to actually tell the truth about food. I mean — “are partially starch dextrinized and therefore more easily digested?” I find that reaaaaallllly hard to believe.
I think you described what the thrill is for me quite well — that, and the feeling of needing to “rescue” something great that someone doesn’t want anymore. That’s the one that gets me in trouble, as I find myself buying things that I have absolutely no use for just because I can’t bear to leave it behind, so sad on its table by itself.
I hate yard sailing and yard sale-ing is so tedious to type out. I usually go with yard saling but feel odd every time I type it out. Please come to a conclusion on this matter and let me know; I shall abide by your ruling.
Anne's Attic - design
Awesome idea. Love it!
Have a LOVERLY day! Jo from Anne’s Attic – Design http://fulcolbaxia.wordpress.com
Anonymous
We just call it junkin’…that can be yard sales, thrift shops or antique shops….my 13-year old grandson coined the term when he was about 8 or 9…he loves to go junkin’!
LivingVintage
How funny. I have that exact same tin and I never looked at it that closely. Thanks for research! 🙂
SparkleGirl
My friends and I call it Junktiquing. It covers thrifts, garage sales, estate sales, and antique stores. Enough said! Researching the interesting treasures I find is my favorite part of Junktiquing.
Dawn Pinnataro
Did I tell you that I found and almost exact New Era chip tin myself at local thrift / antique consignment shop? It had been there almost a year, marked at $20 and it was in pristine condition in and out. I kept hoping it would be marked off (as it sat so long) but it never budged … until January and the booth it was in had a 20% off markdown weekend! Finally… so while it hurt me to spend $16 on ONE item, I just had to have it and adore it! I also picked up a thermos that day in browns – I am totally hooked on thermos ever since seeing your displays! LOL.
GADawn57
Pam
Awesome! My local antique mall has a beat up and rusty one marked at $65!!! It’s a cool tin, but NO ONE is going to spend that on it 🙂