About that book I just bought and something I didn't "need"...

but acquired anyway.

De-cluttering continues but last week I hauled something into the house I really didn't "need", but wanted.  Sigh!

After buying myself a "much needed" large glass cloche (often called a bell jar), I spotted this little item at the thrift store. No, not the cute little figurine.  That was my mothers from the time I was an itty bitty girl.  The glass thingy that may or may not have been some kind of candle holder or something.  I have no idea.

Hmmmmmm.  If that had a knob on top it would be a cute little cloche.

It sure wasn't expensive...

Now what do I have for a knob.  Oh, I know.  I have a bunch of vintage glass drawer pulls. There's a bit of rust from the screw that needs to be cleaned out from this one and it will be perfect. 

I usually use silicone glue for this sort of thing but while cruising the glue section I found this...

After gluing the knob on top of the glass thingy, the plan calls for filling the center hole with tiny little glass beads and gluing a pearl or something on top.

I'll be showing you the finished product in a few days and letting you know how the glue works (I'm not locking myself into promising a "next day" post because it never works out and than I feel bad.)

About the book from yesterday "The Spiritual Art of Being Organized"

While it's a nice book with good advice there are ones on the market that I think are much better.  Now I may be saying this because I've probably read every book on organization and clutter control known to man, so it's pretty hard to have something new to say to me.

 My number one recommendation would be:  

For more nuts and bolts get this book - it's excellent...

and this book:

Downsizing takes a nosedive...

Sigh...

I made the mistake of wandering over to the Christmas Cloche Party at A Stroll Thru Life.  The blame all goes to the sweet Glenda over at Dab of This and That.  She posted pictures of her wonderful cloches and directed me to the Cloche Party.

  It seems cloches, sometimes called Bell Jars, are popping up all over and are quite the rage.  Now I don't need a cloche. Does anyone really need a cloche? Therefore, I had no plans to acquire such a thing.  However, two weeks or so ago I made a quick stop at Tuesday Morning.  I hadn't been in there for years since the store became so junky and dirty.  Lo and behold, it was cleaned up and was stocked with some fairly nice stuff (most of which IMO, was still very overpriced.)

Sitting on a shelf were two cloches.  Not ordinary cloches, but ones which lovely etchings on the the sides, a glorious huge glass nob on top, the bottom edge covered in silver, and standing almost a foot tall including the knob.  It was priced at $19.99 which I thought was more than reasonable.  Did I make the purchase?  No.  Aren't you proud of me?

Then..................................................I go to the cloche party and the fever for a cloche hit an all time high.  I MUST have that cloche says I (while breathing rapidly into a paper bag.)  Thinking it would be long gone I popped Tuesday Morning yesterday and discovered they were still there.  

It gets better, though.  One of them had a wee chip on the bottom.  Did it mar the overall appearance?  Nope, you can barely see it.   So I headed up to the manager and asked if they discounted damaged goods.  Why yes indeedy - they did.  How about $15.00 instead of $19.99?  Well, ok!

Now I have a cloche...

The chip that saved me $5.00

Tonight we'll be off to the 123rd annual Candlelight Concert at the beautiful St. Aloysius Church on the campus of Gonzaga University in Spokane. 

For our "fine dining experience" after the concert, nothing compares to Dick's - a Spokane institution famous for the Whammy burger and the best fries in the entire world!