I had a vision

When the weather is nice I like to go outside for my breaks and lunch. It had rained right before I went to lunch yesterday so my normal spot to sit was all wet. I didn't want to stay in the store so I ventured across the street to the thrift shop.
I envy people who can walk in to places like that and when they see a piece of junk they can envision it as something else. Me, I normally just see junk
BUT yesterday I found a few things that I really could see as something else.

First were these black coffee mugs. I had seen mugs similar to this on Pinterest that were turned into pin cushions.

 I loved the look of this basket. The picture is bad but it looks like it's made out of some kind of tree branches.

These blue and white speckled bowls will look great with some potpourri and maybe a candle.

And finally this thing. The pale pink color and the word spring painted on the side make it kind of not so attractive to me. But I saw it painted black with the edges sanded up a bit holding canning jars or something.

I also picked up a couple of black cake pans that I may or may not make in to something else. I haven't quite decided just yet. So how much did I spend? Some would say too much, some would say I did ok. I think of it as