Second hand Rose

I took Friday off because my sisters were coming over for a shopping trip. I know, ‘woo-hoo’ you say. Well, older sis was up from LA and we have not seen her for a while. Younger sis just lives fifteen miles away, so we see her often.
The shopping trip was not your usual type. We planned to hit the antique and second-hand stores. Nothing specific, but we have ideas. Wonder girl was looking for more old things for the kitchen. The decorations there are late thirties. Old coffee pot, sifter, old cans. We were thinking of maybe an old electric mixer. You can get them on eBay for twenty dollars(plus shipping), we at least know the value.

It always fun to go through these stores and look at the old junk, some of which we own.

By the third store, a break for lunch. We had seen a couple of mixers, but they were sixties models and not quite right. Yes, we can be picky. My sisters found a few little things, Wonder Girl found an old, interesting aluminum coffee pot.
More browsing. Mixing bowl for the mixer run fifteen dollars each, but we have the mixing bowls.

And in the eight or ninth store, we found a nice, 1939 model Sunbeam Mixmaster! It was in excellent shape and actually works! You couldn’t beat the price, $8.50.

I won’t bore you with the rest of the shopping, but the sisters found a few more interesting items, as did WG.
A good, fun day.

So tonight, get out the scrub rags, old toothbrush, spray cleaner and soldering iron. A little scrubbing, dismantling and more scrubbing and the gunk is cleaned off. New cord takes a bit of work, but after an hour and a half, we have a cool looking old mixer on the counter, and it works! Wonder Girl is quite pleased. It is just the old look she wants.

Now I wonder if I should look for the juicer attachment?