Happy Memorial Day Weekend!
Greetings from the White Mountains of Arizona. We are up at our cabin and the weather is 60 degrees this morning with sunny, clear blue skies.
The community in Pinetop-Lakeside is small, with limited shopping and resources. Other than a few local grocery stores, you need to drive to the next largest town, which is Show Low for a Walmart or a Home Depot.
True confessions first. I am not a shopper. It is one of my least favorite things to do. Given the choice between spending the day shopping or cleaning toilets, I would choose the toilets. However, there are bloggers I follow who seem to discover hidden gems at WalMart so yesterday I decided to muster up the courage and go.
Trip to Walmart
With the Memorial holiday upon us, Walmart has an aisle display with their seasonal items. Here is where I found Ree Drummond’s The Pioneer Woman line of products.
Ree Drummond is a blogger, author, food writer and television personality who lives on a working ranch in Oklahoma. Her style is mix and match, flea market and everything handed down from your grandmother.
Quite honestly, I don’t know much about her but I like her charming brand. She apparently has a line of dishes and other products there which I didn’t seek.
Please note that I am not fond of paper anything as I would much rather use dishes. But these dinner plates are 11” wide and 1.25” deep and do not feel flimsy.
The ruffled edge has such a vintage feel and look. The coating on the plates gives some substance to the paper, vs. styrofoam or plain paper plates.
The Buffalo check tablecloth is 60” x 84”, slightly smaller than our outside primitive pine dining table, but I like some of the wood showing on the ends. It is a light weight fabric but it does the trick!
The napkins have a cute pale blue dot and a gingham decorative edge. I like how they feel patriotic without being obvious.
Inside the napkin there is a recipe printed for Ree’s Spicy Dr. Pepper Shredded Pork, which serves 18! Cute idea.
The Centerpiece
With no fresh flowers and outdoor plants limited to pine trees, I found artificial geraniums and ivy in the garage. Using an old wooden dough bowl as the base, I spread the geraniums out and stuck flags and pinwheels in for color and theme.
All in all, I am pleased with The Pioneer Woman products! They certainly provide a festive, patriotic theme for this Memorial Day weekend and at an affordable cost.
What are your plans for this weekend? I plan on spending some time today painting on a canvas and just enjoying the peace and quiet of the pines. We went out to dinner to a real restaurant last night~~the first time in months! It is so joyful to be able to carefully socialize again.
Let us pause to reflect upon the selfless men and women who have honorably served our nation and made the ultimate sacrifice to allow us our freedom. We pay tribute to their memory and remain forever indebted to them for their service. Happy Memorial Day!
Tablecloth $14.99
Napkins- 20 count $2.98
Dinner Plates 8 count $2.98
Salad Plates 12 count $2.98
Pinwheels $0.98 each
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Great finds Mary = you set such a pretty table! I’m so glad you got a little respite in the mountains, and happy you don’t have to shop any more this weekend! 😉 Take care up there and thanks for sharing your lovely space!
I hear KariAnne talk all the time about her Walmart finds. The store closest to us in the Valley is in a really high crime neighborhood, so it’s not a place I would choose to hang out. Up in the mountains, this Walmart is the only one around for miles, so it’s always so crowded and the experience is rather painful. 20 minutes to shop and 45 minutes to check out….that sort of thing. But I got some cute plates out of the shopping experience so no complaints~~well maybe some! Happy Memorial Day!!
You are so awesome, creative and industrious!! How you work so hard and yet are so beautiful ( inside and out) !! I only wish I had your talent and looks!! LOVE YOUR BLOG !
Mary,
Thank you so much for your kind words! It was SO fabulous for you to join us for our first dinner out of the house in months! So glad the club is open for business. We need to get our economy back on track….in a safe manner. Happy Memorial Day, my friend!
So comfy & festive. I’m thinking you would have loved my Country Peddler stores (Late 70s into the 80s) — Ree’s mom could have shopped there!! So funny…we are sisters in the “I really don’t like to shop” game of life! Never have been a shopper (with the exception of buying trips for my stores!) Most of my friends look at me like I have two heads when I turn down the big shopping extravaganza! Hope you are enjoying your peaceful & quiet weekend!
My oldest daughter is a shopper and I can remember having to buck up and spend hours shopping, especially for prom dresses, etc. I am more of a “know what I want” and go in the get it type of shopper. I’d rather browse online! I bet I would have liked your Country Peddler store too! Thanks for commenting and Happy Memorial Day!
When I lived in Phoenix (28 years ago) I would head to Pinetop /Lakeside to cool off in the pines. It was a treat well worth the drive. Fond memories.
You ate in a restaurant???? Here in Colorado we are getting close to being able to do that but not quite yet.
Wishing you a restful weekend.
So you know the White Mountains!! It is beautiful here. Yes, the country club is open at 50% capacity. The servers wore masks but it was so delightful to get out again and see people. Just being part of the festivities of the evening was food for the soul. Hope things open up for you in Colorado! I didn’t realize how much I missed being part of humanity.