Instead of incorporating this housewares and antiques store into one of my “days” posts, I thought I would leave this post as a “stand alone”, depsite the fact that I took all of the pics on my first day there.

Uncommon Objects on South Congress in Austin is this HUGE store that has antiques, vintage and collectible items, reclaimed industrial items, and general awesomeness, totally PACKED into tons of little alcoves throughout the length of a football field.   And everything is pretty resonably priced.  I immediately thought about my friends back home who would have bonered out large to walk through this place.  Take a look at the pics below.  These are ALL from the same store:

CREEPY BABY FACE:

VINTAGE WEINER DIAGRAM:

My favorite thing was probably this huge old butterfly specimen case – it was about 6 feet tall and had old sun stains from where the specimens used to sit, and a few old wings hanging on pins here and there… so weird and creepy and cool: