I wish....

Do you ever pass on something amazing when you are thrifting, only to have an intense need for it come back to haunt you?

I wish I had snatched these up.

Aren't those AMAZING?  Recovered in a nubby neutral linen to dress them down a bit, they would be such a talking point in any room.

I guess I have a thing for swans?  

(here and here).  When I was a teenager, my parents had an amazing swan-base coffee table, where the wings held up a circle of glass.  I always sort of coveted that piece!

Anything you've passed on recently, only to regret later?