Current Mood : Blissed out
Spent on decor and sewing : $4.25
Oh, wow, did I ever have fun today ! Surprisingly, some might say amazingly, there were four yard sales listed in our town this weekend. This is pretty much unheard-of - yard sale season around here normally dries up shortly before Halloween, but may linger a bit into November if the weather's especially mild. But December ? Never, no matter the weather.
Until this year. Charted the four I found between Craigslist and our local paper's online listings, and dismissed one as being too far away. Another was literally across the street, and two more were five miles away, but a couple blocks apart. I still had $4. and some change, so it's not like I'd break the bank. I really didn't think I'd find anything, plus I was starting waaay late, didn't even leave the house until 12:30 or so.
Unfortunately, the nearest one, and the first one I went to, had evidently cancelled. Not a single box or table was visible anywhere at the address I had. Oh, well. The next one was so much fun, it made up for it. I bought several lengths of tiny lace, four ‘Honey Hill Bunch' dolls, a vintage Disney Cinderella figurine, a lace-bedecked Barbie wicker sofa, and a bag full of rug yarn. $2. for the lot. The grandmother running the sale just wanted things gone so she could start wrapping it up. We chatted, and on learning that I made and donated redressed dolls, she insisted that I take the rest of the lace - right down to the stand it was in !
Well, her daughter decided she wanted the stand, and that was fine with me, I also made sure they kept some other stuff, but wow ! What I bought fit into a Mal-Wart sack, with room to spare. What she gave me took a 13-gal trash bag to haul away ! I now have miles of lace that'll take me days to sort and store - I can't wait ! - and some other fun craft stuff, including silk roses, corsage pins, beige ribbon in two widths, and several small boxes. Wow. I made them take the other $2. I had on me, but I hauled away at least $50. in lace alone.
I almost skipped the next sale, since I only had pocket change left, but went anyway, since it was two blocks down and one over. Almost got hit by a speeding car, but I may have almost hit him/her, so I was just fortunate and darned lucky to not have been in an accident. Anyway. The next sale was pretty thin, but I still spent 75c on a striking cat pin I gave to DMIL, an Ariel mug I use for hairclips on the nightstand, a small toy cat I gave to Dearest Son, and a pink coffee mug that reads, ‘You think it's easy being a *itch ?' in curly swirled lettering. I love that mug.
Once home, I just sort of relaxed and let the day take me away. I have to go clean up lace from where I just looked at it all - I'm still stunned ! - before Dearest gets home, but I can't wait to use it ! Although storing it all is gonna be a challenge...
I'm kinda glad yard sale season is more or less over now. Weather's just starting to get challenging, and it's due to be brutal-cold next weekend. Seriously, though, I don't have the space for any more amazing days like this !
