Saturday: This wasn’t a big house, but it was a
gigantic garage sale. Two weeks of it,
in fact. It was the biggest we had seen
in years. She had miles of books in
storage, acres of Christmas stuff in storage, and kitchen things by the hectare. Duplicates of everything…even two big old
white electric roasters. We were amazed
enough that we went back two weekends in a row.
He bought that tiny Pyrex baking dish above, and I found ¾ of a yard of
plain white fabric in which to wrap my antique huipil. (I left it stored in plastic and it got badly
stained.)
He went to
work and I puttered. I like
puttering. I even got in a nap.
Sunday: I wanted to find a replacement for my too giant
navy blue dress slacks. He needed a new
blue coat or blazer for his smaller self.
I’d already looked in the usual places.
He wanted to go try the Discovery Shop in Ranch Bernardo. This day we first did Goodwill with its lines
of beautiful colorized clothes. Then we
did the not very full Rock Church store before lunch.
No blue
pants, and no blue coat.
An hour’s
inland drive found our arrival timed just as the store opened. They were wonderfully enthusiastic to see us
from another shop. Their store was
richly decorated and flat out luscious. They gave us a tour back stage where they
have three times the room for sorting and storage that we do. They have a hall art gallery, an incoming
donation area, a book sorting area with a comfy chair, as well as acres of
storage for the upcoming events.
I was
really amazed and impressed with the charm as well as the usefulness of their
space. No blue pants or blue blazer. He bought me a beautiful necklace with agates
and carnelians for 8 dollars.
I had
suggested JC Penney’s and we drove back to the one nearest the house. They were having a sale. Pants were 9 bucks. Blazers were 42. He searched the men’s department for two
hours leaving me wondering why I didn’t bring a book. I did find a chair, and I dragged it around
so I could watch him dig through the racks.
You would have laughed except….the sales lady gave us 35% more off if we
got a credit card. I hang my head…we got
another credit card. He got three pair
of pants, and a suit for 70 bucks.
Ah, the
disadvantages of losing weight.
You certainly keep busy! The garage sale sounds great. It must be hard to see everything.
ReplyDeleteQuite a day. I have loads of diabetes books etc. Some days they're helpful, some days it seems just annoying and unnecessarily complicated. I find most Weight Watchers recipes work well. That and not buying chocolate or muffins. Hugs.
ReplyDeleteGot Christmas shopping almost done...Help me! You can cancel that card in a few months I am guessing.
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