Not like I bought a whole lot, but, I at least had a variety to choose from Today... Naturally, we ended up leaving later than we had hoped. Our first stop, a Sale in our old neighbourhood on the front lawn of our old Church. Proper Parking was scarce, so had to drop Mother off and then find a place around the corner.
And, of course, also haul the few items that we were dropping off to donate. Thankfully, I had talked Her OUT of bringing more, otherwise, I would have had to make a few trips to the car!
Anyway, not certain about what She bought - expect for some bag of YARN that She found under some excavation of clothing and the odd book... I think...? As for myself, it was a few CD soundtracks - that, *hopefully*, I don't already HAVE!! As well as, a couple of "coffee table" type reference Tomes for a buck-a-piece, and a little pictorial thing on Brittany for Father.
Almost bought some needlework "easel"-frame contraption, BUT, I have absolutely NO room for it, and actually prefer to do such work "in hand".
From there, it was off to Our FAV "Shopping" Grounds... Met a few very lovely People... One extremely gracious Asian Lady [and a new Granny!], who gave us - for FREE! - a HUGE bunch of rather good quality Silk Flowers!! Mother picked up several VERY well priced books there too. And I, acquired the below 3 1/2" wooden FISH BOX - for only 25 cents!
On my LIST of - probably, far too many - Collections, I have this wee "Thing" for WOODEN BOXES [mostly Cedar] and FISH. Just totally *love* it, when I can combine my Curios!
The next Sale location was run by a couple of sweet Ladies who run a local WEDDING PLANNING business, apparently... Saw another small nicely [Locally] done oil painting for $5., but didn't get it. Although, the price and quality were *right*, the Subject matter [a pastel-hued cottagey pastoral] wasn't something that I was in need of, nor had an interest in!
However, I'm certain that it would have been Perfect for any "frilly"-type Little Girls' Room...
Afterward, we journeyed on to The MALL... Nothing much happening there, except for a quick run-in with the winsome, CINDERIA! Then, off we were again to TRAINYARD!
A recently developed Retail Park just on the otherside of the OTTAWA TRAIN STATION. There's also a WALMART. It's actually closer to us, but we hadn't been there for some time. Thought we'd give it a quick check.
Nothing awe-inspiring going on THERE, either!
SO. Homeward bound we were... BECAUSE.....
My SISTER and the BIG-D [The Hubby] were heading our way! [SEE Yesterday's Post for further details!]
They were HERE for a few hours - long enough to download a bunch of Her camera pics, show off Our's. And, whilst FATHER and BIG-D partook of Their "GEMINI" Guy-Talk, SIS and MOTHER were TAG TEAMING a "DISNEY" Photo Shoot in the Backyard! Not to mention, the obligatory
"Exchange of the Flora".
And, IF You haven't guessed already, the "Answer" is - NO, I don't GARDEN, either!
I'm the Family NEEDLECRAFT POSTER CHILD and Professional Dust-Bunny Rancher!
[...DON'T ASK!]
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| LITTLE HOUSE in the MARITIMES |
And, NO, this is NOT a photo from MARTHA STEWART LIVING or, COUNTRY LIVING! THIS, is just ONE of the many "Seasonal/Holiday" vignettes of my SISTER's **FRONT DOOR**!!
All of the "Artsy-Crafty" accessories are of Her making as WELL!!
Meanwhile, They're at a local Motel for the night, then up early for Their lengthy drive Back East...
STAY TUNED! Rumour has it, that They'll likely be BACK some time NEXT Month!!
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