I survived!!

IT WAS A DARK AND STORMY MORNING.... At least it was WHEN We started out on Our way to the CAIRINE WILSON SECONDARY SCHOOL CHRISTMAS CRAFT SALE.

As predicted, I never did get ANY sleep Last Night. Although, it was a bit more restful than the previous Pre-Craft-Show evening. In fact, there was a "moment" around 4a.m. when I almost, slipped into Slumber... WHEN SUDDENLY...

aarrrggghhhhhhhh!  The ^%$%^#$^ LOW BATTERY BEEP on My Bedroom SMOKE DETECTOR started! - Really? - Like IT couldn't just *wait* a FEW hours?!  Well, at least it's not going off too often...

Anyway... I got up at 5:30. Fetched the Saturday Newspaper from outside the Front Door. Still DARK out, not as COLD as I had expected, a bit BREEZY... Perhaps, The Weather will hold up...?

Just after 7a.m., I open the Door once more to head to the Garage to get the CAR out - MOTHER is still a few minutes shy of "ready"....

Sooo... THIS  is looking *SPECIAL*..! Uhhh... WHAT'S with the GALE-like WIND?!  Oh, hey. Spitting RAIN, too! THIS couldn't have WAITED another Half Hour..?!  I'm already a few Minutes behind "Schedule", as MOTHER searches for a warmer Coat.

You could SEE the SQUALL LINE move across the GATINEAU and over the OTTAWA RIVER... LUCKILY, it wasn't such a wide swath, and despite the 20plus m.p.h. GUSTS, and heavily spitting DROPS - that could have easily turned to FREEZING RAIN - I *managed* to cross UNDER it, at the right spots and made it Safely to Our Destination!

Double LUCK! It settled down JUST as I pulled up to the Curb!  WooHoo!

We managed to SET UP on TIME for the 9a.m. OPENING! And, as One ENTERS the Larger of the Two ROOMS [a double GYMNASIUM], THIS is MY STUFF!!

So. Let's take a TOUR of TABLES 1 & 2, shall We?

As We ROUND the POLE RACK of MOA-BOAS, We spot, the "top" of the ever-mysterious AUNTIE SHAN's Head!

NEXT... a Close-Up "Visit" to WASHCLOTH WORLD!  -- It may not seem like it, but there's about 250 odd WASHCLOTHS there.

NEXT, a Visit with MOTHER's HAT "HERDERS"...

   

And HERE'S Her Latest Bunch of BUTTON BUDS! -- Most of THESE were Sold!

Rounding off Our TABLE TERRITORY - MADAME Q's vast array of CUDDLY CREATURES and other Retail Riches!

AS for the Rest of the Day...

• Rumour had it, that The Weather cleared up nicely.
• Although, the Customer Traffic was steady, I think the NUMBERS are likely down 30%.
• One of the "Kind" People who RE-TWEETED My Notice of THE SALE, dropped in to say Hi!
• My MOA-BOA Customer from the Last CRAFT SALE came by as well - Proudly WEARING her Purchase!
• SOLD a BLANKET!! -- "RIPTIDE" -- More on that, Tomorrow.
• Happy Dance!!
• Today's MOABOA Sale - made of the XMAS Colour - was acquired as a GIFT for a NUN!
• Made a "nice" Profit. Enough to cover the NEXT Round of YARN Purchasing! -- FINALLY!!

Meanwhile... I'm trying to stay awake long enough to FINISH This.... The exhaustion is catching up to Me! I'll be vegging ALL day Tomorrow!

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