If You Build It...

...they WILL come.

And come straight to your booth because it is under the ONLY tree on the property.

And, because you have GOOD STUFF CHEAP!

I'll be back once I've washed the dirt out of my hair, had a twelve hour nap and unpacked the car.  

I have a lot to tell you!

She's Officially Lost It

I have been home since last Friday working on things for the BIG SALE.  I have been hunting, gathering, pricing and working on displays.  I have donated things and taken a load to the booth.  Lots of things going OUT.  (You know where this is going, right?)  Today I had to go get bottled water and food for the weekend so I HAD to hit the thrift!  Woohoo!  It's a sickness, I tell you!

What is odd about my finds today is that they are SO not my usual kind of things!

Case in point:  A vintage GAS MASK bag.  Can you believe I bought that?  It has a really long strap on it and I have been wanting some sort of cool crossbody bag to use when I go out junking.  So, I'm toying with the idea of actually using it.  Add some old tags and keys to it, maybe something slightly girly like a piece of vintage material on the top.  I don't' know.  Maybe I have officially gone over the edge.  

Next inline:  A vintage Pyrex 2500mg Flask.  It's a doozy - HUGE!  I thought chemistry and lab items were all collectible right now, but I'm not so sure.  

Here are the markings on the flask.  (As well as my fingerprint enlarge five gazillion percent!)  Some more research is needed....

I also bought this metal box with a built in combination lock.  The Bean cracked the code starting at 000 and it was 431, so it took him a bit.  :)  The box is a Policy Box from an insurance company to keep your policy in.  But, you guessed that when I said, "Policy box" didn't you?  

So, those are three very industrial manly things that I thrifted today!  Lest you think I have lost my cutie pie touch...

BAM!  

CUTE!

Vintage baby cup with a sweet rattle handle for the baby collection and a handmade gingham puppy.  Both scored for 25¢ each since they had reached the end of the color coded line at the thrift.  Next stop?  DUMPSTER!  So, I rescued them.  I would have bought that cup weeks ago at cull price if I had spotted it then.  It's TOO CUTE!  

Tomorrow I load the car, Thursday is set up, Friday is Early Shopper event, Saturday is event and tear down.  Sunday is sleep until noon, take Tylenol and count my money day!  :D

*Thanks for all the well wishes and bearing with me as I do these sales.  I'ts a learning curve, but I am loving it!

Suck that Succulent Sellers!

At the last Vintage Market I attended, I noticed an over abundance of succulents in planters.  Like, in every booth.  Hmmm, why was I not aware that succulents are HOT?  A little trip to Lowe's to price check succulents made me realize that it was not going to be cost effective to buy thirty bucks work of tiny plants.  There had to be a cheaper route.  THINK WOMAN, THINK.  So, I put on my thinker and I walked around my own yard and that's when the angels sang and I heard a choir sing- HENS AND CHICKENS.  The official plant of women over 60 everywhere.  (I am not over 60, thanyouverymuch).

A couple of years ago I was at one of my favorite yard sales and the lady (who is over 60) was commenting on her Hens and Chickens and how rapidly they were growing that year.  I told her that I had been wanting some to fill up an old wagon, so she graciously pulled up about five and gave them to me.  Well, Hens and Chickens are a lot like bunnies - first you have five, then you have twenty five, then you have a whole hell of a lot of Hens and Chickens!

So, what better way to be cost effective than to use FREE plants you already own?  I rounded up all my vintage pieces of pottery that I cannot seem to sell anywhere.  It's all pretty enough, just not a good seller, I guess.  I drug the wagon up on the porch because it has been raining for a week solid.  (Better this week, than next week....fingers crossed).  I pulled up the large Hens and Chickens and found runners under them as well as the smaller ones that were already growing around the wagon.  I was able to plant nine planters full, plus a new washtub full in my own yard.  FOR FREE!  Woot!

The little succulents in the old pottery was good enough for me to like it, but I am but a simple woman.  HAHAHAHAHAHA  I like CUTE and CHARMING and LOOKIE AT THAT sort of stuff, so I had to make them interesting.  Cue the tiny toadstools and tiny deer that I put on everything when I want it to be CUTE and CHARMING and LOOKIE AT ME!.  (I bought hundreds of those deer and toadstools at a yard sale years ago - for like, nadda).  

They were now what call cute enough, but they still needed a bit of sumthin-sumthin'.  So, I added my love of tiny cake buntings to the planters.  A pack of 100 kabob skewers and two rolls of Washi Tape later, I had made nine wee banners.  Each planter is different and each banner is different so no two are just alike.  I do hope they sell this weekend.  Because I do NOT need nine of these in my personal possession!  

*I'm looking forward to meeting some of you that are coming to the sale!  Well, not some of you!  All of you!  Just be patient and remind me WHO you are!  This world of meeting people that know me from the blog and Instagram is all new and really kind of weird and wonderful all at the same time.  It's great meeting people, but it's like they know everything about me and I know nothing about them but their name.  And not even their real name - like Possum or MerryVintage.  Someone yells, "Hey Monkeybox and even I look around like,"Who's monkeybox?"  OH WAIT, THAT'S ME!"  ANywhoooo - It will be great to meet any and all of YOU!

My Review of the X-Men Movie

It was FANTASTIC!  Mostly, because I DIDN'T GO SEE IT!  I dropped off the boys off at the theater and then I hit a slew of thrift and junk stores ALL BY MYSELF.  Well, that isn't really true - I met my Dad and he went with me.    (The boys raved about the movie, so a good time was had by all!).

We went to two thrifts and a junk shop, then I hit one more thrift on the way back to pick up the X-Men dudes.  The Goodwill we went to had rearranged the entire store since the last time I was there so my thrifting map was throw way off course.  Also, it was really dark in the back where they had all the junk like I look at so I had trouble seeing what on earth was on the shelves.  Luckily it isn't a Goodwill I frequent (due to the distance and the terrible parking) or I would be one UNhappy camper!  

The first thrift store netted me:

A complete Tripoley game for $1.00 - it will go the Barn Sale /booth.

A baggie of twelve hand-turned handmade wooden eggs.  I see wooden fruit all.the.time, but I never buy that stuff.  But, these eggs intrigued me.  You can see the layers of wood that someone put together to make these.  

I think they would look in an old dough bowl or an antique egg basket.  To the barn sale they will go - HEY! I even have some vintage egg cartons to put them in.  Yea!  I also bought an old ice cream scoop and a tiny curtain tension rod - neither of which were photo worthy.

Nest we went to a junk shop that said it was a "Flea Market" but it was just junk upon junk in there packed - I tell you, packed.  My Dad said it had only been there a couple of months so I don't know how they had SO much in there.  Now, my Dad is a fast looker - one quick trip and he is ready to go.  So, I have to shop quickly and efficiently which isn't my usual look at everything TWICE procedure.  

The first thing that I spotted was this adorable vase.  I kind of held my breath as I looked for the price, because it wasn't a thrift store, so I didn't know what to expect.  I was happy to see a $3.00 tag on the bottom.  I would have bee thrilled to find it at Goodwill for $3.00, so it was a good price.  It's just the cutest thing ever.  

As I was walking through the kids area, I spotted a bin of stuffed animals.  I always root through the toys because you might find an oldie in there.  So, I reached into the bottom and pulled out......

This!  A Rushton lion! I looked for a price on him or on the toy bin, but there wasn't anything anywhere.  That's when the owner walked by and I asked how much he cost.  Well, she stopped and she looked at me and she thought and she was quiet and then, as she looked at me over the top of her glasses, she said, "Oh, that one?  Well, that one is ten dollars."  He was well worth ten dollars, but I know that she saw the glint in my eye and the way I was clutching him and that I had NO CHILDREN with me so she threw out a big price.  I could tell she didn't really know what he was or she would have said $45.00 or more.  I'm trying to stay neutral about him so I can sell him.  I MUST STAY STRONG. 

Next up was the Goodwill.  

I found two of these vintage Western Wear enamel cups.  They will go on ebay.

And this little handmade hutch.  It stands about ten inches tall and is really well made.  I think it would be adorable painted white or a nice chalk paint, but I DON'T DO THAT.  So, I will sell it and let someone else have some fun with it.  

A quick trip to Aldi with my Dad and I was on my way alone again.  I stopped by the local BIG GIANT Church Thrift Store that has been SO outrageous in their pricing lately - $25.00 for a wooden pallet.  A plain, you can get them behind the grocery store FOR FREE wooden pallet.  They get a ton of brand new donations from Wal-Mart headquarters so they concentrate on selling the new fancy high dollar stuff.  I hate that part of the thrift, but they often will sell good old junk cheap because of that.  So, I still pop in if I an close.  This time, the store was really really bare and there were only three cars in the lot.  I think they have run themselves out of business with their crazy prices.

I found a few things that made it worth the stop though.

I love this old worn tin of metal Canape cutters.  These are the oldest and the tiniest I have ever seen.  The tin is only about five inches across and each cutter is about the size of the end of my thumb.  They are just too cute.  

I bought a giant bag of cookie cutters, most of which will go to Goodwill again, but these were worth it  I sell these for $2.00 each at the Barn Sale in my booth and they sell consistently.  So, $3.50 for all was a good deal for me.

Have you ever seen one of these jars?  It is an Ocean Spray Cranberry Mold.  You open the jar and the thing 'spluts' out on a plate in mold form.  Neato!  I think the jar is cool enough on it's own.  

Lastly, I spotted a Fisher Price Jalopy on the shelf so I went to grab it only to see the $10.00 price tag.   So much for selling good old stuff for cheap.  Ouch!  Next to it, I spotted this great old bag of wooden blocks.  

I held my breath, but there wasn't a price on it.  I decided to take it to the register just to see what would happen - most thrifts won't sell it without a price on it.  But, the girl told me they were $1.00.  I love the patina on old wooden blocks.  But these must not have been played with much because they are still nice and bright.  They will go to the Barn Sale or the booth.  Unless I think of a use for them........always the crafty one.....:)

I'm still making and pricing and sorting and gathering for the Barn Sale.  

EIGHT MORE DAYS Ya'll!

The Weekend in Review

*First of all - thank you to all of you that posted what you are looking for when you are out junking whether it be at a Vintage Market, or a thrift store or a garage sale.  I usually look for the same things no matter what the venue - I just usually know that I can probably afford it a yard sale, I might be able to afford it at a thrift store and I probably won't be able to afford it at a Vintage Market.  I don't want to have the sort of booth where you go in and leave empty handed because it's all too priced high.  Why, oh why would anyone go to all that trouble, expense and work to just sit there and not sell but just a very few things?  I'm still hunting and gathering from my stash and I will start pricing later in the week.  I won't price it too low, but I sure won't price it too high!  Keep the suggestions coming - I think I have something for all of you (except maybe you, Eddie.  But if you were to come I would buy you a cupcake or something to make up for it!)

*Also, only three comments from my last post actually arrived in my email for me to read and to respond.  I check the blog a few times a day and I am always surprised that there are more comments than I knew about earlier.  Darn Blogspot - I don't know what is going on! I'm going to start using the Reply feature under the comments, but I really have no idea how that works - will it come to YOUR email?  Or will you have to come read it and if you have to do that, how will you KNOW I replied to your comment?  Hmmm. Those are very good questions.  Maybe I should look into that!  Until I figure it out - if you ask me a question come back and see if I replied, okay?  Thanks!

Okay, the weekend in review.  Friday I went out and straightened up the booth and stopped at a Church Sale on the way.  It's a small church and they don't get a ton donated, but I still like to go since it is truly still run by Little Old ladies that price things 5¢, 10¢ and 25¢. Another thing that I like is that they don't sell any clothing, so that cuts down on the clutter and the amount of stuff they have to display.  I don't go for clothes anyway - just STUFF.  I spend $2.40, and gave them three whole dollars which they thanked me for over and over.  Chill ladies - it's just 60¢. 

 The only thing worth mentioning is a red Lusterware silverware tray just like this one I bought last weekend.  Upon seeing this one last week, Erica said that all the Lusterware silverware trays must be in Arkansas at my house.  I thought that was an odd thing to say since I thought I only had a couple.  So, I decided to take a look around and LOOK WHAT I FOUND.

WHO KNEW?????

I actually only found the red ones at home.  The yellow one and the two green ones were in my booth, so I brought them home.  Now I just need to think of a use for them other than admiring them all stacked up and gorgeous.  ;)  I hope you find one soon, Erica!  

Saturday was our Anniversary - 23 years.  The Breadman brought me home these flowers then took a nap, forgot to wake up until almost 7:00, ate the dinner that I cooked and then went to bed at 9:30.  So, let's just say it was one romantic day.  Not.  But, after 23 years, I think that might be a normal anniversary.  (And if it isn't - well, KEEP IT TO YOURSELF).  

I occupied my time by making more book cover clipboards.  I have sold about a dozen of them in the last week, so I made FIFTY more.  I am crazy, I know.  I could have made a couple hundred, but I ran out of binder clips, I was getting a little goofy from the E6000 glue fumes and NO ONE needs hundreds of book cover clipboards! I used poker chips, old keys, milk caps, buttons, BINGO markers, Dominoes, checkers and other random junk on these so each one is different.  I also prepped and painted twenty JELLO molds toadstools. Crafty, crafty, crafty!

Today I cleaned out part of the garage, loaded up the car with donations and rounded up some more things for the sale.  I found a big box of baby clothes that I rescued out of a dumpster one day and spent too long looking through them only to put them right back in the garage.  Clothes, shoes, socks, the baby books, "Congratulations on the new baby" cards - everything all in one neat box.  Who could have ever gotten rid of that?  :( 

*I found this old photo and made it my new Facebook profile pic.  You would be hard pressed to prove this is actually me because - I never wear dresses, I never sit with my legs crossed and I don't have blonde hair anymore.  But, I have to say, this picture is pretty darn cute.  It was on my 4th birthday at my Great Grandma's house (the one in the header photo).  One of my gifts that year was a wooden silverware chest with a complete set of metal silverware in it.  I loved that so much because it looked and felt like the real stuff.  Not plasticky kid silverware, but actual heavy metal forks and spoons and little butter knives.   When we moved to Arkansas, my Dad sold almost everything we owned (and I am not kidding about that) so we wouldn't have to bring anything with us.  I guess it got sold, because I don't remember ever having it in Arkansas.  Maybe I will find a set one day at a yard sale.  

There's my weekend in review.  It was pretty boring to live through, so I bet it was way more boring to read about.  :D  So, thanks for sticking with me to the end!

TWO WEEKS. Panic time.

The Farm Fresh at The Junk Ranch sale (aka The Barn Sale) is in TWO WEEKS.  Time to PANIC!

I actually have a lot of things ready.  But, there are more things that I am working on making, then there's the things I want to make if I have time and the things I would like to take but I don't know if I can get them in the car and the things that need sprucing up before I can sell it...yadda, yadda, yadda.  All I can really do it just make, hunt, gather and price until the BIG DAY and then just DO IT.

Going to that big vintage marketplace last weekend really made me see that you have to have a definite look to your booth.  I think my booth has a look, but not like a shop.  That is hard to do when all you have is a tent and some tables.  You have to bring in a lot of character and materials to make your booth look great, THEN you have to start loading in the stuff you want to sell.  Most of the things I saw that I wanted to buy were being used for their displays and weren't really ever for sale.  I pretty much sell anything that is in my booth with only a few exceptions like my tablecloths and a few display pieces.

So, here's what I want to know - when YOU go to a flea market, antiques store or vintage market - what do you look for and what do you want to buy - for yourself to keep and treasure or to make and create with - not to resell or make money on.  Wow, that was a long question, right?

For instance - I find my self drawn to all vintage tablecloths.  I only saw three at the entire event last weekend which makes me wonder if they aren't desirable anymore OR if they are so desirable that the had all sold out.  I'm hoping it's the latter since I have a whole pile of tablecloths going with me to sell.  I also love any and all vintage holiday decor, which I saw very little of at that event either.

I'm just rambling.  I need ideas of what sort of vintage things I need to take.  So, leave a comment and tell me what you would buy if you saw it in my booth, please?  What would be your perfect trifecta in the world of junk?  Mine would be a vintage tablecloth, a piece of miniature pottery and a nice handmade old basket (or picnic basket).

Thank you! You guys are really just the BEST!

The Weekend in Junk: Holiday Edition

Friday I headed to the booth to get it straightened up for the holiday weekend.

Along the way, I found a few garage sales.  So many that I never made it to the booth.  Whoopsie!

One sign that I saw was pointing down the street where I got all these blow molds for 50¢ each last year. Now, the signs was just pointing to that same street, but I remembered all those blowmolds, crossed my fingers and drove up the street.  It was the same house!  Woohoo!  The lady having these sales is cleaning out her Mother's house and she sells things for cheap.  She has massive amounts of junk - baby clothes, old musty not cool vintage clothes, sheets, towels and the usual household junk.  Oh, and collections.  Last time it was the ceramic mask collection (THE HORRORS) and the ELEPHANT collection (I found some cool elephants that I sold).  This time it was the Home Interiors collection (THE HORRORS), Made in China frogs (THE HORROR) and the rest of the ceramic masks. (THE HORRORS).  

But, in the midst of the junk, if you really look you will find some good old junk.  And cheap.

All this for $4.00.  

Service for four of these Federal dishes.  They have a silver edge with the silver swirly thing going on.  I NEVER ever, ever buy dishes, but these were kind of pretty and I think they will sell.  Two bucks for the set.

A Japanese Saki bowl that I will plant something in, a GINGHAM tray (might become a magnet board), a big Boy Scout kerchief, a doily, a 7UP Uncola glass and a red Lustreware silverware tray.  I seem to be a magnet for those plastic silverware trays. 

I adore these stacking cups.  Aren't they just the prettiest pastel colors?  I just might have to keep these  - they were ten cents each.  The little PINS, NEEDLES and BUTTONS drawer is missing a knob, but I will fix it somehow.  

Oh yes, I got this.  

No comment.

Two large embroidered table runners with butterfilies on each end.  Someone spilled nail polish on them, so they aren't usable as table runners anymore - but does anyone really use a table runner anymore?  I think I will frame the embroidered butterflies - they are quite pretty.  

I also got all these old crafting booklets from this sale.  I sorted through the stack of magazines and found all these good old ones and set them to the side to buy.  But, when she boxed them up, she gave me ALL the magazines, so I had to sort them again when I got home.  I ended up with 40 good old ones. 

There some with adorable dolly graphics.  

These are my favorites.  I just might have to learn to crochet so I can made some of those.  See that Scotty dog?  Eek.  I was hoping there would be instructions for the watermelon potholder so I could frame it and hang it above my collection, but no such luck.  

This booklet is interesting.  "Knit for Defense."

Apparently during WWII everything was in short supply for the soldiers.  In order to help out, a lady could buy this booklet, knit something according to the dress code of the military and then send it in to be given to a soldier.  Isn't that neat?  There are some awesome photos of soldiers in this booklet.  

Saturday I actually did make it to the booth, but managed to squeeze in a Moving Sale along the way.  

A cash register till for $2.00.  I think I will use it to hold milk caps, dice, keys and junk at the Farm Fresh Sale.  I can clip the signs on the money clip things.  Cool, right?

The metal thing on top is an old receipt book folder from a delivery driver - like a milk man or ice cream man.  Under that is a great old letter organizer.  It's heavy and very Mad Man-esq.

I spotted this old POST box in a 25¢ box.  I didn't even open it, because I thought the box was interesting and whatever was in it would just be a bonus.  

And what a BONUS it was!  A very old drafting compass set.  Thy are all solid brass and they nestle in their own little divets in that luscious velvet.  I think they might be worth something. but my research disagrees. They are just so nice!

I picked up this milk bottle for 25¢.  I happen to know that you can return it to the store for the grocery store $2.50 deposit refund.  Hey, why not?

I also found this tiny handmade basket which is one of my favorite things in the world.  It fits in the palm of my hand and cost twenty five whole cents.  

The stagecoach toy came from a yard sale with the beaded necklace.  The Miller Studios Chalkware Duck thermometer was found at Goodwill and the box of Christmas light bulbs was from the Vintage Market Days of NWA that Lara and I went to on Saturday.  It was an upscale Vintage Venue with lots of wonderful displays.  I got lots of ideas for future projects and set ups at any venues I do in the future.  There was SO much good stuff there.  I think Lara will blog about it - I only took a couple photos while we were there.  

The farm Fresh Sale is June 13 so it is CRUNCH TIME and I have done NOTHING so far.  Time to round up the junk and figure out the set up.  Junk, junk, junk!

Hope you all have a lovely Memorial Day and BE SAFE out there!  

The Block Street Party - The Whole Story

I got up at 6:30 Sunday morning which is just an ungodly hour to me.  I had one half of a cup of coffee because I knew the bathroom arrangements at a Street Fair would be a little, eh - gross.  I met my booth partners at the Wal-Mart parking lot at 8:10 and we were off to set up.  We got there about 8:30 and were still able to drive down to our spots.  As luck would have it, our spot was at the end of a driveway to a a vacant house, so we were able to pull in to the driveway and park right there.  There had been the possibility of having to park blocks away and carry things trip upon trip and I was really, really not looking forward to that part.  To say the least.  So having the car right there was wonderful for unloading, for not having to unload the cooler, for an emergency phone charge (or two) and for an occasional "I need to go to the car for something" lie to get away from cigarette smoke.  A side note to the cooler - I ate a banana in the morning and couldn't find a trash can, so I laid in on the back bumper of the car.  Flash forward to 2:00 this afternoon when I notice that banana peel still on the bumper after a ten mile drive, stoplights and a drive thru Popeye's run.  I'm sure we gave people a laugh at my banana peel.  

From the back looking in.

There were to be five of us setting up, but one had a son graduating and was so busy that she just never got her stuff gathered up, so she was out.  Another lost her car keys and couldn't drive (oh my) so she was out.  So, that just left three of us.  We designed our layout so that people needed to step in and I know now that was a mistake.  It got so crowded that people could only walk past.  They would stop, but they couldn't really come in and circle back out because of the crowds.  Nest year we will set it up across the front of the tent and out into the sides more. 

Luckily, my things were on the side that people could see so I did make a lot of sales.  A lot of sales doesn't necessarily mean a lot of money when most of my things are under $10.00.  I was pretty happy with the amount of things I got into my small card table area, but it still didn't' seem too crowded.  Somehow we turned the table the wrong way and I didn't notice it until I was done so the tablecloth isn't long enough, but that's just something I noticed.  

This is how it looked when you walked past.   I didn't really know my booth companions very well before yesterday, but we had SO much fun.  We all enjoyed people watching and man, were there people to watch!  

One of the ladies only brought a few things and she sold about three things, but she was super happy about it and ready to do it again.

Here's the street early in the day.

And later...

I sold a lot of the upcycled Book Cover Clipboards.  Several people wanted to know where I got the book covers and how I rounded the corners and where I got the milk cps and BingO pieces I added to them.  I assumed they were going to try and make one, but they ended up buying them.  Two young girls told me that they were Nurse's and they needed clipboards to fit into their scrubs pocket to keep track of things.  One said her Grammy played Bingo and that she would alwsys think of her when she saw that BINGO marker.  Oh that reminds me of a story!  This older couple came in and they saw the BingO hair pins.  They looked through them, but didn't pick one up,  When I went to talk to them, they asked me if I happened to have any  with "O69" on them.  I looked through them and I didn't.  Then the man  - who was in his late 70's told me that they play Bingo and O69 is a "private joke" with the Bingo Caller.  Uh, I don't think anything concerning "69" is a "private joke".  They ended up buying some anyway.  

I sold almost all of the toadstools.  I think I could have sold a lot more than I even made.  But since they were on the ground, once it got SO crowded, no one could really see them.  I need to make more for the Farm Fresh Junk Sale which is June 12th and will be here before I know it.  PANIC!

I know now that if I would have put my jewelry more outside the tent and in the sun that it would have gotten more attention because people could have seen it when they passed.  I did sell some and that made me happy.  Some were to little girls that "like the pretty colors" and didn't care that it was 80 year old vintage feedsack material.  *sniff*  But, at least they liked them.  

All in all, it was a fun day, I made some money, learned some things and had a lot of fun.  It's all a learning curve and every venue is different.  I really had no idea how HUGE this event would be or the crowds that would flock down that street.  I also learned that standing on concrete for eleven straight hours will wreck your knees for a day or so.  I am bad about not sitting down -  I like to stand and talk to people.  For the junk sale, I will take a stool so I can perch some times and take the proverbial "load off".  

I wanted to thank everyone for all the nice comments and the well wishes.  Doing these events is really way outside my comfort zone since I am actually kind of an introvert and not too confident in the things I make and do.  I don't know how to handle compliments (or criticism for that matter).  Some people have husbands out of the country for most of the year and have three kids to wrangle and LOTS on her own plate, yet she texted me "Good luck and I'm thinking of you" the day of the event.  Other people actually came to see me and my set up AND brought me a delicious Cherry Limeade* from Sonic.  She also brought her delicious little ones who saw me, shouted out my name and excitedly grabbed my hands (which I have been waiting for them to do!) and then yelled "Let's go to the BOUNCEY HOUSE, Shara!"  I hated it that I couldn't go with them.  Some day soon I am going to hold those tiny hands and have some fun with them!

One of my booth partners manages a Spa on Block Street so we had the key to an actual restroom.  Yea!  But, it was about two blocks away, around a parking lot, and up a flight of stairs.  Too much work!  So the yucko porta potty it was......TMI?  

Sorry!