…or is that an oxymoron? we went to garage sales all day today and it was quite enjoyable, i must say. my favorite purchase was an old lady housecoat which i absolutely love. it’s short-sleeved with snaps up the front. it’s got large roses in all shades of pink on a white background for the fabulous price of one dollar! incredible. i’m wearing it right now. dlr was a little taken aback by how much i liked it (reminded him of SNL’s Mrs. Lubner or Loopner [sp?]), but i think it’ll grow on him.
we also found two sofa pillows (even though we’re currently without a sofa) and a nice throw blanket, a “horsey” picture for the wall, a long-sleeved dress shirt for dlr, a tall heavy glass vase that will require us to find some wonderful flowers to fill it with, a gorgeous photo book of Tuscany (favorite purchase of dlr), a bartender’s manual (which might be useless – we noticed it doesn’t even include the recipe for a mojito – dang!), a fun pair of pink heels with brown trim, white sandals, a faded Hard Rock cafe t-shirt from Cancun, a belt/tie hanger, and a bunch of cute clothes for my great-nieces which may be too big for them but we’ll see. can you believe we spent only fourteen dollars total for everything??
another highlight of the day was stopping at the Scandia Bakery where we got a cardamom pretzel and a bear claw. Mmmmmm!!!
the Strib has a great new interactive garage sales feature where you can search for whatever kind of sales you want (location, dates, keyword, etc.) and then get directions from one to the next to the next til the end. we used it today and it worked like a charm.
