Last
Saturday Mommy and I spent the day going to different holiday bazaars, craft
fairs and the Who Let the Girls Out event
(originally written about here). It was
all very interesting and a lot of fun, although as I guessed, we did not make
it to all of the events (we decided not to go to Blanchard because we spent all
of our time at the other places).
We
started our day going to the God’s Provision Holiday Bazaar. The ladies from the thrift store stock up all
year and it can be hit or miss for fabulous finds. This year, everything seemed to be really
pricey, and I wasn’t pleased with that (usually the prices are wonderful (as in
great deals) or at least right on the mark and this time I just really wanted
to hurry through because most things were marked $5. I’m talking about things like Christmas tins
that you can pick up at most garage sales or thrift stores for 25¢ or 50¢,
definitely under a dollar, but $5, give me a break. But I trudged through and meandered around
the tables.
I
did notice a few things that caught my eye, three things to be exact, and none
of them were priced. At most events
(especially garage sales) I don’t like to ask the price unless it’s something
that I REALLY want and I hate to ask when I believe the prices are already exorbitant. After walking around the entire room I
gathered the items that I wanted and looked around to find one of the
volunteers to help me.
Caroline,
a lady who works at the thrift store and knows Mommy and me from there came
over and priced my items. I asked about
a bunny salt and pepper shaker set, a lidded soup tureen (that I would like to
begin collecting), and a partial set of green clay plates and bowls. I haven’t been able to take any pictures of
those finds yet.
Although
they aren’t open on Saturdays during the winter Caroline told Mommy that since
the weather was pretty good the store was open and were having a dollar a bag
sell so we should go check it out. If
the item doesn’t have a price on it then it can go for a dollar a bag, which is
a plastic grocery sack. Most clothing
and items such as books have listed prices but are not individually priced, but
larger or collectible items like a wedding dress or a Beatles album are individually
priced and are therefore not included.
I
purchased some clothing and Mommy got a few things. Between the buildings there were two pretty
neat sofas (one a full fledged couch and one more of a love seat) that were in
need of some TLC but I really liked them. I could totally see the couch recovered and with new legs as something
that Baby Boy would want.
After
that little spree we went to the Lioness Craft Fair at the junior high school. We looked forward to this craft fair because
it was pretty good last year and we were surprised by that. This year, it was highly disappointing. One of the first tables was a lady who was
selling brown paper lunch bags covered in red construction paper and cotton
balls trying to look like Santa. At
first I thought she was trying to sell something her kids had made, but when I
asked who had made them she exclaimed that she had made it all herself. In addition to her booth, there were a few
stand out crafts people, but most of the tables were for different home
businesses that sell their wares with home parties and from catalogs. When I go to a “craft” fair then I expect the
items to be handmade crafts otherwise just call it a bazaar then at least I
know what I’m going to.
From there we went to
Who Let the Girls Out, but that’s
another post.
