Saturday, March 7, 2009

Yard sales and thrift stores and flea markets . . . . OH MY!!!!! I've been going through junquoholics withdrawl for months now. Thrift stores are few and far between here. It's been too cold and rainy and dreary all winter long for yard sales. However!!!!!! In Wednesday's edition of the Advocate. . . . well actually it's actually Thursday's edition of the Advocate but it hits the newstands on Wednesday afternoon, which can sometimes be interesting like the day they published a story about how wonderful the New Year's Eve celebration at the park had been and all about the beautiful fireworks, etc.. We were reading about it on Wednesday (New Years Eve) and wondering if this was a real life version of that TV show that used to be on about the guy that got tomorrow's newspaper today. Anyhow, back to this week! In this week's edition of the Advocate, waaaaay back in the classified ad section of the paper, there was an ad for a HUGE yardsale to be held on Saturday (that's today!) to raise money for the Union College Girl's Volleyball team!!!! So bright and early this morning, me and Pa loaded up in the truck and headed to town. We stopped and picked up two friends from my office and we went and found that yard sale!!! The weather was beautiful! The bargains were pleanty! We were having so much fun that we went off in search of more!!!! We didn't find any more yard sales, but we did stop by a new 2nd hand store called "Stranger In The Holler Trading Post", and then we went by a little outdoor flea market. We were four happy shoppers. Our thirst for junque was satisfied for the time being. But rest assured, we've already started planning our next excursion.

7 comments:

Adrienne said...

Do we get to see your finds, dear friend? I'm so glad you could get a 'fix' of thrifting and sale-ing. Stop by my blog and see what I posted about my adventures yesterday. And take a peek at what I got. Hope to see yours soon. ~Adrienne~

elaine @ peace for the journey said...

And where are the pictures to go with? Gracious, you've left me to my wild imagining which isn't always a good thing.

peace to you at the creek~elaine

Kathy said...

Sounds like a fun day! I'm glad you found your yard sale and did what you love doing. Our weather was beautiful here also!

vintage girl at heart said...

Yippeeee I am soooo glad you and Mr. T got your junque fix!!! He always has the best luck too!!!
I miss our junkin' days!!! I guess now we live live vicariously through one another until the longest garage sale rolls around!! I am saving my pennies!!!
Love and miss you!!
muah!

Colleen - the AmAzINg Mrs. B said...

Hey, I wanna see too! Oh how I miss the yard sales. We have been cold and wet and no one has had any inclination to sort through their stuff enough to even think about that..bt it's what I can't wait for! Good for you - and we wanna see!

sister sheri said...

OH, my! That all sounds so deeeelicious! You make it sound so wonderful... that I would want to be there with you... would I have to sit in the way back of the truck? Would there be room for me with all the junque?

Kathy said...

Hi Liz! Just wanted to let you know that I have written my final post for a while. I have so enjoyed your blog and your friendship, and I hope to continue to check in with you as I am able. Take care and maybe I'll be in Kentucky again one day!