Skipping Town

I returned to the church sale tonight and, of course, came home with a successful bounty: small microplane grater for NH metal tongs 2 mini-cupcake pans 2 mugs 8 children's books 10 Little People animals 1 vintage Little People boy 1 vintage Little People dog tiny stuffed lamb 2 tiny ponies white noise machine (identical to Lucia's old one, destroyed in the NH storm!) 2 tiny dinosaur figurines 1 medium-size shark figurine The final day of the sale is Thursday, one last hurrah.

Oh bliss! It's church sale time. Today was the opening night, and I felt positively giddy as I lined up early, waiting to enter with my two gigantic Ikea bags and a walletful of cash. It did not disappoint. I came home with both bags full, plus a trunk full of larger items. My haul: a Plasma car (and I got another at a yard sale last weekend, so now I have 2) 2 sawhorses for Andrew 5 large trucks and fire engines for Luca a handful of Matchbox cars for Luca 6 dinosaur figurines 2 shark figurines a handful of Littlest Pet Shop animals a handful of small animal-squirters for the pool/water table/tub a bag of Little People-type animals a bulk bag of adjustable metal kids' rings to which you can hot glue any number of items (perfect winter-day activity, making a hundred rings from coins, buttons, stones, etc etc) a dinosaur puzzle a poker chip spinner full of poker chips (another winter-day keeper) a pile of fabric remnants and samples to make pillows (to put on the b...