You Just Never Know

   The crafty thrift shopper strikes again!  In my wanderings between clients, I pass through some area towns.  In one of those towns yesterday, with a little time to kill, I stopped at a thrift store.  No real intentions of buying anything, not looking for anything in particular, I walked in the front door and directly to my right found this adorable little ceramic pig-piggy bank.  Cute, I can see it sitting on my dresser!  Into a basket it goes.  I wandered over to the book section and found an old notebook(the kind that takes half-size pages).  I opened it up and found a cookbook compilation from the Auxiliary to S. M. Heller Memorial Hospital in Napolean, OH.  From 1957.  Before Kinko, this was all hand typed(probably on a manual typewriter), copied and punched.  In pretty good shape for its age.  Only 2 years younger than me!  For a buck, it joined the pig.   I can't wait to discover some old fashioned goodness recipes.                                                                                                     I also found some inspiration!  I've been looking for that just right quilt pattern design to strike, and yesterday, I found it.  There were some gallon storage bags full of quilt squares.  Some are 3", some 6", and one has some larger sized scraps.  They all were $1 and $2, a bargain I couldn't pass up!  My mind is beginning to form the basic design as I write this.  (can you hear the buzzing?)

   On to my next client of the day.  He's a thrift shopper, too.  Hearing my tales of success, he got the bug to go.  So we jumped in the car(well, not exactly jumped) and headed downtown.  Jackpot again!  He found a couple pieces of furniture, I found a new(to me) outfit for work, and of course, a few books to add to my already too large collection, and a book for a friend.  Quite a haul for the day at just $36.  You just never know what you're going to find!

   I'm working some overtime midnight shifts this week.  I'll be putting some away for the canoe marathon weekend in July.  No, I'm not in it, but will be following it.  I'll tell you all about it in a later entry-it's alot of fun.  Then there's a little trip I want to take in August.  More details on that later, too.  I've got to catch some sleep when I can this week, so I'll be saying good night, and.....

                               ~Thanks For Stopping By~