A great morning’s garage saling. Not just a nice time, or one good find. Great! Ah, I love this feeling, you know? So often I go out, spend the morning searching and driving, and I find a few things to buy, but I don’t feel completely satisfied. Something’s niggling inside, asking if all that trouble was worth the finds. Nothing in my pile to make my heart sing.
Today we came home and I felt very satisfied. Happy. Even smug. The things we found were in nice shape, at good prices, and made us very happy to have them. Here’s what our pile looks like:
JediBoy spent $2.25 buying an orange and black squirt gun, a faux-Lego police car set, and five books: a board book version of Snow White, a Mickey Mouse pop-up book, In a Dark, Dark Room by Alvin Schwartz and two Junie B. Jones books (I admit neither of us have ever opened a Junie B. Jones book so I don’t have any idea what’s in store for us - beyond the fact that she seems to be widely read and the star of a very, very big series). I usually give him four dollar bills and four quarters, but today I was a little low on cash so I gave him two of each instead. He knows he can buy anything he wants with that money, no questions asked.
I spent $10.25. I bought:
-the first three Lemony Snicket books
-two hardback I Spy books
-the Penny Whistle book of birthday party ideas
-a math game from Scholastic called Sum Swamp
-the kids’ game Taboo Junior (which was unplayed - the cards were still wrapped)
-a travel version of Crocodile Dentist - he played that game when he was in the hospital in October 2005, and remembered that when we saw it at the sale today!
-a small monster/robot/mini-pet toy that JediBoy asked for but didn’t have the money left to buy
-for $3 the big set of Great Adventures pirates - the boat and a small island and accessories - this was the purchase that absolutely thrilled JediBoy, and he’s playing with it now
-a free wooden potty chair, perfect to take up north with us next weekend - the cabin has one bathroom downstairs and the steps are a little steep & dark for him in the middle of the night - it will be easier to just have a potty near the bed!
It feels good to get really good books and toys that he loves and something useful…
After saling we met Calvin and his Mom (to discover their real names stop by and visit her!) at Chuck E Cheese for an hour and a half of fun and games.
Now we’re gearing up for an evening transfer - I have to take JediBoy to the soccer field where PisecoDad will meet us and take charge of soccer while I dash home and suit up for a choir performance. Wish us luck!
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I can’t wait to go yard sailing, the season’s just kicking off here. 
