Ronald McDonald Sale

Apparently it's nearly November. I'm not sure how that happened so fast. I guess we just kept super busy. My butt print is starting to fade from my spot on the couch. It's making me nervous. I need some good couch time, stat!

We (Me, HB, Alicia and April) went to the Ronald McDonald House sale two weeks ago. It's also called the ABC sale, for what reason I've yet to comprehend. All of the workers are volunteers and all of the money goes to the Ronald McDonald House Charities. You know how a good cause gets me, every time! Plus, if you donate goods to the sale you get to shop a full day earlier than the general public! We always donate. We always get dibs. This is the first year that we were shopping only for ourselves. That made it a lot easier and less stressful.

I headed to holiday first, where they were playing Christmas music. It was set up much nicer this year in that you could go around either end of each row. The rows were not butted up against a wall this year. So, there were less deaths. I found some amazing plastic foliage. Blue plastic poinsettias and leaves with blue glitter, pink plastic metallic sheen holly and silver metallic plastic ferns. If these colors don't make you want to cry, I can't help you. Because there is no help for you.

You will also see one eyeball ornament and one pumpkin ornament. These were a quarter each and covered with those tiny clear beads that look like ice or glitter. The middle vase is also new. I believe it was 50 cents. I bought two bags of plastic foliage at $2.50 per bag. Let's take another look, shall we?


Ahhh...that's the stuff. What could be better? Oh, that's right. Flocked white paper holly with red berries and multi-colored glitter. That's what!! It came in one of the bags for $2.50. Amazing. I'm going to have to hide this from certain people, lest it disappear on me. I know that some of you are thinking, "Sweet Jesus, I'd steal it just to put it out of it's misery." To you I say: Phooey. This shit is awesome. And you're probably just jealous. Or maybe you were never hugged as a child.

Boom, baby.


The large frame was $2 and the smaller was $1. I also found this other nifty wooden frame for $2 and some gorgeous milliners flowers for $2.50. The small bunny doodad was $1. I wrapped it up all nicey-nice in tissue paper and brought it down to my Easter storage bin, moved some bins out of the way, lost my balance and smashed the cute rabbit with another bin. I think I might be able to save it with some super glue action.

I saved the best for last! I wandered into the purse section without direction or a sense of real hope. I stumbled upon some gems and if there had been less people in that small area, I would have looked at every last one of them and probably come home with a carload full of purses. I believe the white patent leather purse was $1 and the crazy 60's daisy clutch was too. The other tiny white clutch with speckles was 50 cents as was the aqua and gold glasses case which I am most certainly using as a tiny clutch. Note to self: Next year start with purses.

Nick and I participated in the First Annual Rochester Tweed Ride. It was a gorgeous fall day, not too cold at all and no rain! There were around 30 people there, dressed in varying degrees of commitment. Who do you think won Most Dapper Chap? That's right! I'm married to the most dapper chap. He was certainly dapper. The only one wearing actual knickers. (that we made from ladies pants) Unfortunately, he had to stop to sell some pape's and soak a few scabbers for Crutchie.


I settled on a skirt and jacket and the hat was the belle of the ball. I like the jacket quite a lot and may wear it in real life. I wasn't wearing heels, however, so avert your eyes. Try not to look directly at the cankles. They'll turn you to stone.


This weekend we are doing both the Dome Sale and the Craft Antique Co-Op. On Saturday. A marathon of sale-ing. But sometimes, you just have to take one for the team. The 'team' in this case being your ill concealed addiction to sales.