Monthly Thrift Store Visit

Ts1Pretty Quilt-themed tins for holding projects

Ts22 - 1Wooden Noah’s Ark plaque

Flower Necklace 2 - 1Just had to have it.

Green necklace - 1The price was right.

If you’ve read my blog very much, you must be familiar with sister Ramey's and my love for thrift store shopping. We try to visit our favorite one at least once a month. We both had a good case of the thrift store itch yesterday, so I took a big old pain pill (the first time I have taken an entire one since I got the prescription in March, which brought my total consumption of them to 2 1/2 pills) and off we went. By the time we got to the shop, the pill had taken effect and my pain had decreased enough that I was able to enjoy the trip for about an hour. 

It was a right profitable trip too. As you can see above, I found some treasures. I had been wishing for some pretty tins to hold projects that I’m working on, and I found two. I wasn’t looking for the Noah’s Ark plaque, but when I saw it, I couldn’t pass it up. I’ll find a place for it later, but right now, it’s sitting on the hearth.

I have never really been a jewelry hound until the past couple of years. Costume jewelry, of course. I’m still not sufficiently enamored of the stuff to spend a lot of money on it. The first necklace above caught my eye as soon as we were in the door. It was priced at $25 with a 50% off tag. I deemed that a good deal, but still had the clerk put it back in the case and let me think about it. By the time we finished shopping, I had thought about it a lot. And what I thought was that if I went away without it, I’d be sorry. So I snatched it up. The other appealed to me only slightly, but after all its discounts, its price came to something like 75 cents, I thought what the heck. I got it too.

In other news that really isn’t news, not only has my back pain not gone away, I feel like it is getting worse. And worse. And worse. I have a call in now to the doctor to see if this is normal. It has been a week and a half since my last procedure and three and a half weeks since my first. One would think improvement would begin by now.

I haven’t even got out of my pajamas today, but I have got a couple of loads of laundry done. Now I’m going to lie on the couch with Skipper and read. I’m working on getting through The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom. While I admit the author’s writing style is beautiful, I keep wondering, where is the story? Lovely syntax is just not enough to cause me to enjoy a book. I must have story. I have to finish it, though. It’s the February selection for the book club that I belong to.

05bookbroom1-articleLargeA memoir, yes. Almost a free association.

NOTE: The doctor’s office just called back. I was asked a bunch of questions about my pain and physical symptoms. At the end, I was told again that pain was to be expected for the first few weeks after the procedure. If I am still in considerable pain after six weeks has passed since the procedures, I am to call back for an appointment.

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On 01/29/2020, Barbara Anne said ...

Love your thrift store finds and hope you feel lots better very soon!

Hugs!

On 02/04/2020, Sandie Poe said ...

Just love the thrift store finds also. Bless you
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