October 27th

Weather: partly sunny and quite cool, especially in the shade

Remarks: I was in Florida last week and missed out on the garage saleing, but Joe bought a very nice Oster Kitchen machine (mixer, blender and food processor) for $25. The 2 blender jars we bought this week will work as spares.

Amount Spent: $18.25

• 2 cotton T-shirts (one turquoise, 1 navy)-$2
• old trivet plaque-50 cents
• blue plastic CD storage cube-free
• plastic blender jar-$1
• pink zippered pouch-free
• leaf "chip and dip" bowls-$4
• trapper-keeper notebook-free
• lamp shade-$1
• small notebook with graph paper-15 cents
• thread clippers-15 cents
• 4 glass insulators-50 cents each
• small plastic blender storage jar-$1
• book, soft cover, Golden Guide to Trees-25 cents
• fabric and notions from a jacket kit-$1
• bag of cat toys (little rubber balls mostly)-50 cents
• key fob-free
• 7 glass insulators-10 cents each
• Scrabble game on a turntable (includes the travel Scrabble game board in maroon folder)-$2
• 2 books, softcover, (see below for details)-50 cents each

Felix is helping me log the cuuh, but he kept wanting to mark the propped up notebook with his face, so it kept falling over and startling him. Took some convincing to get him back into position on the chair for the photo--and the first thing he does is start to mark the notebook again--a fraction of a second after this picture was taken the notebook fell back on the floor...
Joe found this muffler for a buck. He is hoping it will work on a generator we have that is a little louder than we would like. A closer look at the books Joe bought today:
Cool cover picture on this one, I like the dog! Actually the book is about building a legal still for distilling alcohol for fuel, not booze. Interesting book in any case.
This booklet is chock full of photos and information intended for Post Office employees charged with protecting the mail from robbery. Interesting.



Here is a close-up of the wall plaque we bought today.


And this is the magnificent chip and dip server. The woman selling it told us she had gotten it as a wedding gift 36 years ago and never used it. I'm guessing she hasn't hosted a luau in those 36 years, because it would have been perfect for that! This piece reminded me of an ashtray I bought at a garage sale several years ago:

This picture does not do the ashtray justice, it is a really pretty (and completely garish!) gold and turquoise. I believe both pieces were made by the same company.



And here is the lampshade we bought today, installed on a lamp we bought for 50 cents on August 18th--a perfect match. The dark part of this lamp is made from smoked plexiglass, we plan to put a string of small Christmas lights inside the lamp, that should look very nice.