Sale Fun!

Last Saturday I did one of my favorite things ever, I went to a Charity Auction, or 'Sale' as we call it. At a sale you will find hundreds of bits and pieces ranging from furniture, electrical, plants, old toys, scrap wood, anything any everything basically. All items get donated and then auctioned off with all proceeds going to the charity. I Love these sales as you can pick up things dirt cheap. There is usually no reserve prices so stuff is basically given away. I bought some amazing chairs at a similar sale some time back, but I'll save that story for another day.

A lot of the stuff is a but junky, often broken, so you just have to search through everything to find your diamond among the mess... But when you do find it, just hope no one else wants it more than you do! I'v seen some pretty fierce bidding wars at these lil ol' auctions.

 

Unfortunately on Saturday nothing at this action caught my eye so I walked away empty handed, but it was still a nice day out. This little metal drawer box thing caught my eye, but there was a lot of interest in it and I didn't end up hanging around for it to be auctioned off. It was being used to store screws and washers but I thought you could bring it inside to store small stationary maybe? very rustic of course.

 

After the glorious sunny day on Saturday, Sunday was the opposite - very cold, wet and windy. So I may or may not have stayed inside all day, on my bed, in my PJ's, reading through old editions of Home and Garden magazine. It was glorious! I love those days when you don't actually have to do anything. I felt a bit guilty for not achieving anything but then sometimes I need to just do nothing, don't you?

I love re-reading mags as it usually gives me new ideas that I'd missed previously. I dont like ripping pages out of my magazines though so usually use the scrap paper method to mark pages of interest.

Anyway, It was a successful reading day as I found a great idea for the backyard, but I'm keeping it a secret!

Hope your having a great day!