August 19th

nice cool and partly cloudy day--a perfect day for sale-ing...

spent $15.95

Gail's sister, in town from Chicago, rode with us today. Some good sales and I think everyone had a good time

• plant propagator (for rooting cuttings)--$1
• Berlitz Spanish tapes with multilingual translator--$10
• 3 plastic jar lids--25 cents
• books (found the propagation book at the sale after buying the propagator!)--$1/all
  
  

• large black pencil--10 cents
• 9v adaptor--10 cents
• beautiful piece of hand carved teak from Thailand--$1
• 3 stainless grapefruit spoons--25 cents/all
  
• canvas bag--10 cents
  
• 3 pkg velcro, some piping, 2 pcs fabric--40 cents/all
  
  

• books (including the very cool book about Rome, modern photos with overlays showing how it all looked during Roman times)--2.25/all
  
  

• cotton flannel shirt with corduroy trim--10 cents
  
  
  5 pins featuring CO towns and cities--50 cents/all

I started the day wearing the pin from Cheyenne Wells which we were given during a visit we made to the town last Wed. When I found the other pins for such a reasonable price, I added them to the pocket with the CW pin--perfect!!!

Bonus Video--which has nothing to do with cuuh...

Joe discovered a very busy yellow jacket nest in the hell strip (between sidewalk and curb) in front of our house this week. He set up a tripod, zoomed in and recorded a little of the action. Press play and enjoy the fact that these nasty creatures are not buzzing around your yard! Spraying with the aim of eradication planned soon.

August 14th

sunny and breezy, cool in the shade and a bit hot in the sun

spent $3.50

not one of my stronger days, only had the energy to shop at about half the sales, the other half I waited in the van--still managed to find a few good deals though!

• 3 bags: canvas tote, nylon sports and netted backpack--30 cents/all
• 3 picture frames--30 cents/all
• drink shaker top--10 cents
• breaker (turned out to be broken)--25 cents
• 2 heavy webbed belts--20 cents/both
• pkg disposable mixing stix--10 cents

• plaid flannel shirt--25 cents
  
• very nice pair of ski pants--$2
  

August 5th

hot day, but a cool breeze really helped, especially if you could find some shade

spent $17.25

fun, fun time, Vicki and Fred and their niece followed us in their car, so there was always a "crowd"when we pulled up. Went to mostly neighborhood sales

• 2 fairly large duffel bags--$4/both
  
• old Kansas Wildlife magazines--free
  
• nice cotton blouse--25 cents
  
• 2 small nylon bags --free
  
• lazy susan paintbrush holder--$2
  
• over-artwork light--25 cents
  
• tube of ceramic grease (on magazine w/ elephant)--$1
  
• 3 drinking glasses--75 cents/all
  
• rubbing stone (for smoothing cut tile)--$2
  
• circle cutter, scissors, corner rounding punch--$2/all
  

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  Kenmore sewing machine--$5
  bonus: Ellen's reflection

the machine itself

July 29th

sunny and not too hot today...

spent $8.30

had a fun time today, so good to be out and about !

• 2 aluminium pots (for recycling)--free
• shiny pink bag--free
• 2 softcover books, About Molas and Railroads in Action--25 cents

• box of wire wrapping jigs--5
• 12 pks of coverable buttons--1.20/all
• bags of trim, ric rac and assorted vintage sewing notions--1.85/all
  
  

July 22nd

hot, bright and sunny, however compared to much of the country, not really hot at all...

spent $20.50

had a wonderful day searching for bargains

• jar of flattened glass marbles--50 cents
• pair of glass candleholders--1.00
• glass jar with "bubble"design--50 cents
• 4 pairs of wool socks--$2
• remotes for 2 DVD players (not pictured)--$8/both
• 3 volumes, softcover, Manual of Graphic Techniques--$2/all
• hardcover, Making Glass Beads--$1
• Wilton cake knife--25 cents
• interesting pair of pinking shears--$1
• serving spoon, grapefruit spoon and wooden handled table knife--75 cents/all

• garment bag and 2 nice carry-all bags--$3/all

• cotton shirt--50 cents
  

July 15th

another hot, bright, sunny day

spent $6.40

another fun day of cuuh hunting...

• really nice glass vase--50 cents
• 2 pencil boxes--20 cents/both
• stainless water bottle--25 cents
• partially hollow cut glass ball--50 cents
• pencil sharpener--50 cents
• paperback, Nemesis by Asimov--10 cents
  
• 6 pairs socks (4 wool)--60 cents/all
  
• sponge--25 cents
  
• hardcover, Our Colorado--50 cents
  

• pair of quilted pants--$1
• grocery bag--25 cents
• canvas Riverwalk bag--25 cents
• Icelandic wool sweater (for felting)--$1

• very nice linen dress--50 cents

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Last night Joe grilled some marinated chicken breasts on the Farberware grill. Very tasty! Here are a couple of pictures he took of the finished product:

Yum!

July 8th

hot, bright sunny day

spent $37.75

felt great today, had a fabulous steak sandwich at the Steer, Joe's b'day lunch...all in all, a really fun day, and obviously, a day for buying bags


bought 8 bags today! Got some really nice ones and some great deals.

• The barely visible dark navy woven leather strips purse, 9West, new condition, furthest left on the ground--75 cents
• bright blue Cozumel bag with fish--50 cents
• red sports bag--$1
• tan barrel bag behind red bag--25 cents
• navy/white canvas bag, zippered, left on bush--25 cents
• striped zippered bag--50 cents
• red/white canvas bag, zippered--50 cents
• white canvas bag with 6 plastic pouches on the outside--25 cents

• sheet magnifier--25 cents
• stainless steel water bottle--25 cents
• cotton long-sleeved shirt--$1
• Hawaii/Live, books to cut up for the photos--50 cents
• Physical Geology textbook--50 cents
• Womans Notebook, to cut up for the paper--25 cents
• stamp pad--25 cents
  
• Me--50 cents

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• 2 studded snow tires that will fit Joe's truck, good condition and plenty of tread--$30/both
  The delivery guys are looking good, no?