DANG IT, IT DID RAIN....BUT SO WHAT!!!???

i have tried for 3 days to put this in my journal.  finally, here is part one of what i originally wrote.  the second part will come in another entry.  the journal wouldn't let me put both in one entry.....sigh....aohell.

yep, saturday was my day off and i was up and ready to go yard sale shopping when i looked out my window and noticed water droplets falling from the heavens.  the streets were wet and every once in awhile, there would be a far off rumble of thunder.  drats!!  so i crawled back into my comfy bed and snuggled up with my fat cat and went back to sleep.  about 2 hours later i awoke to intermittent sun filtering through my curtains.  what??  so now you shine......thanks alot sunshine!!!

i stomped out of bed, upset that i didn't get to drive all over the countryside, wasting gas to find bargains that are other peoples' trash or castoffs.  i ate some breakfast, watched a little tv, and decided to get dressed and see if there were any church yard sales that were possibly inside a building.  i know....even more driving around finding invisible yard sales, lol.

i had read about a couple of church yard sales, so headed toward the closest one and voila!!!!  they had set up early that morning, but had covered most of the stuff when the rain started and were pulling the tarps off and resetting the tables with fabulous junk.  of course, almost everything was wet, but most of what i was looking for was either plastic or washable, so i didn't care. 

the group holding the yard sale was a ministry for "wayward women".  the ministry went to prisons and halfway houses and aimed their message at young and old women alike who had lived a life of drugs, crime, prostitution, etc.  those that were saved and were willing to join the ministry helped with the different events.  i wondered why there were a lot of young women with multitudes of tattoos that didn't seem to go with the Christian theme.  not that i was judging them, just wondered.........

i found numerous items that "i couldn't live without", lol.  i got 2 green round tablecloths for my kitchenette table.  i got a slate sign that says "OF ALL THE THINGS I HAVE LOST IN MY LIFE, I MISS MY MIND THE MOST".  i got yarn, a plate that matches my corelleware every day dishes, and several other items.  she told me the total was $2, so, since i wanted to help out, i gave her $5.  the table cloths and dish were worth that.

after leaving the church yard sale, i saw another sign in a subdivision where my daughter and her ex roomie used to live.  i pulled in there and saw some scrapbooking  items, but the young girl wanted too much for them.  her mother sold me a liz claiborne wallet for 50 cents.

i left there and went by work.  i figured the salvation army is a giant yard sale, so i might find something there that wasn't there the day before when i worked.  i was wrong.  they were short handed.....AGAIN......so weren't able to get anything new out on the floor.  so i didn't find anything.  well, i was going to buy a double frame for some pictures, for 49 cents, but one of my co-workers told me i could have it.

so............i did get to go yard sale shopping after being able to sleep in.  best of both worlds.