And the Thrift Goes On

(NOTE: I swear I had another blog post here that I did last week - am I having senior moments already??)

The thrift goes on - what a thrifty wkend!  Busy, too.  An older friend of ours called to ash for help at the Boaters Swap Meet up at the harbor, and considering his health & so on - we readily agreed.  I decided to bring up my paperbacks, as I was able to recycle them last time & we had some marine gear to unload, too...

Hubby made $ but them turned it around by buying a marine battery for the boat - and some little appliances...and some wine glasses and plastic glasses for the boat.  He even got me a lovely small taxicab-yellow  teapot! How domestic.

I sold some books, and got a candle for $.50.  The big coup was getting 3 dried gourds for .$.25 apiece. After everything was over, I put some miscellaneous things inside the gourds to make shakers, and covered the holes with tape.  Two of them were decorated with Indian designs - so the end result was very pleasing - both to hear & to see!  For a total of $.75!  As a musician I am always looking for ways to cut costs while acquiring gear. And having extra shakers is great for audience participation!.

At the day's end, I had gotten rid of 1/2 of my books (I had had 6 bags of them) and my magazines went bye-bye, too.  I gave them away/sold them for a pittance - and the remainder went to the Marina office for good will to the girls there.  I then weeded out the paperbacks I would use for the book swap at S.M. Emeritus College - and the other 2 bags went to the book swap area in the cub house at the boat! All that OUT of my bedroom and elsewhere!

The day before we stopped in at the Ojai thrift shop on the main drag, and I scored some nice costume jewelry and a t-shirt - and hubby found SOX. There also were some balls of yarn, which I am adding to my newest knitting project.  (Maybe about $1.50 for 3 balls of varying colors??)

The other knitting project is finished, and with its dark blue/green and white striping, I have decided that I have made a serape of sorts.  It is the perfect weight to throw on when I go down to the boat in the evening! (And the generally dark colors won't show dirt, either...)

We subbed for our buddy George at a music gig at a burger joint in front of which they were having a preliminary to a vintage car show.  It was a last-minute deal, so we hauled out the ever-present karaoke machine and sang oldies butt goodies, which the cars must have heard before - and we sang for our very nice burger suppers.

The next night AFTER the swap meet we also jammed and played with George at the Deer Lodge again.  We are becoming a regular item. Best tips we have had. A new guy showed up with a drum and did some harmonies - boy, we were rocking!  And the shakers I had just done up came in handy when a guitar player showed up with 2 ladies and their kids...We had a rhythm band for a while, with everyone jumping! And we are getting some fans who want to know when we are playing next! Nice for my first foray into this pop music stuff. (Oh, if you are in the area - it's George Le Mire [and Friends - when we play]).There will be some gigs coming up - We will be on Spring Break so probably will show up Thurs. the first wk in April in addition to the weekends...)

Also dropped in at the Dollar Tree for the $1 stuff they usually have on hand and stocked up on tea-bags and sleep formula and coated aspirin - and some lotion and 2 prs. of their reading glasses (I have them everywhere).  I also stocked up on lip gloss and indulged myself with some of their headbands. I was pleasantly surprised to see that they had fairly large jars of pickled red peppers - which I adore - and I bought several jars of those, too.  the pickled peppers are great to keep on hand as an addition to salads and will even serve as a vegetable in a pinch...

Sunday AM we made our usual visit to the Farmers' Mkt. at the harbor - and listened to music and chatted with friends in addition to buying some fruits and vegetables.  (Yum, the strawberries! They grow them right t.)here in Oxnard  - Mostly as a joke, our old salt pal started to trade packages of patriotic American bumper stickers which we had left from the swap meet for fruit and tamales.  There was an enthusiastic response and I think hubby jumped on the band wagon and did a deal on our strawberries with them.  We gave the last to the balloon man, and he, in turn gave me a very cute little lady bug balloon which I could put on my wrist. (That balloon man is good - it's always so funny to see the little boys fighting with balloon helmets and balloon swords!)

The cherry on the sundae was when I went to get some ice from the Clubhouse frig at our marina before I left.  There were all sorts of leftovers from the party on Saturday night which we hadn't been able to make due to our Ojai gig - and I scrounged some for hubby and me - which provided Sunday's light supper! Hubby laughs when I bring home leftovers - but then he eats them happily - go figure.

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