How to have a Boat & NOt be a"Yachtie"

Another longish weekend at the boat.  We stopped in Ojai for a doctor's appointment (I have kept one of the good ones I had up there)...and I stopped in the 2 great thrift shops - In the church shop, the ladies were sorting a box of earrings, and among them was a "Yachtie" pair consisting of blue and red oars and a wheel.  Now, a "Yachtie" is a denizon of a yacht club who goes all out on the gear - and who is in a yacht club that is more of a country club on the water.

Now, everyone seems to assume that if you have a boat you ARE a yachtie - but there are also the sailors and fisherpeople - who I happen to PREFER. 

My take on being nautical is to wear a nautical t-shirt and cropped jeans!  and a hat/visor of course! And I do have boat shoes that won't slip on the deck - but mine were found at a Santa Barbara thrift shop!  And my husband got me a fancy green pair which had been marked way down at a boating store.

But back to the Ojai thrift stores -  I know that I have said that I am cutting back on clothes, etc. - but I DID buy a nice cotton/linen handknit sweater (it is a great orangey color) plus a pair of $1 red patent shoes (Xmasy) and a pair of pinkish leather flats. Total $7 or so....  At the church thrift shop I bought some little Xmas pins, which I intend to give out with Xmas cards this year - and snagged a pair of cropped denim pants ($3), which I put on immediately, as it was very warm up there, which I hadn't really anticipated, and then Mark got something...

Of course, there is Bart's the outdoor bookstore - with all sorts of oldies but goodies for 50 cents each - I got an armful. 

I also stopped by my favorite healthfood store to pick up some Hylands allergy tablets -  I might as well give them (Lassen's)  my business & they always DO have lovely samples.  Supplements this time.

Then on Saturday we drove up to Carpinteria where we lived for a year and walked up & down the main street.  They have a great library bookstore and I got a pile of spiritual books - as I am working on that again...They also had a rummage sale for the benefit of a Haitian orphanage - and I got a nice leather purse (a Fossil in its first life) for $1 , a sailor tshirt with vintage graphics and very nice art pottery vase and a metal holder for my toilet paper and a little glass dish - all for $1!! Bargains and $ to charity, too.  (Ditto the library bookstore.)  Seem to do my bargain shopping on the weekends...That will hold me for a while...

We are trying to watch our drinks on the go - and getting cups of ice along with our fountain drinks -

Back home, the air could be better - all those fires, you know.  And I am grateful that my allergy nostrums have kicked in - (You can skip this section if allergies are not your thing. ) Imagine - I have Nasalcrom for my runny nose, 2 homeopathic remedies,(Hylands Hayfever and A. Vogel Pollinosan) plus herbal drops for grass/tree/mold dust,  depending - plus loratadine &/or Zyrtec meds - and Simulsan allergy eyedrops plus Alaway eyedrops. And some style ointment for when my inner eyelids get inflated. Geez! It seems to work, tho - The Hylands and the Simulsan can be taken often - and the Alaway and Zyrtec twice a day....And you can pile on the drops anytime...And when my eyes get hopelessly inflamed, I use cold black tea compresses to soothe them....We also have the AC and the air cleaners running away...in November ???

That is all a product of my many years of allergies of all sorts.  Sometimes the regular prescribed meds won't cover everything without going for Benedryl - which works but really knocks you OUT.  So the herbal supplemental works, and I hope it helps my immune system, too....### End of Allergy Stuff

Boring, but very true.  Came home to more samples  - an office pad for my husband (those are expensive, he said) and some skin stuff - which I immediately put on to ease the effects of the sun on the water - even layered Vaseline on top to seal it in - and more mags.  But I gotta be careful, because I seem to be getting invoices for my "free" magazines, somehow - ?? There is always a catch, isn't there? Oh - and I also got - how could I forget, a BIG can of Nexxus mousse from Marie Claire to use and comment on!  (That's an expensive brand, too...)

Using all my skin care samples to make my entire supply last longer - and weeding out night cream and night eye cream samples, putting them together to use - as I am running low on my regular supplies of THOSE. Remember that most of those packets have more than one application in them - so fold over the opened top and secure with a paper clip - or hair clip - or even a bobby pin and the rest will last a long time - until you can use it ALL up.

Read an interesting article in the Business Section of the L.A. Times on bartering.  I haven't had TOO much success with that - other than trading favors amongst friends quite informally - but apparently it's BACK.  So if you DO have something to trade - haircuts? some service? It might be worthwhile looking into -

Have you any experience with that?  Good? bad?  Please comment & let me/us know! And be thrifty out there.

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