Notes from the Road
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Greetings from Lompc, CA - between Santa Barbara & San Luis Obispo - (the name is from the Spanish mission La Purissima - & there is a park with a well-preserved mission complex there.) Poked around some funky thrift/antique stores upon arrival & snagged a beautiful leather handbag with a Bloomingdale's label amidst all the plastic - for $4 - as well as a nice belt - $1 & some paperbacks 25 cents each - On to the next one where I got some knitting needles(?) at $2/pr & an Indian skirt for $1!!
We then visited the weekend Farmer's Market & found another antique store having a sale & I found some bargain clothes including an Indian sundress for $4 & a pendant for $1 - and some real French L'air du Temps perfume ($2). I wish I could afford it - because real Fr. perfume is the BEST. (And Mark got a stool for his music gig.)
Then had BBQ in a funky old bar - GIANT turkey legs! and saw some real silver CLIP earrings at an antique vendor - which I told Mark could be a birthday present - for $10!!
Saturday we worked - but I thought I had lost my mascara & ran into Big Lots to get something & found Revlon mascara on sale for $2!!
They also had Revlon color palettes of coordinated colors with a mirror for $.50 - and some vitamins. Seems they are having a drug store clearance. More Revlon stuff. So check it out. Mascara nowadays is at least $7-8 so when I see a bargain I snag it - ditto lipstick, etc. It does make one impulsive - but I can't bear to spend $7 on a lipstick!
I see from their flyers that they have Fruit of the Loom (I think) bras on sale for $5 - and Timex watches for $5, too - I have enuf of those - but check it out. I think of Big Lots more for big things these days - as opposed to the old Pic N Save - but I should keep an eye out on their smaller stuff.
The gig went well - and I enjoyed the sunshine and the ocean breezes. Nice folks & a nice day. (And I wore my $4 sundress with the $1 belt and the $1 pendant with a linen shirt as a jacket - got compliments, too.) We are on up the coast for the rest of the vacation days we can squeeze it. No pix - as I am on the laptop!
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