Yesterday was a very long day on the go! It all started at 4:40 a.m. when my alarm went off - that is my usual wake up time here at the cottage and that gives me time to make my hubby some breakfast, pack up his lunch, make the coffee and have devotional time with him before he has to leave.
After he headed out for the day I had my personal Bible time with my furry little Bible study Buddy Piggy (our cat). Then got busy tidying up. I did some blogging and gathered up for the day. My Mum picked me up at 9:30 and in usual fashion for me I had tried to do too much in too little time and then ended up dashing out the door without thinking and left my "go bag" at home. It is small tote bag I keep packed with anything I may need for a day out. I will have to do a post about the "go bag" and show everything I keep in there. It is just easy to grab on my way out - well easy when I am not on a mad dash. *wink*
Anyway, Mum and I had planned to go to a second hand store in a town about half an hour away. It is huge and I have been shopping there since my son was in kindergarten - he is now 29. In fact it was the very first second hand store I ever shopped at. I had no idea that was even a thing until I moved to this area and met a lady who befriended me and taught me all about the money saving joys of thrift shopping ~smile~. All through Andy's growing up years there must have been a boy just a bit older than him whose mom donated his outgrown clothes to that store. I was able to buy brand name - expensive brand name - clothes for Andy from kindergarten right through high school. God bless that mama with a heart to share their blessings with that store and through that to me.
After the second hand store we planned to go to Dollar Tree in another town 20 minutes from there. I LOVE Dollar Tree. I love it far too much and I really should stop watching Dollar Tree DIY and haul videos on You Tube because I get so sucked in by all the cuteness!
So that is exactly what we did. Here is a picture of all I bought at those 2 places...
Yep carried away! Mostly at Dollar Tree especially as I went for a card and gift bag lol!
At the second hand store I found 2 dress shirts for Mark - one long sleeve and one short. This store always seems to have shirts in his size 3x, not all second hand stores do. Of course he is 6'3 so he needs them to be long too. God has blessed me because I always find them there and the price is right at $3. ~smile~
I found some white pillowcases which was a blessing. We like to have 2 pillows each so I like to have white pillow cases for the second pillows as they go with any sheet set.
I also found a book, I really enjoy Christian Amish fiction and after I read it I pass it on to a friend and when she is done they go to 3 other ladies before they end up in the Church library. ( well these little books do not end up in the library but the regular novels do).
I was happy to find these brand new pewter ornaments which I will save to tuck in with Christmas gifts.
That was it from there - oh! I also found the movie Grease. It was the first movie I ever went to with friends when I must have been just 9 or so. There now everyone knows how old I am. Ha! We were living in a very small very northern town so I expect it was quite some time after the movie came out before it made it to that wee little theatre. Anyway, Mark has never seen it so I plan to force invite him to watch it with me. *grin*.
Now on to the Dollar Tree goodies..
Some gifts for my son's dog Beau for when we go up North next time
Such a cute wall sticker! I have this in my bathroom up North but when I saw it again I grabbed one to keep as a spare in case something happens to that one. I just loved it!
I picked up these things for some DIY projects I saw on You Tube. I will post about it when I make them. You can find the video I got the ideas from here. Such awesome ideas! Unfortunately this was the only one of the calendars I could find at that Dollar Tree of the ones she used and I got the last one.
Then just some wet wipes always handy! How cute is the packaging - make them look a little more special than they are *wink* and some Country Harvest bread. I was super excited to find that Dollar Tree carries this bread - Mark likes it and it is over $3 at the grocery store and $1.25 at Dollar Tree. Can't go wrong. And I did actually remember to get the birthday card and bag I went in for haha!
We did hit the grocery store and go out for some lunch too. So a full day out already.
So after ALL of that my Mum dropped me at Mark's work since he and I were going to drive 3 hours from home to buy a snowmobile he found on Kijiji. It looked amazing and the price was right. He spoke with the man and it seemed like the perfect deal. We really want one for our Northern life once we get moved up there so off we went.
At this point it is 3:30 - 3 hours later we arrive. The man is there - drinking a king can beer and is locked out of his truck and it is not even his house so he has no tools so Mark could do a compression test. The machine was really quite rough and had an exhaust and oil leak. There was oil coming out the exhaust and the clouds of exhaust were so wild it was hard to get near the machine. It was banged up as well which did not show in the pictures. *sigh* So we passed on it. 3 Hours there 3 hours back. Oh well! All we were out was some gas money -it was worth a try and we had a nice time being together and talking, we went out for some dinner on the way back too ~smile~ The only trouble was getting back so late. The alarm at 4:40 seemed to feel extra early this morning!
So a long day on the go indeed but it was a good day!
Have a Happy Friday!
Blessings,
Liisa
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