It's been a busy couple of weeks getting ready to come to Florida and then on to California... getting my new classes ready to go and all that involves, but it's done and I'm here and ready to go! You know I travel all over but the Sarasota airport is the only one that has a greeter like this sweet lady who's always there with a smile and a piece of candy as you get off your plane. Love it! She just makes me smile!
My mom and dad and I headed straight for a couple Goodwills and dinner at Hungry Howies... Florida traditions! It's a little too cool for the beach until the weekend so we're getting lots of shopping in! I've found a few treasures already!
A couple vintage yearbooks for $1 each from 1951 and '52 from St. Petersburg; an adorable cross stitch sampler with the perfect sentiment for my travels, that I'll reframe for $2.99; and throw rug in great pastel colors for $6.99; and the best deal... a new Keurig coffee maker for $2! I took a risk on the coffee maker because I found it in the Goodwill Bargain Barn where you can't plug anything in to see if it works but for $2, I thought it was worth the try and it works great! It's $99 on Amazon. I also got a pile of books for 25 cents each. Love the treasure hunt!
Just a quick family update too... pray for Brandon in Iraq - he's going through a tough time right now but we're looking forward to him returning home soon! The troops are officially leaving Iraq early! Yeah! And Jeremy has a sweet new girlfriend Rebecca that we love... aren't they cute?!!
I'll update with my treasures again soon! :)
Glad you made it here safely. Have fun with Mom and Dad and we'll see you next weekend!
Posted by: Amy | October 20, 2011 at 09:11 PM
Sending prayers to Brandon, can't imagine how hard that must be.I hope he knows how grateful we are for folks like him who serve our country:)!
Posted by: Mary Lee | October 20, 2011 at 09:49 PM
Awesome finds and so neat you can be with your parents for a bit!!
Posted by: Larell Strickland | October 20, 2011 at 11:24 PM
Praying for your family. You sure scored at Goodwill. The vintage sampler is great.
Posted by: Marti Murphy | October 21, 2011 at 07:59 AM
I love that rug. You always find great deals. Praying for Brandon as usual. Glad he will be home soon. Alicia too. Celebrations all around. Heard today that supposedly all our troups in Iraq are coming home by years end. Now that is something to celebrate too.
Posted by: Deb J | October 21, 2011 at 12:10 PM
Prayers for all of you! What do you do with old year books, I have all of mine..same vintage!
Posted by: Gayle | October 21, 2011 at 02:31 PM
You always get the best deals! Are you staying at your Mom's saturday night after the classes at WSD"s? GD and I are doing both at sat classes and would love to bring some of our chickens fresh eggs for you to take to your mom"s. See you Saturday the 29th
Posted by: elsa clara | October 21, 2011 at 03:31 PM
Happy Birthday!
Posted by: Dave | October 22, 2011 at 04:20 AM
Jeremy looks like prince william in the pic of him and Rebecca!!! :)
praying for Brandon. Take care... i love reading your blog.
Posted by: Funz | November 02, 2011 at 09:27 AM