I had my garage sale yesterday and it was a big success! I did very well for a Friday morning...I was worried about the weather too since it rained all day on Thursday. I had a lot of my usual customers and we were able to talk about the upcoming event-the Christmas Craft Open House on November 20th-everyone seemed excited about it! It made me feel like there is hope to maybe some day start a business. My fellow primitive friends want the same thing I do, in fact, talking with them, they agreed that there is a need. Just getting started is the risk in these somewhat iffy hard times. I know I should not bring this up since I had such a good day but I have to talk about it anyway....get it off my shoulders, I guess! As usual, my local paper screwed up with the time on my sale and put 2:00 p.m. instead of 12:00 p.m. but it did work to my advantage, this time, because I did get a couple who bought $300.00 worth of stuff around 1:00 p.m. but that is not what I need to get off my shoulders...it started slowing up with traffic about 1:30 so I decided to close up for the day (it had been a long couple of days...don't get me wrong, I love doing garage sales....you meet a lot of nice people and it is rewarding to recycle your stuff! I know I am getting off track again), to get back to my story, I was cleaning up around 1:30, I took down my signs for the sale and started putting stuff away, I had some magazines that I thought I would bring down to the library...I like to put them in the free pile so others can enjoy them)so I closed my front door but did not lock it and went on my way, as I was coming back I could not believe my eyes...two ladies walking into my house! I recognized the one (remember, the garage sale grabber), it was her!!!! I could not believe she showed up after the way she treated me the last time...the other lady I did not recognize apologized and said she thought the sale might be in the house(the gsg, as I will call her did not say a word, it was like she let the other lady take the fall-coward), I told them the sale was over at 2:00 and I only had a few items that I did not put away yet on the side of the porch...as I was talking...the gsg walked around my porch picking up stuff looking at it...then she said to me (in her whiney voice), "I thought your sale started at 2:00pm), "ohhhh! I wanted to scream, this was her tactic, come late and buy things for nothing, thinking I wanted to get rid of it! Not this time....We chatted for a few more minutes and I finally got them out the door! I really think there is something wrong with the gsg lady but that is a whole other chapter in the garage sale life....until next time...
On Saturday with my good friends and neighbors, we walked for the Boo Wow Walk which benefits the Animal Protective League. It was a beautiful fall day and sooo many people with their dogs! A lot had themes (like Jeannie and Walley(dog))dressed to represent Breast Cancer Awareness this month, they won a prize for most creative theme....others just dressed up their dogs, the princess carriage with the three dogs won for the most imaginative theme! How cute! It was a lot of fun, being my first experience, for such a good cause! Please spay your pets! 
I just love Fall! I had to take a picture of these beautiful trees across from my house...they are soooo colorful! I decorated my kitchen table with some fall accessories. The cloche I paid only $15.00 for and with the wooden pumpkin under inside just adds to the decor...I love it!
What a great day for a nature walk in the woods and to enjoy the festivities with the Covered Bridge Festival. We discovered the water falls in the southern part of my county. Enjoyed the warm weather, the colorful leaves and the time spent with really good friends.
I am having my first garage sale online....these items are for sale. The green chest is an old blanket cabinet, has a drawer at the bottom and the top opens to store blankets or other linens, it is really a neat piece for only $50.00, the ladder next to it is $30.00...great for hanging towels in the kitchen or bath. White bucket, neat for plants onlyy $4.00 and the small display box $12.00. The green farm table (middle picture), has $35.00, green wooden house $10.00, small primitive horse..great for ontop of a table or cabinet $20.00, the blue 3 drawer cabinet asking $7.00...small childs red chair $10.00 and the puddy medicine cabinet (heavy) $20.00, small green stool $6.00, has curved legs-different! 
