Then after the game we did some marathon thrifting. Gretchen has a similar style of thrifting. We, if I might brag at bit, are excellent scanners and so we can shop a store pretty quickly and feel like we've seen it all. We must have hit at least half a dozen thrift shops and there are tons more in Greenville and the small towns surrounding. And we didn't even hit the flea markets, which are everywhere you look. She was a trooper. In and out of the car, driving all over the place. We shopped and gabbed and enjoyed great girlfriend time.
Once back at the house, savored a great dinner with a salad, twice-baked potatoes and Hud's 3" thick sirloins hot off the grill. I'm grateful to have made this cyber friendship come alive. Such a great family to now count as friends.
Here's the big blackboard in her English countryside kitchen. My one request: that I make the blackboard!
Then yesterday we had our trunk or treat at church. Without Harleigh, I gotta admit it wasn't nearly as fun, but I managed to create a trunk that the kids thought was pretty neat.
I adhered a big spider to the top of a box, then ran thread from each of her 8 legs down through the box top and tied onto two different wooden dowels. With the back of the box cut out, I was able to sit on a stool and put my legs into the box and maneuver the dowels with my feet.
Take a look at these darling vinyl outdoor pillows from our thrifting adventures.
And the face of my boy, who enjoyed an afternoon of playing ball in the backyard (his ball is a deflated soccer ball and is a real mess; you can see it in my lap).
Many trick or treaters to cap-off the Fall weekend, not to mention that my weekend was further made delightful by the Christmas music that I played!! Yes I did!!!!
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