So here's the short of it, 
What a lovely day with Mom and Aunt Joyce. 

And here's the long.

This morning was a great adventure.  First we made it out for a late breakfast at Wally's breakfast bar.  Dad's Gideon group met there on Saturday mornings and they have brown gravy!  The food was good; they kept the coffee coming; and we had great visiting.

On the way home we decided to stop at this Thrift Store that I really like just up the road.  It's called Second Blessings and is affiliated with a church/ministry that is actually right next door.  The couple that runs the business are just as nice as they can be.  Now this is a 2 story deal, and the basement is just full of furniture, which I love to look at!

Here are a few of the knick knack's that Mom brought home as a part of her haul!  We sure did get lots of laughs during the time we were there!  The fish bowl is Annie Cat's new water bowl.  Joyce thought she'd really have fun drinking out of the fish.  I thought that was pretty funny.  Joyce got several really nice things.  She said that it was the first time she'd ever been thrifting.  Her haul included a new lamp, a big crock pot, 2 really nice purses -- and some other things as well.  I managed to get home with a very small crock pot to use for some of my non food experimenting, and an old fashioned potato masher - a really good one.

We've decided that we really should do that again, so we'll see.  Maybe we'll hit different thrift stores next time!