A Pointless Morning

We had big plans for this morning - we were supposed to start by dropping my car off at the tire place (oops, did I not mention the blow-out I had on the interstate Wednesday morning?), then pop over to the Farmer's Market for some veggies, drop by the Mental Health Center (no, not for our craziness) to place an Angel Food order, then head out to the "HUGE Kid's Consignment Sale!!!" that's happening this weekend.

About half of that actually ended up happening.

First, the tire guy said that they neither sell nor warranty the kind of tires that are on my car, so if I want it replaced under warranty (which it's supposed to be), I'll have to take it to the dealership. Strike one.

We did okay, I suppose, at the Farmer's Market. I got some potatoes, and onion and a cucumber, but the little old lady with the yummy sweet pepper relish didn't seem to be there, so I wasn't able to pick up any of that. Foul ball.

We did place our Angel Food order without incident. (Visit their website to learn more about that.) This is our first time, so we felt a little weird, but it was fine. And we found out that, in the future, we can just order for the next month when we do our pickup, so we'll only have to go over there once a month.

Then, we dropped Shrike's car at home (we've been in two cars all this time, because I wasn't able to leave mine with the tire guy) and headed over to the consignment sale.

We weren't looking for anything in particular (thanks to the bonanza of baby stuff that we received on Thursday), and we agreed to not go crazy with the tiny, pink clothes (she already has tons!) but figured we'd see lots of other stuff that we need, but didn't really have on a list.

Eh, not so much.

We did look at clothes a bit, and I almost bought a really pretty forest green and gold velvety (very Christmasy) dress in a 24 months size, but decided against it. There were some other really cute Christmas and winter things in 18 months - likely to be exactly the wrong size/season for her.

Other than that, we really didn't see anything we were interested in.

There were several tables of vendors selling things that I guess Mommies are supposed to like - like jewelry and candles and smelly things and look-purties, but that didn't interest us too much.

There were two or three long tables with toys, and an other small area with floor toys (kitchens and tool benches and easels and the like) but none of those really struck our fancy, either.

There was one small row of gear, but it was all things we have - a crib, some pack and plays, swings, etc.

We ended up buying a CD (Dance and Sing, 20 hand-clapping, toe-tapping songs!) for $1.50, and calling it a day.

And, we're out!

Then we came home, shared a peanut butter brownie from the Farmer's Market (with no-sugar-added ice cream, of course) and took a nap.

Home run!