The Sewing Mom

My daughter & I ran out yesterday to get some lunch and on our way home, I noticed a sign pointing to an Estate Sale in the neighborhood right next to ours. Curiosity got the better of me, so steered the car toward the sign and we went and checked it out.

There were a wide variety of items for sale, everything from furniture to paintings to clothes and toys, but nothing really caught my eye. The family is being relocated to Austria, so they are eliminating a lot of their household goods and have all ready sold their home. I did notice and old student desk. It was wooden, the type used many years ago with a flip up lid. There was even a hole cute out in the desktop to hold a jar of ink. It was really pretty cool and they were asking $95. Well, it was late in the afternoon and my lunch was out in the car getting cold, so we headed on home. The more I thought about it, the more I wanted that desk, especially when I knew that today, they were marking everything %50 off their asking price.

I had to work this morning until 12, and the sale started at 10. I asked my husband to go and even gave him the cash to buy the desk. Of course, he waited, and didn’t go until around 1 and yes, the desk was sold. I am still very disappointed, but don’t fear, we did get something after all. This is what he came home with…