Shipwreck Days...

Was able to go to the Shipwreck Days flea-market in Anacortes last Saturday with some friends. We started off on our quest for antique treasures early that morning. Once there, we began to search the booths for that special something -what that was we did not know- that we could not leave behind. After a quarter of the way, I was suprisingly offered a lovely glass candy dish for free from a vendor. I accepted it. It's lovely. I think I'll keep it on my vanity table when Janie and I's attic bedroom has been completed. Maybe with old fashioned peppermints inside. Or horehound candies. Maybe my supply of
earrings will find there home inside it instead. Who knows what that little jar will hold! Such sweet surprises. I walked to the next booth and there it was... I could not leave this... Mama collects antique, porcelian baby booties... and there they were on the table in front of me, a creamy yellow pair. She did not have that colour of baby booties. After doing the usual ritual of bartering I had the pair of booties safely in hand. The first treasure found and bargained for. Some time passed... We walked through the booths until we had made it only half way,... we left to get some food, and I, of course, had to find the nearest Starbucks... a tall, caramel macchiatto, extra caramel, extra foam; thank you very much!!! I was very satisfied with that. Once back, we continued along.the booths,... I saw a beautiful antique plate, but wasn't certian about buying it,... gorgeous too. It had the deepest brown edges, with golden flowers, which faded to a deep cream, getting lighter and lighter until the middle of the plate, where two yellow roses were painted. Very pretty. Only two dollars. Antique? It looked like it. Yet...I left it... oh, Tawney, why? I see now you live and learn. I tried to not think of it and stopped in at a boutique... we were three quarters of the way through... the plate was coming to mind,... I tried buying a cotton-candy to ignore the thought of it. :) We finished, and I hadn't found the plate I left. We went to some garage sales,... nothing of interest for me. We dashed back to the Shipwreck Days as they were in their last hour so that we could barter with the desperate vendors who were placing things out for free or for less money as they wanted to sell them. And lo and behold,... there was the plate. I was so happy I jumped up and down... (that is inherited from my Mother.)  :) And I finally had it! After that, we stopped in at a few lovely antique shops. Sweet. Inspiring. I felt very much at home among the teacups, old lace, vanity tables, antique prom dresses... can anyone say Romance galore? <3 We walked through each nick and cranny, searched from top to bottom... tired feet finally set in and we were getting hungry... supplies had been exhausted, if you will. :)
It was the end of the Shipwreck days, and we were happy, tired, and laden with treasures... we got home at 5 o' clock, and can anyone say an AMAZING dinner that evening? Seriously. Steak. Bean Salad. Artichoke Hearts. Honey Fried Potatoes. Fried Mushroom slices. Tall glasses of cold milk to wash it down. I ate beyond what I should have that evening, even if I came with a ravenous appetite after a long, toilsome day of antique searching!!! To top it all off, we watched Pride and Prejudice, snuggled up on the couches trying to keep from drifting off to sleep...

Lovely times. A perfect ending to the perfect day. <3 Precious memories!!! <3

Hope you all have had a jolly week!

Love,
Tawney Rae <3


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