GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE, GONE! But not to me.

It was Friday, I was bored, hadn't seen my husband in days and so I decided to go for a little 'retail therapy.' Lot's Road here I come. The local auction house calls my name on occasion and I listen. I've decided that it is a blessing in disguise that I can't actually attend the auctions and instead I submit an absentee bid. I know that I would have a lot more of these little gems than I would really know what to do with if I was actually there in the throws of excitement and getting caught up in the moment. As it is I can leave my bid after thoughtful reflection (hmmmm) and if it goes for more - so be it. Interestingly enough, even after thoughtful reflection, upon more thoughtful reflection I realize that I don't need it, I don't want it and I have NO space for it. So this is how the story goes:



I love this table and others like it. My problem is that I'm not really sure what I would do if I really got one. It won't fit anywhere around here so I must be planning on taking it to the 'other' house - which when I think about it doesn't have space for it either. So it's probably a good thing that I didn't get this one.


I spent a moment or two in front of this wondering where it would fit. Again, no place for it here - and who knows what my kitchen will look like after the redo - whoooooh, glad I didn't get this one.


I've been thinking about getting some different furniture for Andrea's room. I thought this was cute - but it just didn't raise the blood pressure enough to actually motivate me to put in a bid.


I did put in a bid on this. I can just see Andrea's perfume collection sitting nicely on top of that. And I know she would love to look at herself as she is singing to her ipod!! (Better not tell her I said that.)


There were four of these - Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, Dean Sinatra and Elizabeth Taylor. I thought they would be great in the theater room. What theater room you ask? Good question!


This is what I really wanted. Our desk here is on it's last leg - literally. I'm going to have to be a little more aggressive it seems if I want to pick up one of these. This is probably my 5th attempt so far and no luck.



Did I mention that this is my one and only success story from this weekend? Yes - we got Andrea's dressing table. Now, she has to choose between her bed or the mirrors - which one will go that is the question...






Speaking of Andrea, this is my little ducky on our fateful 'can't find a place to spend our money for lunch' day.

She balked at wearing this little rain coat but I think in the end she was glad to have it - thank goodness she didn't see anyone she knew on our trek that day. She assured me she would have been humiliated - deeply, profoundly humiliated.