I love JUNK!

So today is my WONDERFUL AMAZING SUPERDEDOOPER friend Rene's birthday. How old she is matters very little but the day itself means SO MUCH! Today also is the day Rene's husband Bill finds out if he made rank. Not just any rank but the rank of Chief. It is his first time testing and even though he studied like crazy and has an impeccable record the chances of making chief on your first try are really slim. So today has been jokingly became "Passover day". As in the day Bill could be passed over. With this kind of life changing pressure over everyones head Rene's birthday has been rather pushed under the rug. So this morning before we know about Bill we have decided to take Rene out to do her (and mine) favorite thing! BOOT FAIR! Armed with a measley 24 pds (approx $36) we are going to hit a local fair that has a tiny Wednesday following. Why is this such a great thing? Because of the junk!!! And I love JUNK! A few weeks a found an antique metal syringe for only 1 pound! I have four antique singer sewing machines that i picked up for around 7 pounds each! Antique toys, typewriters, buttonhooks (these are a favorite), tea cups, binnoculars (an obsession) all these things for relative pennies! Last week at a boot fair I found a most amazing set of over 100 eggs with a nature journal that all belonged to a man who died in the first wrold war! I couldn't afford it but the memory of that journal will last forever in my heart. Rene is looking for apostle spoons and horse brass. (Bill said no more chamber pots(Yes she seriously buys chamber pots!)

So anyways. My point.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RENE! I LOVE YOU MY DEAR FRIEND!
GOOD LUCK BILL! YOU ARE WONDERFUL!
And most of all
THANK YOU GOD FOR SUCH AMAZING FRIENDS AND FOR 24 POUNDS THAT I CAN BUY MORE JUNK WITH!