There is just a slight bit of irony in that title, because this is such a four horse little town (that's right, there are four (count 'em) horses downtown (all three blocks of it) pulling tourists around in wagons; I'm breathless with their laziness, but guess most of them don't know where to go anyhow..
And, every year in the brutal heat, Chemainus rents out 10X10 spaces up and down the main drag and people come from miles around to shop it and sell there...kind of like that giant 3 State one in the US, but much smaller..much, much smaller..
Still, everyone says it's a great sale, so looking forward to it..instead of having a yard or garage sale I'll share a space with a friend and get rid of a bunch of stuff...
Have to make room for more stuff, right?
Showing posts with label heat. Show all posts
Showing posts with label heat. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Just When You Thought It Couldn't...
Short of living under a rock (which,in this heat, certainly seems preferable to what the rest of us are doing), everyone knows what the weather has been doing here-sucking the life out of us, that's what...and the humidity has been so bad I can wake up with wet hair the day after I wash it...but not in a good way-
There's been a run on fans the likes of which haven't been seen since the pre-Christmas pursuit of Tickle Me Elmo a few years ago, and I found myself uncharacteristically biting my tongue when a certain rental establishment sold me their used floor model fan for three times what it was worth...classy.... Like all shortages, this weather has prompted some greed-and so be it, I paid, I wanted it, and everyone else for miles was out of fans-but that place just sold it's reputation for $35, which seems like not much...guess that's all it was worth.
Despite the hideous humidity and heinous heat, I woke up to a welcome message on my 'puter-I had made my first Etsy sale...this is huge, been waiting since mid-June, and it had gotten to the point where I felt that all my online efforts had been a waste of time.
So really, this posting is a bit of a like letter to the sweet buyer of one pair of earrings-thanks for making my morning, and restoring my faith in myself-it doesn't take much to ruin your reputation or to talk yourself out of patience, so today has been a mixed blessing, but a lesson in the affirmative, nonetheless.
There's been a run on fans the likes of which haven't been seen since the pre-Christmas pursuit of Tickle Me Elmo a few years ago, and I found myself uncharacteristically biting my tongue when a certain rental establishment sold me their used floor model fan for three times what it was worth...classy.... Like all shortages, this weather has prompted some greed-and so be it, I paid, I wanted it, and everyone else for miles was out of fans-but that place just sold it's reputation for $35, which seems like not much...guess that's all it was worth.
Despite the hideous humidity and heinous heat, I woke up to a welcome message on my 'puter-I had made my first Etsy sale...this is huge, been waiting since mid-June, and it had gotten to the point where I felt that all my online efforts had been a waste of time.
So really, this posting is a bit of a like letter to the sweet buyer of one pair of earrings-thanks for making my morning, and restoring my faith in myself-it doesn't take much to ruin your reputation or to talk yourself out of patience, so today has been a mixed blessing, but a lesson in the affirmative, nonetheless.
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