March 10, 2007

There are three things that really bug me- wasting time, spending money needlessly, and collecting stuff that will use up my valuable time and energy just to maintain it. So it makes absolutely no sense that we spent our Saturday just hanging out at the auction, wasting time while spending money on junk! AND we had a great time!!

This is "Junior", a very talented auctioneer. It was fun just to watch him work.

Gloria had her eye on a beautiful pink doll bed but when the time came to bid on it, it went for $25! I stopped bidding somewhere around $10.

We were at the auction off and on all day from about noon until 10:00 p.m. Gloria probably had more staying power than anyone- she really enjoyed people-watching.

The hot dog was delish but the bun fell apart resulting in this unhappy face:

Gloria and I walked back to the shop on the greenbelt. It was a gorgeous day.

Zach had his heart set on a set of Star Wars figures and he won the bid at $10! What a steal!

At the end of the day, I wrote a check for $74.00 but I've already checked Amazon and the books I won at the auction will go for over $100 if I list them and they all sell (two of the books are signed by the authors). Not a bad day if you ask me!

We invited the Adams' over to help us burn London at about 9:00. Gloria and Megan discovered that the orange cones Rob bought at the auction make great intestinal-type noises when you sit on them:

After all Zach's hard work building London, it was almost a shame to light the match!

Zach's London was much slower to catch fire than Gloria's was, so we added a little something to help it along. . .

It's amazing how many uses there are for goof-off!



It worked out perfect that the fire died out without burning the entire "city" since only 4/5 of London actually burned in 1666.