wagoner

spencer asked me if we could go antiquing today! i nearly fell over when those words came out of his mouth! and since that request is RARE, we immediately hopped in the car and headed for wagoner, oklahoma. i had been to one antique store there a couple of months ago, but i didn't have time to visit them all.

we didn't find much today, but we had fun hunting for treasures anyway! i found an othello game at the first store. i had to buy it because it brought back memories of playing with my sister when we were kids. she always beat me! spencer and i played tonight, and we each won 1 game. tomorrow it's mom vs. colby.....

i didn't buy this kool-aid man pitcher, but he sure was cute!

however i did buy that little ring you see in the bottom right corner of the picture. it's made from half a dice! i'm sure it's probably a real piece of junk, but i thought it was too cute!

daryl will be very proud of me......i didn't buy a single button today! i had MANY opportunities, but i resisted.

photo of the day #189

antique co-op

the other sign outside this store read, "come on in! we're bigger than we look!" and it was right! this rugged little building had tons of goodies! and the couple that ran the store was so nice! he told me a story about selling 2 huge baskets of buttons to a lady for $250! and the lady said she got a steal of a deal.

he and his wife used to own the antique store in broken arrow that is now the hitchin' post. at the time they had decided to get out of a building and just hit antique shows, but now they've resettled in a store in wagoner. he also used to be the in-school suspension teacher at a school here in BA years ago! i told him i had a hard time believing he could do that job because he seemed too nice. he said, "trust me. i can be mean if i have to!"

i guess part of the reason i enjoy antiquing, a.k.a. treasure hunting, is because of the stories, memories and people associated with the old stuff. i love walking into a store and seeing something from my past! it just makes me smile.

quote of the day: "Mom, can we go antiquing?" ~Spencer