What fun! The kids and I headed off to the swap meet this morning. We arrived around 10am. It's not the weekend, so it's not as crowded nor are there as many vendors. It wasn't what I remember it, though. I knew there would be vendors, but I thought I remembered there being a bunch of people "garage selling". Maybe? Maybe not. Either way, we had a good time. We went around the stadium twice. Only one layer of vendors, so we saw them all twice.
I got a new bathing suit, a skirtini to be exact, a big sunhat, and a toe ring. I'm very excited about the toe ring. When I went to Hawaii in 2002 to visit my Mom and Larry, they took me to get a toe ring. It became a thing. When one of her daughters came to Hawaii, she would buy her one. I loved mine. But, I had to take it off once, and as such it ended up lost. So now that I'm back, I swore I'd find another one and replace it. I found the exact same one! Yay!! However, I went with the sterling silver instead of the gold. I like the color better. Hopefully my skin doesn't react to it. If it does, I'll have to go back for the gold one.
Donovan found a flip flop keychain that he wanted, so we got him that. Then we got a shaved ice to share. We found a curb to sit on to eat it while I nursed Jocelyn. Unfortunately, I parked the stroller over a storm grate, and when Donovan got out of the stroller, his keychain fell down the drain. Oops! I told him we'd replace it, but he decided to get an umbrella instead. That's what Porter picked as well, along with a back scratcher. Kyron found some things that he liked, but they were too much money. In the end, he chose a ukulele.
Father's Day is on Sunday, so we were looking for something for David. We picked out a Hawaiian tie, because he actually likes ties, but I wanted something more. I found a beautiful ukulele, and when he'd seen them before he expressed interest in getting one and learning how to play. So, while it was expensive, I went ahead and got it for him. When we got home, he reminded me that he already had a Father's Day present that he got before we moved here. Oops! Oh well, looks like he's getting more this year! Haha! (Good thing he doesn't know what my blog address is. Haha!)
I remember spending time at that swap meet! The first time we went with 4 little ones in tow, there were so many rows of vendors, we didn't get to see even half of them! One thing I remember buying were "Chinese PJ's" for the girls.. white with Red embroidery.
ReplyDeleteGood times!
OKAY, your folks in law are our "home teachers" and I mentioned to her that I've so enjoyed seeing and laughing on some of the things you say on F.B. and she told me of your blog site. (I have one too. www.irenetukuafu.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteso she sent me your blog spot and I'll put it on my happy blogs to read. I've sold many a thing at the Swap meet.....and bought too. yep, the SATURDAY is the one to go to. garage sales there FOR SURE. and one time I got a SUPER DARLING 3 HALFED UKULELE. when you were getting the uku....did you see any made of coconuts? I'd like to know this.
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you are having WAYYYYYYY TOOOOOOO MUCH FUN. love the pictures you have of the kids at the sea tides.
to cut costs down on food....USE COUPONS. and hopefully you can grow a container garden. I think I remember that you can't plow up some grass and grow a garden on the base. but you can get big containers and grow some good food
ahhhhhhhhhh, thanks for posting. aloha, irene