Not old, but "vintage"

Between my injuries, fibro and interstitial cystitis its been a pain filled week so not much activity to report.  We did go to the movies to see "Noah", (don't bother) and over the weekend, we went to a vintage market called "Thieves Market".  I had read about it in the paper and am so glad we went.  It was a blast and I wanted to buy everything.  It was all "vintage" stuff - not old enough to be antique, but worn and shabby, just like us!

 lots of buttons at the booth of www.rubymaejewelry.com

 And there is something about Kewpie dolls I just love....

 Stacy Jay had some really unique pieces - I really liked her style

www.stacyjayjewelry.etsy.com

I've heard of a pocket full of wishes, but never a jar full of wish bones!

I loved everything in this booth!!

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I saw this vintage Marx metal doll house for $5!!  I passed it up thinking I really didn't have the room for it in the trailer,

 but I'm kicking myself in the butt, because it is just like the one I had when I was little....

That's me when I was 4!

If nothing else, I could have bought and re-sold the doll house - they are going for up to $200 on Etsy!  Argh.....

On the way home from the market, we stopped at the Arizona Casino, where I won 7280 pennies!  Yea - that's $72.80 - certainly more than anything I won in Vegas.  So Noel and I had lunch out, and still had enough to cover the few things I bought at the market.  (some vintage books, an old marionette doll and a beautiful Victorian door knocker).

Noel's been volunteering at the Lutheran Church's Thrift Shop, so he's been keeping busy while I've been resting and nursing my bladder pain.  I purchased a groupon for a wellness experience, so I was treated to being suspended in a hot tub (so you can float freely without your head sinking!), a massage and then a negative ion "bio mat" complete with infra-red heat and amethyst crystals.  The massage was a little rough (deep tissue) so boy was I sore the next day, but that hot tub thing was amazing!  Don't you love Groupon??

I've been working a bit on this new "scratch art" technique I learned here at Mesa Spirit.  Working from the photo out of a magazine:

I drew this:

I'm still tweaking it, but its coming along.

I'm glad spring has arrived for all our friends and family in Ohio, and I want to thank Beth, who always leaves such positive comments on this blog; its nice to know someone is reading it! :)