Aloha

My friend Gail is here visiting from her home in Baja, Mexico. We've been yard-sailing together for years. We can drive by and make snap decisions about stopping just by looking at the way the proprietors are sitting or the way things are piled out on the grass. We saw some today, looking a bit too desperate. We've come to know one particular "Estate Sale" con artist who we affectionately call "Liar Boy." He has tried to scam us a time or two in the past. He just moves his collection of stuff from yard to yard, and he always has Hawaiian shirts that he wants way too much money for. He gets a little surly with you when you put things back: you probably know the type.



So when we read in the Penny Saver that there would be great deals on Hawaiian shirts in a back parking lot nearby we were wary. We often see Hawaiian shirts for sale, but sometimes they're really cheesy. And of course, there was the possibility of "Liar Boy". But we were pleasantly surprised! There was a very nice gentleman sitting outside of his little vintage shop with racks of shirts and other goodies. The shirts were all excellent quality: Reyn Spooner, Toes on the Nose , Pierre Cardin, etc. We bought four shirts for the three men we live with: in fact, two of them will be birthday presents for a certain someone. And the little Mexican cerveza sign was too perfect to pass up. It actually looks like a scene from Gail's house.

Four shirts and one sign: $35.












We also bought two bags full of boys' clothing for Gail to take to her friend in Mexico. Some of it goes to her own boys and some to her resale shop. In this neighborhood you can always find good kids' clothes for pretty cheap. We got 30 items for $6, or 20 cents each.





Other little goodies: a box of good blank cards from Papyrus, and other sweet little note cards for $1. Five CD's from a self-proclaimed OCD music buff who had hundreds of them alphabetized in a very orderly fashion. $1 each. More classroom books, including this beautiful old book of Aesop's fables. 25 cents each. And my favorite find of the day: a navy blue cashmere sweater from Neiman Marcus in perfect condition: $1. That one's for me.

Aloha.