The BIG One.

I have been waiting a year for this sale.  No joke.  The countdown has been on since last year where I found the most incredible headboard on the entire planet (and lots of other stuff too)!  Only this time I was going to help work at the sale Friday, spend the night with Donna at Grandpa and Grandma Shipe's house, wake up early Saturday and pick up my mama at the airport, then get in line for the "special rooms", and work a little more after we finished shopping!

So, with a planned day off of work, bags packed, you can imagine my excitement Thursday night as I anticipated Friday and my day/night with in-laws, shopping my little heart out!

Yeah?!  

NOT.  SO.  MUCH.

Friday morning I woke up with a sore throat and...well, lets just call it an upset stomach and these crazy pains in my chest that feel like I am having a heart attack {happened about two weeks ago while on a photo shoot and I thought maybe because I always bend all crazy that I tweaked something in my sternum and then again Friday morning}.  They leave me breathless and it takes sometimes 20 minutes to get my breathing right.  Off to Urgent Care I went, just in case I had strep.  While I was going to go, sick or not, to the sale, I wanted to have meds if I needed them!  The doctor took one look at my throat, and said nothing was wrong.  But when I started to tell him about the pains I was having in my chest, he thought that I was probably having esophageal spasms and that they could have everything to do with my throat hurting.  Esopha-whacha-go-gul?  Yeah, I had never heard of it, but he explained it to me and sent me on my way with some Zantac, for acid reflux.  A quick stop to pick up the prescription and the medicine of my choice for upset bellies, Pepto-Bismol, I was off to pick up Donna. 

When we arrived at Grandpa and Grandma's, it was lunch time {we were supposed to get there earlier than this to start helping}.  While I ate nothing, we had a nice visit at lunch...that was until I heard my phone ring. 

It couldn't be?

It was.

The school nurse at my children's school.  I knew someone was sick and that they were calling me to come and get them.  Kyan as a matter of fact.  He was puking, can you come?

Panic, tears, saddness.  But not by my son, by me!  

This was supposed to be my day and night away?  How was I going to make this work?

I did the only thing there was to do.  

I called my husband and crossed my fingers that he could/would leave work to go get our puking boy.

And do you know what?  He did.

Chad gets the best husband/daddy award ever!  He knew how much I had been anticipating this weekend and he made it work so that I could stay.  I owe him, BIG!

It was at that point that I could finally relax {but still not eat} and really enjoy my time!

We shopped and we helped out the rest of the afternoon {including covering as much of the furniture outside as we possibly could in plastic as the dust storm rolled in}!  Then we headed back to Grandpa and Grandma's for a quite evening at home.  Grandma made a spaghetti and meatball dinner {that smelled delicious, but that I still couldn't eat, only the salad and some strawberries were okay for me} and then we watched a little TV before we all went to bed at 8pm!  It was glorious!  I read for just a few minutes, but the stress of the day and the not feeling well, put me right to bed!

My mama flew in to spend some time with us too {and to see what all of the fuss was about}.  My Aunt Heidi picked her up at the airport {lifesaver} and they met up this morning!  They were line cutters and managed to sneak into the "special" room with us first!  They took off after they browsed for about an hour, while Donna and I got back to work until about 10:30, when we decided to call it quits.  We settled up and headed home with a truck full of goodies!

I didn't need anything major this year and was on the hunt for two particular things:

1.  White Dishes for our Supper Club Parties

2.  Scrabble Pieces {after seeing my Aunt's collection, I wanted my own}

Check.  And check.

I was able to score the White Dishes with place settings for 8 {perfect for our dinners} for $7!   There were actually about 16 large white dishes in the box, so double score!  And I found four scrabble games, including boards and pieces for $1 a piece!  

Have you seen all of the cool projects you can do with them?  I have a few saved onto my pinterest board already!  Are you on pinterest?  I am, right here:  

If you are not on it and need an invite, let me know, I'll send you one!   Just leave me your email!

Other things I found this weekend and took home with me included:

zippers {@ 2/$0.25 how does one not grab six, or seven, or eight?}

3 baggies full of buttons

assorted thread x3 in plastic containers, $1 each {the containers were worth so much more!}

fabric

needles

2 small red decorative Christmas trees

bells

2 Nativity Sets {for my friend, Angela}

2 pine cone wreaths

box full of vintage holiday to:/from: stickers to put on presents

giant chalkboard {as big as the bed of my truck} for $5.  I had big dreams for that one, but sadly it got warped in the rain.  I am thinking of still using it for photo shoots?!

candy jar

picture frames {I don't think I can go to any junk sale without buying a few!}

condiments serving dish thingy

Phew!  I am sure there are things that I left off, but that is it in a nutshell!

While it wasn't the weekend that I had planned, I didn't do too bad!

Thanks to Grandpa and Grandma Shipe for being so good to me, always.

To Donna, for being the best mother-in-law a girl could ask for.

To the hubs for taking care of the kids, especially one who happened to be sick, so that I could have a night off.

To my mama, for flying down to spend time with me this weekend.  Sometimes mamas just know when they are needed and when a ticket went on sale, my wonderful dad bought it for her first chance he got, so yes, thanks to him too.

To Aunt Heidi, for being the coolest, I love getting ideas from you!