This weekend Chris (my boyfriend) and I went to an antique fair in Auburn. We had a lot of fun looking at vintage items - Chris even found a prescription for cocaine and heroin dating back to the post-WWI era! Since he is studying to be a high school history teacher, I encouraged him to consider getting this to show his future students, but he said it was too controversial...he was probably right.I found a lovely basket of hand-dyed wool, unfortunately it wasn't spun into thread so I couldn't use it for one of my crochet projects. It did make a for a pretty picture though.
I love vintage china (but know little about it) and had to practice a great deal of restraint at the fair. There were so many lovely patterns to chose from, but since I don't have room in my tiny apartment for hardly anything else, I had to find a pattern sufficiently manly enough that Chris would keep it for me in his house. He was the one that spotted it - a set of 8 teacups and saucers from the Johnson Brothers Heritage Hall collection. I ended up paying $50.00 for it. Today I looked up the pattern on ebay, it's not that vintage or rare after all - I found several pieces selling for about the same price I paid, so I didn't get a bargain, but I did get an interesting set of teacups. (This morning I talked to Mom on the way home - she reminded my that I will be getting a set of Grandma's china, so I will have to restrain myself in the future.)
This was a good weekend for me, I had fun (but not too much fun) and was able to stay in the moment. Maybe I'm finally stabilizing again...it's about time!
