[Steppes] Yes, it's another garage sale............

[Morgan Cain (Ret.)]

Hi, y'all:

My neighbor and I are at it again, along with several friends having a 
garage sale.  And since I've found some odd remnants of SCA while cleaning 
out the house (had to have foundation work done, such fun), I am going to 
have a shelf or two of just that.  These include:

    T-shirts from Pennsics and other major events
    Small chests and boxes, handy for holding things
        One contains a mirror, good for makeup or shaving
    Copper rivets
    Several gold and burgundy plumes
    Trim - rolls, pieces, different widths
    Fabric!  Cotton, silk, linen, and I dunno.  BIG box of it.  Not all 
SCA-perfect, some is modern.  I will not hold for people because the last 
time someone asked me to hold and never came.  If you want to start sewing 
for Gulf Wars and Warlord, this might help.
    Several straw hats - CHEAP
    A few bits of feast gear - ditto.
    Oddments such as mug strap, a couple pins, a cloak clasp (no cloak), 
woven belts
    A "Scottish Ren" bodice-and-skirt thing that's too big for me.  It had a 
chemise that's gotten recycled into theatre garb and has shown up on stage 
twice last year, but I never wore the outfit because it doesn't fit.  Hate 
hand-me-downs.
    Maybe a green flowered bodice - ditto.  Not to mention, it's green and 
has flowers.
    Sleeping bag.  I have three.  Don't need three.
    Fur blankets.  Great for a cold night.

There might be more things on the shelf before I'm done setting them out. 
We also have furniture, luggage, housewares, an entire table of valentines 
and gifts and decor for the holiday, a computer, children's clothing, some 
adult clothing, and I don't remember what else.  Lots of embroidery floss 
(mostly cotton, some rayon and wool) and similar stuff in quart bags for 
about $3 each, terrific savings over retail.  Sewing patterns.  VCR tapes, 
music tapes and CDs, some from the SCA timeperiod.  Crafts stuff like 
beeswax sheets for candles, embroidery fabric.  Some already-rolled beeswax 
candles.  A dragon incense burner - really cute, but I am apparently 
allergic to most incense, at least the kind in cones that fits this thing. 
The smoke comes out of its mouth.

I might have some knives, but am trying to figure out how to sell those 
safely.  One has no sheath to speak of and is very sharp and no use to me 
mundanely; it was in a drawer because of the lack of sheath.  Most of my 
other knives have mundane use and I'm keeping them.  I may just put up signs 
and you can ask to see them.

For the fiber-minded, yes, I have YARN and spinning fleece in the sale. 
Lots of both.  I think it was breeding when I didn't look.  Of course, my 
knitting and crocheting groups already know about this and they are planning 
to be here for the sale.

The sale is not this weekend, but NEXT Saturday, February 4th, so you have 
time to plan to get here.  Address is 4009-4013 Christopher Way in Plano, 
just off Coit (which is under construction and a pain to get to the turnoff 
heading north), and just south of Hedgcoxe on the west side.  Starts at 
8:00am.  We will have a very cute little girl selling lemonade and snacks in 
case you get thirsty or hungry while you're shopping.

I now return you to your regularly scheduled list, and thank you for your 
tolerance of all my recent messages.

                                                ---= f/k/a "Little Morgan"


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