Wednesday February 10 2016  AT DAY’S END

 

A DELIGHTFUL DAY

By Kathleen Martens

February 10, 2016

 

What a delightful day. 

Filled with play.

Three old hens

Having fun again.

 

Hunting and pecking

While inspecting,

Bargains galore

Looking for more!

 

If I can spy

Then I will buy.

To my chagrin

I found it again.

 

Sweater and jacket

And I packed it

Into my cart

Nice and smart.

 

With a blouse beside

Two vests lined

And a stack of books

On which I’m hooked.

 

And yarn and string

Toys and things

Favors and cups

In which to sup.

 

Candles and vase

Will not go to waste

And decorations hardy

For my party,

 

And little presents

To be pleasant

For my guest

Filled with zest.

 

Then the lunch

We loved a bunch

And more shopping

Until dropping.

 

Now I’m home

No more to roam.

I go to bed

To down my head.

 

The above poem came with my first sentence so I wrote it first.  It tells a short synopsis of my day.  And a delightful day it was.  St. Vinney’s was our first destination where I found all I needed for the party decorations and some of the gifts I plan to give.  I really enjoyed the unencumbered day.  No time limits, no rushing, quite solitude as I shopped, and then giving each other opinions as to whether or not what we modeled for each other looked okay.  That is a time when you realize the power of your words.  Just one look, one “NO” from any of us, and whatever was being modeled was O-U-T!   We trust each other to be truthful.  Nothing worse than a friend who isn’t truthful because she doesn’t want to burst your bubble or hurt your feelings.  I know that I appreciate their candor and their persuasive “YEAH: OR “NAY”!  Their frankness has never steered me wrong.  And they even listen to me!

 

We had a delicious lunch at a little café, in a little town about 20 miles away.  Then we stopped in at a place called the Bargain Nook, which is a resale shop where Land’s End ships things that have been returned to their stores, or excess merchandise that didn’t sell in the retail stores.  The store also takes donated used items, so essentially it is run as a resale shop, and priced accordingly.  There are a lot of new items amongst the racks but with really great pricing.  On your birthday you can buy up $50.00 worth of items for half price.  It was no one’s birthday today so we all paid full price.  If we don’t have a snow storm on my birthday we will go back and buy some things for Dave.  They have unbelievable bargains.  And half price even makes it better!

One more stop at a local Goodwill store and we were finished.  Found a few good buys there as well.  Mostly in the book department.  All children’s books sell for 89 cents each.  Adult books are $1.49.  They do add up however.  But, like I said yesterday, I just enjoy browsing the books.   I just make a list of those I would like to read and then I go to the library and check them out one at a time.  I buy only the ones that I think will take me awhile to get through.  Besides, I like to mark my books up, underlining that which I know I will want to re-read at a later date.  I always have about 10 to 20 books at a time that I am reading through.  All non-fiction.  In addition to that I have at least one fiction book I am reading straight through, rather quickly, as well as one non-fiction title that I spend time reading every day.  Makes for interesting reading.

Well, this blog is over.  I still have some reading to do before bedtime.  You see, reading is not something I MIGHT do, it is something I MUST do every single day.  A day without reading is like a day I haven’t lived.

 

GOOD NIGHT AND GOD BLESS YOU.