We paced ourselves and I taught him to compare prices, make mental notes and plan out his purchases. He found a midgetoy ambulance right off the bat and fell in love it. When he asked the best price, he was so thrilled that it was $1. Later he found two Tootsie Toy cars for $3 each. He politely offered $5 for two and the seller said "yes". I purchased an old, heavy 2-hole punch as well as a bag of 4 cookie cutters from her. They were both from her bargain $1 table.
Early in the evening we saw a fantastic carrom board in great vintage shape. It was a steal at $10 and we offered $8. Planning on hanging in the "new" basement-it's big, cool and looks funky.
We also bought what may be my creepiest purchase ever: an old mechanical monkey that blows bubbles. He is part tin, part well-loved fur and 100% scary. For $5, I thought he would be a great match for the other monkey that I purchased for the nursery years ago.
T chose 1/2 pound of caramel creams to share; they were $1.75. A healthy dinner of nachos & funnel cake was washed back with soda. T joked that we probably burned off a little bit from all our walking. I won't tell you how we got the funnel cake for free, but yes, it was free. And no, I did not pick it out if the garbage. That's just most of my furniture....
Here are some photos of our treasures:
