Expensive Day

The day started with my finding a list of many garage sales, printing off the addresses and then creating and printing off a map with the places of the garage sales,  then convincing Harvey we should try to find them. We left at 10 am (which makes most of the good stuff picked over already) and headed into the city with the GPS ready. "Gladys the GPS" took us to the first one, which of course meant, everyone else on the street threw a table into their drive way and joined the Sat morning fun. We looked at lots of junk, like at home, and went onto the next one.....I bought a mug...... (not worth the gas).. I programmed in the next place which was in the old town and Gladys  just turned over on her side and passed away. She no longer could find the satellite signal and felt she had served her purpose and was not going to play our game any longer. I hoped when I plugged her into my computer at home she would get jolted back to life but no response. Maybe she just wants to be back in Canada and also figures she should have a holiday as well.  After many stores comparing prices we bought a new GPS that is a lot bigger and today I will get it set up. It is funny how by the time I unfold a map and Harvey pushes it aside, yelling, because he can't see the road we have missed the place we are going, so a GPS has become as vital to our sanity as sleep. How times change, soon paper map companies will die with the mail service.

We then made the purchase of a new laptop computer as the hard drive in mine is nearly kaput as well.That too will be on today's agenda to get the HP notebook set up. Now as long as the old Dell keeps going we will have two computers while here.

As we were in old downtown, we walked the streets, had lunch and then I then found a store to die for.....I asked the owner if I could just move in and live there for two months. It is called "In A Pear Tree" and has all types of funky art things like jewellery, clothes, paintings, purses, shoes, and a zillion other things that you can take classes and make yourself. It is a mixture of crafty things (I figure I want to try to make) and out landish things that yell "ME".  I signed up for one class already, to make a wall hanging, and as the class is held out on the sidewalk in front of the store under the awning, I will feel like I am in Paris, creating my art on a street corner, with passer bys , stopping to look at what I am doing. lol

In the evening, was our Texas Holdum tournament, which my auto correct on my iPhone, told Karen I was going to a Texas Holdup tournament. About 30 residents (ooooh that sounds like the Palliser) mostly men, showed up and a fun evening was held. I outlasted Harvey by about 20 mins but soon I was out of chips as well, and home we went.  I was at a table with 5 men who most seemed to be grumpy and way to serious about the game. They had no sense of humor and no talking. They all seemed to be playing like those they watch on TV and I was amazed they never had sun glasses on to hide their emotions when bluffing. Most were alos,quite hard of hearing, which added to my enjoyment.  Yikes I am too young for this park I think lol

We have nothing planned for today, so maybe I will finally get busy in my craft shed and get some things created for the walls.