We went to the open-air market today to sell our records. The good news is, we sold over $200 worth of records in the matter of a couple hours. The bad news is, it started storming around 11:30 or noon and ruined the rest of the day's business. We had to work really hard to make sure the records didn't get wet and then pack up the truck while it was still raining.....and by "we", I mean DH and a pal we brought with us to help with the heavy lifting. I really didn't do much all day, which doesn't make any sense because I'm soooooooooo exhausted! The money we spent renting the booth, buying tables, renting the tent, fueling the truck and feeding our bellies, made our total profits like $80 or something pathetic like that. I'm pretty sure that it will be a long time before we do an outdoor market like that again. Poor DH and pal! They had so much heavy lifting to do today....and it was definitely a struggle since it was pouring rain and they were trying to figure out ways to get the tables into the truck first (the only way they would fit - it was like Tetris in there!), while keeping the huge heavy bins of records off of the wet ground. It was not pretty. But I'm really thankful that we atleast made a little more money than what we had invested into the thing....if only it hadn't rained, I think we could've made $200-$300 more. Here are some photos of us and our booth while we were still happy, dry, and making cash:





This is the fun cactus man that had the booth next to ours. DH took this picture because when he originally glanced at the sign, the hanging hub-cap dealy was covering the "s", so it looked like it said "Pot Wanted". Hee hee :)





DH bought a cactus from the cactus man because we used to have one just like it a long time ago but I killed it (long story)......and haven't been able to find one since. We loved that plant, and it even had a name: Paul. Imagine our delight to finally find a replacement for Paul, after years of fruitless searches (hey, that's part of a line in my fave Peter Gabriel song). Here is DH writing down the species name of the cactus so if another cactus masacre happens, we'll know what kind to look for.



I made decorative record bowls out of crummy records by melting them in the oven. Groovy.

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