It looked like this or WORSE the whole way to Tulsa! Phylly was as calm as a cucumber. She said it comes from living in Seattle and Oregon where it rains all the time.
We left home at 9 AM. We drove an hour and 40 minutes to TCM where we met my sister, Janice, who lives in Tulsa. I don't get to see her very often, so it was a treat to meet her there. Here's a pic of Phylly. Janice asked me not to put her picture in my blog.
Here is a picture of the button wall. You can see how many boxes we had to go through. Phylly and I were in Button Heaven!
That is Debbie on the left. The other two are customers that we wanted to go home so we could have ALL the buttons to ourselves! They did leave later, and Phylly and I took their place. It was raining, so some of the ladies had to kick their shoes off at the door, including Phylly.
It quickly became lunch time, so Janice took us to a great restaurant. It was called "First Watch", I think. We all had breakfast, but not just any breakfast. The choices were wonderful. I took a picture of Phylly's scrambled eggs on top of potatoes, onions and cheeses. YUMMO! Mine was kind of like that but had spinach in it.
We left the restaurant and returned to TCM where Phylly and I immediately went back to perusing buttons. Janice went back home because she didn't want any buttons, and she had bought some patterns and fabric earlier.
Since the buttons were between $2 and $20 each, we decided we better quit. Actually, the really big buttons were the $20 variety, and I didn't buy any single buttons. Phylly did though. When it was all over, we had each spent $200 on buttons. Crazy, huh? Next time you see me, you better NOTICE my buttons!
I spread mine all out on the table when I got back home, and I took a picture. I will keep the picture where I can refer to it so I might remember WHAT buttons I bought. I left all my fabric swatches in Janice's car, so I can't match them up with those.
This is what $200 worth of 30% off buttons looks like:
Maybe they will look more exciting closer up:
Well, maybe not. I don't know WHY they are so expensive, but I can tell you this. You won't find ANY of them at Hancock's or JoAnn's. And since I live in a NON-fabric-button-store town, I am DElighted to have all of these in my stash. I hope Phylly will post pictures of her buttons in her blog. HINT, HINT!!!
Gotta go. Hubby isn't feeling good. VERY unusual. Hope it isn't contagious.
Hugs, Joy
Ahh yes...our Oregon rain. Phylly is so right. From Friday to today it has been non-stop rain (though I did find a 1 hr window of just wind and drizzle to go hike Mt. Pisgah) and gray skies. Fall has sure come early. I hate to think we have so much more of this for the next 9 - 10 months!
ReplyDeleteBTW - love your buttons! Great selection!
Kindly,
Glenda
Thanks, Glenda. I am really excited about my buttons. Now to figure out what to make next to put them on. I'm thinking about using the fabric that matches the orange buttons. Maybe a shirt for Fall. I've been making jewelry all afternoon today. 1st project was a total flop, but the second is darling. Post on that later.
DeleteHugs, Joy
Great button collection.
ReplyDeleteWhat a good idea to photograph them - cant forget what you have got in your stash that way :)
Skye