Chip Clips and Corn!!

 We all keep hoping Mother Nature will put on her most fabulous dress and heat up the countryside, but alas, it's 39 degrees this morning.  Brrrrrrr!!

Cooper and I stayed in as long as possible.  Guess what we did.  It seems there's a bit of morning hair there.  You should see mine!!

Patsy and I walked over to the Dollar Store for an interesting find, but I'll share that tomorrow.

There was only one plan of action on this date.  Hit up the Big Tent one more time.  I contacted one of the RV groups to find they all bugged out due to the cold.  See ... I'm not the only one trying to stay warm, but at least I'm plugged in!!  

We luckily found a spot to park, offered by a nice gentleman who was leaving.

It was still crowded, even this late in the game.  I got a couple more packages of dip mix while Patsy grabbed more Yak Cheese.  What's that you ask?  Hard as a rock chew bones for Mr. Gibbs.  He loves them.

Next up, a drive through the dreaded Tyson Wash to the market one block away.  It looked like a few people might be spending the night there.  You have to be very careful where you park.  Bill knows all the back roads, took a right and we were parked in minutes.  As usual, he went one way and we went the other.

Next to the kitchen store we found stuff ... lots of stuff ... but amazingly this year we could do without most of it.

Patsy and I wandered back through the rows admiring the pretty colors.  What amazes me most is the outfits people wear.  I wasn't rude ... didn't take any pictures ... but it's crazy what you can see here.  If you've been, you know!

At the kitchen store, Patsy mentioned she needed clips for chip bags.  We didn't find any there, but I did find these.  I tried to convince her they would work just fine, but she wasn't having any of it.

On the way out, I was rather fascinated by this metal palm tree.  It even had coconuts.  I might have bought the life-size buffalo for my front yard, but figured it would just get stolen.

So here's the haul.  Carmel corn, up $2.00 from last year's $8.00 a bag (and I think the bag is smaller).  A Shadepro Visor from 2023 for $1.00, a $5.00 pink stainless steel drinking cup for my Pepsi (and it's a GREAT one), not one, but TWO little black flashlights for $2.00 each and more of that Hickory Bacon dip mix.  I think we ran through another two packs of pretzels, just trying them all again ... sort of a snack before dinner.  I thought I was exceedingly good with my impulse control today.

All that Caramel corn made me rearrange the freezer for the eighth time in order to get at least half the bag stuffed in there.  If you didn't know, it freezes really well and stays fresh as can be until you polish it off.  That meant eating up some of Silly Al's pizza for dinner.  Boy do I love this stuff!

The sunset was less than climactic ... this is looking south.  There was nothing to see looking West.

I settled in with Cooper and a book given to me by Patsy.  Appropriate, yes?  I love it!!

I've got more visiting to do today, but it's time to start packing up the small stuff.  I may even have to hit the Dollar Store ONE MORE TIME!!