Venus is ruled by Taurus, which rules stuff, and I am overwhelmed with stuff today.
My upstairs neighbor, someone I've known since 1963 (!), is moving out and emptying her apartment. A lot of the furniture has takers, including me. I get a beautiful skinny console table on castors, designed to pull up over a bed so the occupant can work from between the sheets. I won't be using it that way, but it's perfect for going long side against a wall in a railroad flat. I've been putting what doesn't have a home to go to on Craigslist. This morning we took three big bags of clothes to a thrift shop, came home and went through the pile of kitchenware, books, office equipment, clothes, shoes, handbags, sheets, towels and bed-linens etc. that she's been sorting out.
So far today I have magazine holders, a big Ali Baba-looking wicker basket with a lid that the cat is terrified of, plastic storage boxes, a brand new Ralph Lauren white cotton over-sized sweater, five astonishingly beautiful enamel cooking pots from France, three just as beautiful decorative French molds for making mousse (one shaped like a lobster, two like a fish, which of course I shall be making full use of when I give my smart dinner parties over the winter), twenty sheets of high quality construction paper in a roll and a bottle of Vitabath, and it's not yet half-past two.
Today the whole town went to the Episcopal church bazaar. I found a pair of summer shoes - never worn, in a narrow width for $5. Also cookies and some everyday napkins. Had coffee there.
ReplyDeleteThey were serving brunch to many folks, too. Lots of odds and end - I am always turned on by the china, glassware, etc - but held fast and did not succumb to temptation.
Janis got a lovely Scot kilt-like skirt - never worn, for $5. Fun