Closing Out March, 2019

There was one week left in March and it was a busy one. It started on Tuesday. Monica had her annual doctor's appointment scheduled at 7pm and then a last minute event popped up. Rather than reschedule her appointment (which we all know wouldn't be any sooner than two months from now), Monica kept her commitment and sent Rob on his way to an event he would not want to miss. 

Ed Kranepool of the 1969 New York Mets was at a local bookstore to discuss a book written about those 1969 Mets by sports journalist, Wayne Coffey (pictured on the left). 

Not only was Wayne Coffey signing the book but so was Ed Kranepool

They Said It Couldn't Be Done by Wayne Coffey 

Our copy is signed by Ed Kranepool and the author, Wayne Coffey! 

On Thursday, Monica had her dentist appointment at 5pm and, directly afterwards, we went to our favorite hamburger place, All American Hamburger Drive In. It has been around since 1963 and we always make a point of going here a few times a year. They have the best burgers, fries and shakes (and their knishes are great, too)!

When Saturday arrived, we had three sales targeted.Only one appeared to be run by a tag sale company and one just appeared to be a garage sale. As the weeks go on, we can expect more and more garage sales to become a part of our lives. The first sale on our list was the garage sale as it was the closest to our house. No additional encouragement was needed.

The garage sale was pretty crowded. We were drawn to the fact that it was only ten minutes from our house and that "collectibles" were in the description of the sale although there were no pictures to support it.

This Star Trek Pez dispenser set was available. It isn't very old but it is cool. Still, we did not buy it.

This is the item that caught our eye. A 1950's RCA Victor Phonograph in what appeared to be excellent shape. The owner could not verify that it worked and that was a key bargaining point in getting this at an extremely low price. Monica's dad is a retired electronics repairman so we know we could get some help on getting this working if we needed some help. This came home with us as did one Christmas elf and one DVD.

Our second stop was listed as an estate/garage sale and, as you would expect, there were items both inside and outside the house. There were a few pictures to support the ad but none that would have drawn us to this place without the description which listed collectibles, old toys and holiday decorations among the items for sale. Monica thought she spotted some old Tupperware and Pyrex in the background of some of the pictures but we found neither of those. We actually did not find that much but we did not leave empty-handed. Two baseball books, a St. Patrick's Day ceramic decoration a pair of Pez dispensers came home with us.

Our third and final sale was run by a tag sale company that we like. It was listed as a "loaded estate sale" and we saw loads of holiday items in the pictures but they looked new. It was worth a visit.

Downstairs, we encountered the old mounted pencil sharpener. That's usually a good sign! 

A tiki painting. We considered this but not strongly enough to ask what they wanted for it.

The house had an old oven which was really cool. The stovetop cannot be seen because of the angle of this picture and because they had things on top of the stove.

We spent Sunday catching up on a lot of stuff and it was very productive. Of course, we also took a few moments to look at what we brought home on Saturday. This is what we saw:

Some records

A giant cookbook

Some more cookbooks

A few more cookbooks

A binder of cookbooks from Good Housekeeping

That binder has twenty books inside

There is even a feature on lamb cakes in one of the books and we all know the importance of lamb cakes as we move close to the Easter season!

Some baseball books

A DVD set of 100 vintage cartoons

Two Halloween Pez dispensers and a ceramic St. Patrick's Day decoration (marked Japan)

By the way, those Pez dispensers come with fun games to keep you entertained for hours on end! 

A Christmas elf (marked Japan)

Our new RCA Victor 1950's phonograph in its new home

We plugged it in and started playing records on it and it sounds great!

March was a fun month for us and we can't wait for April. Warmer weather and more adventures await us together, hand in hand always.