Brightening up a dreary day

It's a dreary day at our place today,

a touch of autumn perhaps.

The temps have dropped a wee bit

and it's forecast to be this way until at least Friday.

So after lunch my GKB said he might go

 up to the Sallies, an op shop, to have a poke around.

This is not my favourite way of passing 

time but I go along anyway. I find I enjoy

 it more each time I go and I think that

 is helped by the fact that they seem to have

 new managers and the store is quite well set out now.

We parked the car and as luck had it 

we had to pass the '$2 and Gifts' shop.

So in we went to have a look.

We have been looking for a cat ornament of some

 sort to put where we have buried our Claude.

This was grandson's (his true owner) request. 

And we found one in here. And it's ginger 

as Claude was, but with more white, Claude was

 totally ginger, but it will do the job well.

Grandson can paint over the white if he wants to.

And of course the danger with these shops 

is that you find all sorts of things you can't

 go home without. Especially if they are 

Christmas decorations on sale. I can't resist them.

But the little haul I came away with cost under $10.00

excluding the cat. A bargain in anyone's language.

Two angels, two snowmen and a porcelain Santa.

I can already see them on my mantle piece next Christmas :)

We did eventually get to the op shop! 

My GKB and I like to poke around in different areas. 

I head for the china and browse the books

 and he heads for the gadgets and cd's etc.

He found himself five DVD's and we have tried

 them all and they are in good working condition.

I think we'll be watching 'High Society' on Sunday

with my little mother if the weather hasn't picked up.

If the sun is shining we'll sit outside and chat.

And this lovely trio is what I found. 

It's a Royal Albert, Old Country Roses. 

I think it is beautiful and my GKB shouted it for me!

I think I'll keep him :)

joining Martha over at:

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and Stephanie at:

roses of inspiration

And that's it for today.
Keep warm if you're in the snow, 
keep cool if you're in the sun
and I'll see you back here next time.
Diana