Hello!

what a day yesterday was! on friday my mom told me about a auction that was gonna be at the barks auction barn between jackson and cape. a bridal shop from farmington/frederick town went out of business. sunday they had previews and you could try on, so we went and amanda's flower girl came and tried on some dresses. well we found THE one. markie found one too! so i took some hours off yesterday (five to be exact!) and went. OMG! things were going sooooo cheap. it was kinda sad for the owner of the store. she was sitting by me (i found out later.). it was sooooo hard on her. i can't even imagine. but if i didn't get the good, no great, deal, someone else was gonna. so tot the flower girl dress for 45 bucks! the price tag on it was 140.00 yeah. i got markie the dress she wanted for 40, and the tag was 219.00. then there was another dress i thought she might like and i got it for 45.00. the tag on it was 349! wow! i got a tiara for sydney (the flower girl) and a jewel hair clip for markie. i also got a pen for the guess book for 3 bucks and a couple of other things. then i went to work for a hour and a half. THEN me and amanda went back to the auction! some of the wedding dresses were going for 10-15 bucks. OMG! and they were beautiful. it was so sad. most of the dealers had left by that time. we then got a veil for amanda for FIVE bucks. OMG! and some guest books for 2 bucks. a huge bag of toule for 7 bucks. OMG! it was awesome. i felt so sad for the owner. i wished her luck.

THEN i got home and was taking the auction tag off the dress and there it was. a huge big blue mark down the front of markies yellow dress. NO! it was a good deal! NO! you see when they sold the dress, they wrote the buyers number on the ticket with a sharpie. during the auction i kept thinking 'i hope they don't mark on any of the dresses'. and it happen to MINE, well not mine, but markies. dang it. so i called mrs barks and she said to bring it back. but i asked her if i could try and get it out first. she suggested oxyclean. so i tried it. nope nada. i knew hairspray would take marker off of things, but i wasn't sure about this taffita (sp) material stuff. BUT IT DID! it looks perfect. it feels a little stiff from all the hair spray, but it's all good. a little scrubbing and sticky fingers, but it's all good! it was a good bargin day.

now i just have to find me a dress. i think i will wear jeans and a t-shirt.