Shopping trip

Thursday: was long and cold. I was scheduled to work at the bookstore 9-5, it was pretty dead, I wanted to go home. I had plans to have supper with a friend afterwards, but it was really cold, we hit the high at 5AM of 18, it was -6 with a -14 degree windchill at 5PM, so we cancelled for the day. Got home and found a package waiting for me.

SMS Soft:

 A for effort, but I won't use it. It's a soft hat. I totally stayed in and read a book for the evening.
Friday: I closed at the library, it was pretty slow, probably because it was still cold. The high was 3.
Found an envelope on my way in to work.
Valentine's card:

 It was very sparkly, but I like the emoji heart stickers.
I also purchased a few books:

 I had the Jolly Postman when I was a kid, it was one of my favorite books. It had all these envelopes that you could open and take out the contents.
The top book I picked up for some of the things in it. Like this bookplate:

 And the title page, where the library punched out their library name:

 And the back pages with the check out card and library card pocket:

 I kinda wanna make a junk journal with it, but I'm not sure the pages will hold up, it was published in the 1920's.
Today, I went shopping. The 24th-26th was Downtown Dollar Days and I wanted to go on Friday, but most stores don't open until 10, and I had to be at work at 1, so with making time for lunch, I didn't want to squeeze it in. I headed out at 10, first stop was HyVee Drug. I was disappointed as they didn't have any dollar deals. I did pick up some chocolate for swaps:

 Lava cake kisses ($4), Russell Stover hearts (3 for $2).
Next up, I was going to go to a second hand store, but they have decided to go more clothing less other stuff and I don't really want vintagey clothing. I headed over to our British Foods store, but they were closed. I didn't go in to look at the sign that said why, I was so sad, I had been putting off going to it until today thinking they'd have some great deals.
After that, it was a store called Lindsey Loo's, they're supposed to be part consignment, part artsy, and part store that's rustic. I feel they're going back to their rustic roots lately.
They had a Christmas room with things half off.

 snowshoes ornament ($2) and snowman ornament ($2.25). I had to guesstimate on the prices. I know I spent $4.55, but she didn't give me a receipt. I was listening to my co worker talk to a patron yesterday and she was saying she liked to go snow shoeing. I picked up the snowman for a swap.
I went to a local kid's store next but again was disappointed because even though they said there was a sale corner where things were 70% off, I didn't see it. I also visited a local boutique that has Baggalini bags and local people's jewelry, but didn't find anything.
Next up, was Worldly Goods, a fair trade shop. They had a 50% off section.

 bag ($1), penguin ($5), elephant ($2.50), snowman ($6). I bought the bag for the snowshoes ornament above. The penguin is for me, the elephant might be for me or a friend (I haven't decided yet), the snowman for the swap.
Next, was a local flower and gift store, they just got these cute gnomes in for spring:

 They had their Christmas stuff 60% off, their sale cellar 50% off the lowest price and 20% off everything else in the store.

 hedgehogs ($2.10), pig planter ($4.20), book ($2), lamb ($2), tree ($4.80), flamingo ($5.80), snowflake ($4.20).
I picked up a hedgehog, the planter, and the lamb for me. The other hedgehog was for a friend. Figured I could use the tree, flamingo and snowflake for swaps and the book is for Mother's Day.
Last stop was a pop up store by a local antique company. There were a bunch of people in it. It kinda made me wish we had an antique store again.

 elves ($1 each), bag of misc ($5), jar of misc jewelry ($3), bag of magnets ($5), fish box ($2), glass butterfly ($1), pin ($2), hedgehog ($1).
I thought the elves were just wicked cute. There were a couple things in each of the misc bags, you'll see those below. I should have left the fish box behind, but it was the first thing I picked up, it was cute, so was the glass butterfly, I actually have a collection of these little glass figurines.
Here's what I liked from the bag of misc:

 I actually picked it up for those two glass monkeys, but I think that wooden boot is just neat.
jar of misc jewelry:

 Totally picked it up for the wooden elephant, but how cute is that whale pin and the pinecone pin?
The bag of magnets:

I love magnets, I wanted it for the butterfly and bird ones. I was happily surprised with the two Iowa ones and the Charleston one. This is the second time I've found a Charleston magnet in a random bag of stuff.
I think it was a good shopping trip. It was a little cold, but I dressed for the trip, so I was more warm than cold. I think my favorite finds were the hedgehogs and the magnets. My refrigerator is so covered with magnets right now, I need to start getting rid of some.