101 - #44 - Go to a flea market.

Saturday technogreek and I decided to make a day of flea markets and yard sales.  We started out in Bellevue at the Vasa Park Market.  It was pretty much a grange hall full of tables with mostly retirees.  Some had super fancy antiques, some were practically begging us to take their junk away.  FleaI got a little thermos (I've been looking for one for ages...and the Starbucks logo on the top will be easy to color in with a sharpie) for a quarter.  A black beret for a quarter.  An ulu and chopping bowl for $1.50.  A little pan for melting butter for popcorn for $1 (my old one broke).  And a bicycle pump for $3.

Next, it was off to Greenwood, and a flea market at the Phinney Ridge Community Center.   Here I got a new black fake fur coat to replace the one I got relined and never fit right again for $3 (has a small seam repair needed, but I can do it).  Also got some incense (quarter) and a Bjork cd ($2) I'm pretty sure I don't already own.

Then we started walking through the neighborhood.  They advertise that there are over 200 yard sales, and I believe it.  We personally probably hit a good 40 of them, getting some good exercise and lots of quality hand holding time.  Plus, I picked up a like new waffle maker (something I've been thinking of getting for ages...$3), a fairly rare Mercer Mayer book ($1...minimum $27 on amazon.com), a fondue cookbook with great illustrations ($1, cause all I had was a 10 and a 1 and the kid minding the yard sale was too lazy to make change), hiking pants in a bag ($2), a karaoke cd (free), pajama pants ($1), and just for arasay Kenny Rogers the Gambler on vinyl (together with John Denver and the Muppets x-mas album - $1).

But the best score of the day was the painting we found:

It was a real struggle to get it in the car, and I'm going to have to rearrange much of my living room to make a place for it, but for $1...totally worth it!

And, as a nice bonus, this morning as I unpacked everything, I found a great postcard from a free box, someone super sweet had dropped in the bag to surprise me :)

101 - #4 - Eat a burger at the Red Mill

It was only natural, after walking for miles around Phinney Ridge going to yard sales to hit the Red Mill for lunch.  It had been pretty hyped up in my mind, but luckily it did not disappoint.  technogreek got some sort of double cheese burger and a peanut butter and banana shake (his favorite), and I got a caramelized onion burger with some bacon thrown on, plus a peach shake.  We shared an order of onion rings, which he doctored up for us by mixing catsup, black pepper and tabasco...tasty!  For the price, this is great food, and I recommend it to any burger lover.

While we were there, I also noticed this sign on the wall for the Aqua Follies...something I had never heard about.  An older coworker of mine confirmed that this was a big deal when she was a kid, and I found an article on it here.  How awesome is that?