TGIF!!

@kareng (73563)
United States
September 29, 2023 9:33pm CST
Happy Friday ya'll!! I had a lot to do today but it wasn't a stressful day. Friday's are my usual Flea Market run where I straighten up my booth and add new products. This afternoon when I got there it looked like a tornado had hit my booth. Clothes on the floor. I had a bath and body gift set opened up and there was an LED light set that had the box open. Someone had also left a big kid's motorized car in my booth. Needless to say, I was not a happy camper. I was so bent out of shape, that I didn't even poke around and shop any after I cleaned up and added new stock. I headed to St. Andrew's Thrift Store instead. I didn't have much time before the 5 pm closing. I had wanted to go to the antique store and put a few things out there for the weekend, but knew that IF I made it in time, it would be right at closing and I didn't want to do that. I will try to make it there early in the morning before the shop and street gets so busy. I found a few things at the thrift store that I will put in either the antique store or the flea market booth. All in all, it was a fun little shopping trip!
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George B Vieto
@Deepizzaguy (109447)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
30 Sep 23
I am happy for you that the trip to the thrift store was good in buying items thar you liked.
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Kareng
@kareng (73563)
• United States
1 Oct 23
@Deepizzaguy Hope the rest of your weekend is good, George!
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Kareng
@kareng (73563)
• United States
1 Oct 23
Yes, it was nice to have a good shopping trip after all the work!
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George B Vieto
@Deepizzaguy (109447)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
1 Oct 23
@kareng I am in agreement with you.
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Kayla Tsukino
@kaylachan (77488)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
30 Sep 23
To bad about what happened to your store there. But, at least no one was hurt. Hopefully. Being annoyed is nothing.
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Kareng
@kareng (73563)
• United States
1 Oct 23
I got over it! Shopping always helps.
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Kareng
@kareng (73563)
• United States
1 Oct 23
@kaylachan Exactly!! Win!!!
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Kayla Tsukino
@kaylachan (77488)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
1 Oct 23
@kareng That's great, shopping to the rescue!
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Amber
@AmbiePam (97951)
• United States
30 Sep 23
That would have really annoyed me too.
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Kareng
@kareng (73563)
• United States
1 Oct 23
It is ironic because I used to always go shopping when I got mad.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (473958)
• Switzerland
30 Sep 23
I am reading this now and Saturday is already over. Do you know who did that big mess in your booth?
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Kareng
@kareng (73563)
• United States
1 Oct 23
Nope and no way to really find out. We do have cameras but it would take forever to go through all the footage for a week. I am just hoping that this is not how it is going to be all the way until Christmas.
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Kareng
@kareng (73563)
• United States
2 Oct 23
@LadyDuck That would be wonderful, but I do expect it again. Hopefully my paycheck will make it all better.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (473958)
• Switzerland
1 Oct 23
@kareng - I hope that it will never happen again.
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Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99397)
• Atlanta, Georgia
30 Sep 23
Sorry your booth was such a mess. Glad you made some good finds at the thrift store.
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Kareng
@kareng (73563)
• United States
1 Oct 23
It goes with the territory! I'm just glad it doesn't happen every single week!
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Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99397)
• Atlanta, Georgia
1 Oct 23
@kareng You wouldn’t want to deal with it every week.
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Kareng
@kareng (73563)
• United States
1 Oct 23
@RubyHawk You got that right!
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (188220)
• United States
30 Sep 23
I'm so sorry your booth was a mess. Have a great weekend.
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Kareng
@kareng (73563)
• United States
1 Oct 23
I had a nice day today relaxing at home!
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Kareng
@kareng (73563)
• United States
2 Oct 23
@LindaOHio Yes! I was hoping for two in a row, but that didn't happen!
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (188220)
• United States
1 Oct 23
@kareng That's good to hear.
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Heather Echola
@GardenGerty (163399)
• United States
1 Oct 23
It sounds like the shopping trip lightened your frustration from the flea market.
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Kareng
@kareng (73563)
• United States
1 Oct 23
It did and then I had another good stop the following day!
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celticeagle
@celticeagle (174103)
• Boise, Idaho
30 Sep 23
Both sound interesting. Flea markets, antique stores, and thrift stores--Oh my! Such fun.
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Kareng
@kareng (73563)
• United States
1 Oct 23
I am enjoying it!!
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Always smiling
@allknowing (145274)
• India
1 Oct 23
Is there no locking arrangement for your booth?
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Kareng
@kareng (73563)
• United States
1 Oct 23
No stores with vendors or vendor malls are open here and there is one check out for all.
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Judy Story
@jstory07 (143847)
• Roseburg, Oregon
30 Sep 23
I hope you are able to make lots of sales.
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Kareng
@kareng (73563)
• United States
1 Oct 23
I will get my printout from the flea market this coming Friday for sales in September. I'm not officially on the books at the antique store for September so any sales there will carry over to October.
Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (115761)
• Marion, Ohio
30 Sep 23
Sorry you had a mess. But at least you had fun
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Kareng
@kareng (73563)
• United States
1 Oct 23
Yeah and I'll get to shop there next week
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RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (84712)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
30 Sep 23
I used to really love shopping in thrift stores,
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Kareng
@kareng (73563)
• United States
1 Oct 23
It is fun. You never know what you will find!
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (352842)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Sep 23
Good luck with your efforts tomorrow. I hope you sell lots of stuff.
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Kareng
@kareng (73563)
• United States
1 Oct 23
I ended up staying home today to get some rest!!
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Kareng
@kareng (73563)
• United States
1 Oct 23
@JudyEv Yes!!
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (352842)
• Rockingham, Australia
1 Oct 23
@kareng No doubt that was a very good idea.
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Gill
@Gilljane (2902)
• Sutton, England
30 Sep 23
I am glad you are doing well
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Kareng
@kareng (73563)
• United States
1 Oct 23
Kareng
@kareng (73563)
• United States
1 Oct 23
Thank you!! I have been working hard to make it happen!
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Gill
@Gilljane (2902)
• Sutton, England
1 Oct 23
@kareng You're welcome
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DW Davis
@DWDavis (25809)
• United States
30 Sep 23
I hope the ransacking of your booth at the flea market is a one-off and not something that happens regularly.
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Kareng
@kareng (73563)
• United States
1 Oct 23
As long as I go every week and tidy up, I usually don't have a mess like I had this week. That is why I make a point to go weekly.
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