That's right, I'm sporty

I'm not sporty, but being married to a natural athlete has helped me develop an interest in being more sporty.  In fact, since moving back to Oklahoma I am missing the hiking, hills, and mountains of north Georgia and the outdoorsy activities that used to be right outside our front door.  I've pledged to try rock climbing with S and our long-term goal is to live somewhere that we can be active every day of the year outside.

So yes, now that you mention it, I am sporty.  Well, not today.  Today I am in my pajamas.  But maybe tomorrow.  Or after Christmas. 

In the meantime, while I might not be actively sporty, I do want to shop for equipment!  I LOVE equipment!  Kitchen equipment, power tools, craft supplies, sports equipment - I really love to be prepared.  So you can understand why today I was really excited to learn about LeftLane Sports.  Did you know about this site???  It's like Ideeli or Gilt or One Kings Lane or Joss & Main but for sports stuff!  Apparel, gear, shoes....yippee!

This is a great site for 3-day gear - hydration packs and gear - most for 50% off.  I haven't actually purchased anything yet, but I'm excited enough to write about it so hopefully it will live up to my expectations.  Right now I want some of those freaky FiveFingers shoes!  So, you know, if you haven't gotten me anything for Christmas yet...they're half off...

MP3 savings at Amazon!

Amazon has a bunch of downloadable albums on super sale here

And you can enter the code GET3MP3S to get $3.00 in credit toward an MP3 purchase!

So I got the James Taylor Christmas album for $2.  Not bad, huh?

Real Simple for $10!

Couldn't resist.  Had to share. 

Amazon.com has a one-year subscription to Real Simple on sale for $10.00!  Deal lasts until November 6th!

Estate sales!

I am learning to love estate sales.  One of the morbid perks of living in a community that was once mostly for senior citizens is that we have an unusually large number of estate sales each weekend near our house.  I think that I prefer estate sales over garage sales, despite the somewhat depressing circumstances.  Here are the reasons why:

• "Estate sale" sounds infinitely more sophisticated than "garage sale."
• But the prices are just as good.
• Some of these people took great care of their awesome stuff, dating back to God knows when.
• Lots of time the people running the sale like to tell you the story behind the things and usually they are good stories.

My estate sale finds this week?

This 25-cent bowl.  

That is the bottom of the inside of the bowl.

These $3 gloves.  

They have awesome scalloped edges and gorgeous little buttons.  

I have know idea when or where I will wear them,
but rest assured, I will wear them!

This $3 purse.  

A guy who was obviously much cooler than I am
(he was scouting estate sales for hats) told me that 

"vinyl is going to be VERY in this year, you have to get this!"

So I did.  

It doesn't even have a pocket for a cell phone.  That is old, friends! 

Oh, and that's the chair fabric that I do not yet love, but I am working on it.  Today I put a red pillow in one of the chairs to make sure it would look good with Christmas.  It wasn't bad, so it is slowly convincing me to keep it around.  Plus, I am really over shopping for fabric for this project.