Have I mentioned that I love living here?
There was an all night flea market in our town last night. Woo hoo! I headed out by myself on a whim after the kiddies were in bed to recharge a little and see what I could see.
I saw rows and rows of GORGEOUS crap…toys from my childhood (the Fisher Price Goldilocks and the 3 Bears house, the metal dollhouse I had as a child), table after table of glassware that may or may not actually be of any value, videocassettes and DVD’s, greyhounds (for the record, definitely NOT crap), colorful blocks that spelled out all manner of children’s names, leatherette purses and cell phone holders, wooden bracelets covered with pictures of Jesus, some of the most fanciful salt and pepper shakers you’ve ever seen, teenagers dressed in their wackiest clothes SO excited to be out and be SEEN, etc.
I wandered and looked and squinted and sauntered. The flashing sign said to bring your flashlight, but I did not heed this excellent advice as I had been tethered to the flashlight in my own home for the last two days. Note to self: next year, bring flashlight.
I wasn’t really in the market for any more toys or tchotchkes as I had recently gone whole hog at the local children’s resale, so as I wandered, I thought, self, “Why not get a little henna tattoo from these lovely Indian ladies for $5.” So I did.
This is before I washed off the henna.
This is this morning.
Note: I really don’t have Fred Flintstone feet, it just looks that way in the photo. And, Emily, Why did I just highlight my most unattractive feature on my blog?! I do not know.
And then I thought “Self, why not get a little eyebrow shaping that these lovely ladies are also offering?” So I did.
Before.
After.
For the record, I’m thinking of getting contacts again. ‘Cuz really, aren’t my eyes pretty?
Did I mention I get to eat popcorn?
It was a little slice of heaven.
Your eyes are the SAME color as one of my daughters eyes! She’s got that little bit of brown in the middle too!
and your feet look just like everyone elses feet to me….hahahah. With the addition of the henna tattoo, you have transformed your ‘ordinary’ feet into something…..Indian?
and lastly, thank you so much for your nice comment on my blog. So glad that my serious post was better than the gigantic underpants one.
Purdy, purdy eye brows. I have an appt on Sept 8th for an overhaul…eyes, cover gray and hair cut. I’ve had a gift certificate to nail place in Wal Mart, k-lassy huh? My poor footsies need some attention somethin’ awful. OK, all of that may have been TMI. Anyway. Glad you had a nice time.
Sounds like fun. Was that the one in the XYZ arena parking lot? Love the tattoo and the eyebrows… did they do the eyebrows with thread? I’ve seen that offered and always wondered how it works. And why didn’t you tell us your power was out? You could have come and stayed with us, for Pete’s sake!
You DO have pretty eyes. Beautiful!
I wish I had a flea market like that to go to all my myself without the kids tagging along so I could look until I wanted to stop!
Yes, they did THREAD my eyebrows! It was fascinating (not to mention natural, cheap and clean!!).
Here are some links I was considering adding:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NK-QzPLgUTo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyebrow_threading
The sound of it was one of the coolest aspects, actually.
OK, I laughed out loud at the Fred Flintstone feet. No, they don’t look like Freds feet! Love the tattoo!
And an all night flea market? Sounds like pure heaven…