We both woke up around 8:00am and actually got an early start! We were out of the house and on our way to breakfast before 10:00am. We went to our new favorite place – Café 976 on Felspar in Pacific Beach. I had my usual – Spicy Eggplant Burrito and Eric had waffles.
Then, we went to Kobey’s Flea Market. We both got some great stuff – Eric got new headphones for his discplayer – his old ones were on their “last legs.” I got new flip-flops, which I only wear when I get a pedicure. My old ones were about 5 years old, and only lasted that long because I only wore them for a few hours a maybe once a month. They were finally on THEIR last leg, too, so I got new ones that are black but are about 2 inches thick, so they’re platform flip-flops. They were only $5!
I also got 7 vintage hankies (like I need more) for $5. They were really cute and pretty and in great condition. Then, I came to a fabulous vintage jewelry booth and bought a triple-strand aurora borealis crystal cuff bracelet for $15 and two fabulous rhinestone pins for $10 each! One is star-shaped and is all clear rhinestones (my favorite). The other is a very unusual shape and has clear and bright blue rhinestones. Gorgeous! Her stuff was really nice and really cheap. She had a leopard coat I LOVED and it was only $25. I told her if I didn’t already have one, and if I wasn’t living in San Diego, I would have bought it in a second. It had thick black cuffs and a beautiful black shawl collar.
I also bought three pieces of bamboo, because it’s supposed to be lucky and I figure I could use some luck right about now! I have to find just the right planter in which to put them.
We walked around the flea market for almost three hours. That’s the longest we every stayed there! I think we went up and down every single aisle at least once!
We passed a booth selling dwarf bunnies and I had to stop. I got to hold a little black bunny. It was about the size of a guinea pig. The guy said they would get about twice that size. They were SO cute. Eric wanted to buy me one. He was sure it wouldn’t affect my allergies, because it was so small. I wasn’t so sure! For some reason, besides dwarf bunnies, the guy also had a tank with scorpions in it. They were about 4 inches long. I was looking at the scorpions (I had never seen one in person before) and there was this guy behind me, and he said, “why don’t you hold the scorpion?”
I looked the the vendor and said, “Do they bite?” He said, “No, but they sting!” I said, “Really?”, because I wouldn’t hold it if it was going to stink me, but then he said that they really didn’t sting, so I told him I wanted to hold it. He put it in my palm and it just sat there. The guy looks at Eric and he says, “She must be Italian!” – whatever that means. I guess he thinks Italian girls have guts.
I said, “No I’m Jewish! Didn’t you know Jewish girls were fearless? And the older we get, the more fearless we get!” His eyes were open wide, and he looked at his girlfriend like, “Why don’t YOU hold the scorpion!” Eric couldn’t believe I did it either. I’m really not afraid of stuff like that. If it was crawling really fast, it would have creeped me out, but it was just sitting there, so it was like holding a plastic scorpion, and I figured if it would sting me the guy wouldn’t have let me hold it! Anyway, it was an adventure!
After we left, we went straight to COSTCO, filled up with gas (only $4.17 per gallon!) and spent another hour walking up and down aisles. We bought “fake crab” (which we love to put in our salads and wraps), FUZE drinks and a case of bottled water. I had $2 off coupons for two bottles of Listerine, a five pack of Colgate toothpaste (buy four, get one free!), a giant pack of CHARMIN toilet paper, and a four-box package of ZIPLOCK sandwich bags (enough to last a lifetime!). We also bought a bag of avocados and two big cantelopes.
When we got home, Eric carried most everything up to the apartment. I unpacked all our purchases and put them away. We were going to go to KEIL’S next, but I told Eric I really didn’t think we needed to. The only thing I could think of that we didn’t have was wraps, and he said he’d stop by tomorrow. We still had cherries, and everything to make salads, so I knew we’d have enough for dinner.
After putting everything away, we decided to take a nap, but neither of us slept very well. It was just 4:30pm and Little Drummer Boy was playing outside with his little friend and they were very noisy. It was too hot to close the windows, but at least we relaxed and rested.
When we got up, Eric came out to the living room and watched STAR TREK (which we both enjoy) and I read my book a little and then worked on the computer for a while.
I had my leftover PIZZERIA UNO pizza for dinner and Eric had a NUTRISYSTEM entrée of ravioli. Then, we watched a CHRIS ROCK movie I had recorded – DOWN TO EARTH – a remake of HEAVEN CAN WAIT made in 2001. I LOVE Heaven Can Wait – it’s one of my Can’t Not Watch movies. This is an almost exact remake – except instead of a football player, he’s a comedian. REGINA KING plays his love interest. CHAZZ PALMINTERI is in the James Mason part.
After that, I watched DESIGN STAR. It’s down to the final two and their final challenge was fixing a home for two families in New Orleans who have been out of their homes for three years, since Hurricane Katrina. Now, it’s up to the audience to vote for the winner. Both contestants did a great job, but I really like the girl better than the guy, so she’s got my vote!
Eric went to sleep a little after 10:00pm, and I’m off to bed as soon as I’m done blogging! It’s good to have Eric home. We have a lot to work through, but I’m confident we can get through anything together.