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Today was our community yard sale, so of course I had to bop around & see what everyone had. I should have cleaned the house & had one of my own, but I'm either too busy or too lazy. Maybe next year.

Although it was a little warm & I'm not a fan of being out in the sun for too long, I put on my big, floppy hat & walked around & around. It was fun. Didn't find a whole lot, but then, I don't really need anything. :-p

I did find a couple of new monkeys to add to the collection, though. (Gads, I'm not supposed to have a collection. I didn't set out to have a collection. I don't need another collection!)

The first (on the left, though it's not a very clear picture) is a little wall sconce/votive holder. Kind of peculiar-looking, but cute, too, & he was only a dime. :-) I already hung him on my office wall. Whether or not I'll actually burn candles in him is a different story. What if he falls down? What if a cat knocks him over? What if I light a candle, then walk away & the whole house burns down? So we'll see. I may give him a test run & see how it works out.

The second is one of those stuffed monkeys with velcro on his hands so it can hang around your neck. I've got about six of these now...& don't need a single one of them. But they're cute & I like them, so I'm keeping them. So there! I actually hung this one on the front of my exercise bike...mostly just to get him out of the way for a while, but it turns out he looks really cute there, so I may leave him. We'll see how that works out after the next time I use my bike. Don't know if he'll flap around & drive me nuts or keep me from sticking a bottle of water in the holder or what. Again, we'll see. :-)

Oh, & I found a little set of frogs to add to that collection. (Not looking. Not trying to collect. These things just keep falling into my lap & I don't have the will to resist them!)


So that was my day, & now that I'm home, I need to get back to writing. Oh, & finding some clothes that seem to be MIA so I can start lining up my outfits & packing for RWA. :-p

Isn't he the cutest thing?

This is my new monkey...as yet unnamed...& he's actually on the front of a little throw pillow. (Cutest thing ever.) And around his neck is a blue eye pendant, said to deflect the Evil Eye.

I love monkeys & this pillow is so soft! Both were gifts from a close writer friend of mine when we got together a weekend or so ago to do lunch. (Thank you, Joanne! :-D)

Of course, I can never actually use the pillow for anything other than decoration. Because A.) the monkey sticks out & would be rather uncomforable under your head or face, & B.) it's just too darn cute to get all dirty or grungy. Nope, it's just going to be my favorite new decorative pillow, for my bed or maybe the couch.

The necklace, however, I have a feeling I'll be getting quite a bit of use out of. You never know when someone might try to give you the Evil Eye, & I want to be able to deflect any curses that might come winging my way. :-P