"WELL!!!!!!!!! YOU'RE FINALLY OPEN!!!!!!!!!!" she said as she strode into my shop like my best friend and worst enemy.

"Finally?" I asked.

"FINALLY!! I come by ALL THE TIME! You're NEVER here!"

(grumble*......"I'll give her some rope...") "So what day was it you missed me?"

"Let me think..." (okay, she's now confirmed she came by ONCE)..."It was Tuesday!"

"I was here Tuesday. Try again."

She tried. I let her run with as much rope as she wanted, and then I told her I'd only had two days off in the last six weeks...and THEY were 1) a huge Nor'eastern storm that closed everyone in the region, and 2) Thanksgiving day. So which of those two days did she go antiquing?

"Oh," she said, "Well, uh... THAT'S when I missed you then!"

I had to laugh. "You're here NOW! Look around & enjoy", I said.

She's overly friendly, in that gregarious in-your-face style. She's asked me two questions so far:

1) "Where do you get all your things...do people sell them to you?", and,
2) "Do you CONSIGN things?"

I KNOW where she's probably headed. So do you.

She has things to sell.

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"THIS is an INTERESTING buffet..." commented a lady.

"Oh? Why do you think so?" I asked.

"It's higher than I've ever seen, and has this open space between the levels..."

(Do you see THIS one coming?)

I paused. Is she thinking what I'm thinking she is? Is she not noticing the woods, styles, and hardware that don't match?

"..........No...that is one buffet stacked on top of another buffet. They're not attached... they're unrelated."

"Oh."

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Yeh, it's a slightly quirky day. Nothing obnoxious, just quirky. People who seem just a little over the center line.... weaving just a little out of the normal lane.

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* DON'T walk into someone's little business - Mom and Pop type - run by the owner - and tell them they're never there. It DOESN'T go over well. No small business owner puts in less than 60-80 hours a week...