Monday and a new week !

Today was a lovely day . Our weather is perfect and everything is coming to life. We had to go to the feed store and we had a strange experience. We had to go to the gas station because DH was running his truck on empty. We made it to the gas station and he put the nozzle into the truck's gas tank and No work?????? So, he walked over to the store and the doors were locked ??? No sign or anything? A couple pulled in beside us and DH told him nobody was there. So, we loaded up and went across the road to a Shell station and all the pumps were tyed up ? The couple were following us and now there was a third truck following us . It felt really strange, but we got lucky at the third gas station and finally all of us got gas. :)

My picture did not turn out as well as I wanted it to, but the sign says Fancy Gap Fabric Outlet and this is a reall neat place to go look at fabrics!  The buidings make me think of an old timey fort as there are two buildings that are long with cement floors. The fabric Used to be across the road and you could just wander through it as it ambled kinda down a down hill grade and they also have pottery and crafty items. Then they moved All of the fabrics across the road to this building and it has a big variety which they attempt to keep very reasonable prices on.

I managed to pick up some non-roll elastic for 29 cents a yard  and I ran across those pins that I will be using next month , for 59cents for a thousand. The little girl made sure I understood that they were there for that price because some of them were tarnished. She did not want me to be disappointed and I thought that was very sweet of her.

One of their rooms is filled with cottons for quilters and there is upholstery fabrics of every kind. There is crafty stuff and bins of buttons and books that are reasonable???? I really do love to visit this shop - not only for the "treasures" -but also because of the people -they are so special and kind and helpful! One of the ladies is a preachers wife and we love her to death. She will take DH aside to a seat to rest his back and she will keep him busy to let me shop to my hearts content!   I wish I was rich because I would leave her Big Tips~  I usually feel guilty -but I love it so much that I just Enjoy it!  Maybe it is that "sisterhood" thing?? :)

This is a picture of the front entrance to the fabrics and lace.Maybe it makes me think of a wild west town because of the logs .They even have logs that have been cut out in the center and then glazed for a flower pot for outdoors.

They have built a little general store this year which is really quaint and filled with goodies and they built this wooden water-wheel! It was a real treat to see it run . DH was very interested in this because he has been talking about building one on our creek. We just don't have the knowledge to pull this off -YET- but that has never stopped us from learning  before.  :) You never know until you try. :)