Bizarre Bazaar

to those of you who said i should get to the bazaar early ... i thank you.  you couldn't have been more right.

early saturday, i met up with adrian and cynthia at coolidge corner for a yummy breakfast at the coolidge corner clubhouse and a little preliminary shopping.  we stopped by the brookline booksmith to see what new knitting books they had.  HEY BROOKLINE BOOKSMITH --- GET WITH THE PROGRAM GUYS -- WAY TOO LITTLE BOOK SPACE FOR THE KNITTING BOOKS  -- just sayin'.    one new book, though, did catch my eye.  unfortunately, once you got past the gorgeous photography, what you have is another beginner knitting book with patterns like ribbed mohair throws and any of a number other projects that have been done before over and over again.  anyway.

we took our time and finally got to the bazaar by 12:20.  not 5 minutes later, they let us in.  we were shopped out an hour later and passed the line to get in that went down the block.  we all agreed that had we encountered such a line, we would have definately punted.  my criteria for shopping was this:  if i could potentially make it or had plenty at home (yarn, fiber) i didn't buy it.   yes, the self-control was amazing on my part because i did fall a little bit in love with a skein of pretty yarn.  there's was tons of great stuff though.    t-shirts, bags, bowls made out of old 45s, etc.    the creativity was inspiring.  we even got to meet shannon okey who was there signing her books.

what did i buy?  i bought some lovely lavender soaps in support of the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center. 

and some pretty vintage ornaments (see white blob reflected in the blue ball?  that's me.  the big white blog).

and this cute little porcelain tree that i got from ambrosia porcelain. 

this little russian mushroom house (you can't see the cap in this picture) with santa, mrs. claus, frosty and a tree stuffed inside, was not purchased at the biz baz (that's what the cool kids call it) but it was so cute, that it too had to come home with me (santa is about an inch tall -- look how surprised  mrs. claus is.  she could have sworn he was an inch and a half).

we ended the afternoon with some carbo-loading at bertucci's, where we stopped for rolls and beer (and salad so we could get the free rolls), and some window shopping on boylston and newbury.  it was a lot of fun.  i hope adrian and cynthia thought so to.  yes, i had my camera with me but it never once occurred to me to take a picture.  go and figure.