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Well. The Halloween Mega Store sell off was quite the place to be today! I wandered in and as I was passing the very first display I got stealth hugged! I was not Paying Attention, and a friend got the drop on me.

The guy behind the register looked like I was going to explode into violence, and seemed relieved when instead I hugged her back. It was awesome to see her. She was there with another lady I know and they bought almost $1200 worth of stuff (for under $400). I guess she goes to these sales and gets costumes for her dance studio. It was an amazing amount of stuff she pulled out of the cart.

I got the boater hat (politician) (fifty cents apiece - I got four - two for rehearsals and two for the shows - cheap-ass styrofoam hats, I don't expect them to survive very long - and in case the styrofoam boaters do not survive, I got a straw one for about 3 dollars I can add red white and blue ribbon to it to make it a typical political boater hat), the top hat (magician), some fancy gloves (just for fun), and a captains hat (sailor). Couldn't find any sailor hats. The store will close for the season on Tuesday. Amazing sales.

Then I spent some time doing various fiddly errands today which kept me out until the sun was setting (so early!).

I did not get the chance to rake. Oh well. Maybe next Saturday.