and the adventures continue...

Summer has still been going great, although it's been starting to get busier by the day.
Last Wednesday afternoon, I drove up to LA Union Station to pick up Barrett, who was coming in on the train from Redlands and Amy, who was being dropped off there by her sister. Yes, I am aware that it had only been a little less than two weeks since I'd last seen them, but it was great to see them, nonetheless. It really is funny how the people you meet at college become your family away from your family. Wednesday night was spent showing both of them some of Long Beach and going down to 2nd St. for an event put on by the restaurants called Stroll and Savor, during which Grace joined us. After much strolling and savoring, we took a quick trip down to the beach, where Barrett and I again engaged in a wrestling match...not the best of ideas, when so close to ocean water.
Thursday began our thrift-store adventures, starting with Buffalo exchange and eventually ending on Friday afternoon in Beaumont with Redlands thrift.
here is a list of what items i got and their price:
Buffalo Exchange:
-pair of black jeans: $11
-skirt: $6
Savers:
-jean shorts: $5
-small couch: $20 (split 3 ways. I'll explain this one)
Hobo's Vintage (my personal favorite)
-1950's/60's polyester jacket: $6
-1 tie from the 1950's and 1 from the 1960's: $2
-1960's vintage dress (my favorite purchase): $12
Redlands Thrift:
-awesome red fuzzy nightgown (we all got nightgowns haha): $.99
-long-sleeve sweater/shirt: $.99
Shopping at thrift stores may just be one of my new favorite things (well, as much as i can favor shopping...i'm not much of a shopper). So, we had planned to leave Buffalo Exchange/Long Beach around 1pm, which ended up being 3pm. We hadn't had lunch yet as we began our drive out to Beaumont (small town next to Redlands where Barrett lives) and as we were passing Whittier I told them that Whittier was really the last city I semi-knew how to get around until we got out to Redlands, where Barrett could guide us. As I got off the exit to Whittier Blvd. Amy made a comment that she didn't like Whittier, yet the only thing she new about the city was what a group of people from a church there had displayed when they had come to stay at her church. Apparently they came off arrogant to her and right as she expressed this, Barrett jumped on the bandwagon with her perceptions of the city and that became the running joke for the trip. Every sign, car, person or building we passed came with a plethora of comments from Barrett and Amy. Since I was a mere 10 minutes away from Whittier college, I gave Justin a call to see if he wanted to come join us for lunch. He did and I was told to pick him up at the athletic center. Barrett and Amy immediately go "Oh, look at us, we're Whittier and we have an athletic center."
"It's a college campus. Why wouldn't they have an athletic center?"
"Oh, we're such an important city...we have a college."
After a lovely lunch, Barrett and Amy began suffering from the effects of the bigheaded people of Whittier as displayed when I dropped Justin off at his house and the two of them stayed seated in the back seat, making me chauffeur them around to find the thrift store Justin had told us about. Ridiculous.
We eventually made it to Savers, searched the store, found items worthy of buying and Amy and I proceeded to wait for Barrett to be done. We wandered into the home section, browsing for anything to add to our room next year. We stumbled upon this small couch with no arms, but that could comfortably seat three people on it's two cushions. Amy and I looked at each other and expressed that we thought it might be perfect for our dorm room, but only halfheartedly since we have so little space with three people. We decided to sit on it anyway, just to see if it were even worth it. Hands down one of the most comfortable couches I've ever sat on. It's a bit old and a little decrepit looking, but who cares! For that comfort and only $20 it's perfect! We ran to find Barrett and after pushing her down onto it's padding, she was sold as well on it. Quite exciting!
Well, I fear this post is dragging on and thus will save the rest of the retelling of my journey for a later date. I'm going to try and be better about keeping up my blog...I realize I've said that before, but this time I really am...we'll see :)
Over and out.