Flea Market Philanthropy

This weekend was a blast. Friday night Matthew and I ran a few errands like going to the bank and grocery store. We made it home and Michael and Jennifer came up and we had a wonderful spaghetti (meat-free for me, of course) that Matthew made for us and wheat rolls that were yummy.
We all four played a movie-memory game where we just sat around and took turns naming movies that began with a certain letter until one person couldn't name one, then we'd go on to the next letter. It was fun. We had originally began doing the game with book titles, but it became a little slow so we switched to movies.
Then Matthew helped us figure out some dinner places and itinerary for our December Disney trip. I can't believe we actually had a good time without even turning the TV on.. LOL.
Saturday I got up early and met my sister at the Flea Market. She was setting up her stuff and I brought a table and just helped out with the set-up and everything. It was so much fun! At the end of about 4 hours we were just giving the stuff away.. anything rather than taking it back home! Our new philosophy is to not take anything you wouldn't want to give away. so, no regrets!
Later on Saturday Matthew and I went shopping and found him some great work boots at Sears, a steal at 35 bucks (compared to the original 90!). We ate at Famous Dave's, which is a BBQ place, but I ordered the smoked salmon, garlic mashed potato, and cole slaw and it was divine! It is my new favorite dish!
Sunday morning I took a carload of my things and was set up at the flea market again before 7 am. Stefanie came and helped out like I did with hers and it was another successful morning of people watching, selling things cheap (.25) and finally having a give-away. The things we couldn't find people to take, we drove down the street to goodwill. I just had so much fun moving boxes of useless goodies from my house!!!
After the flea market, I came home and cleaned up and headed back out. I met Niki and her friend at the Mall and we went to the Bridal Show at the Trade Center. It was really nice. They had about 1/2 as much space as the Home Show we went to a few months ago, but all the things you would need if planning a wedding.
I am so glad now that Matthew and I did not have the traditional wedding. Why I wouldn't tell anyone not to have a big wedding, looking back I just don't have any regrets or feel that I missed out. Those things just aren't important in the long term scheme of things. No one is going to remember the centerpieces, the chair-covers, or even the flowers. I've found out that all of those little details you get to micro-manage just don't mean anything to me. Plus, that's a chunk of money to shell out for a few hours. The only lasting thing will be the pictures.
Well, anyway, the weekend was really great. But I am going home today and crashing!