Dear Opp Shop Gods
They say that if you send it out to the Universe it will come to you.
On Sunday at Ben's 2nd birthday Jen made a passing comment about needing a Sunbeam Mixmaster and asked me to keep my peepers open. On Tuesday on the way to pick up gloves I dropped into my favourite opp shop and behold there was a classic Mixmaster with two bowls and a juicer. Just the same as both my and Jen's Mums had. They had a particular smell these Mixmaster, of hot meringue, a Proustian childhood smell.
OSGs you made it very hard for me. I had a little Devil on one shoulder saying 'keep it for yourself' and a little Angel on the other telling me to call Jen and tell her I had found what she had asked for. I'm sure the man serving me was a little worried as expressions of greed and altruism fought across my face. Well the Angel won and Jen is coming to pick up her 'new' mixer tomorrow, so I was just wondering Opp Shopping Gods whether you can view this as a tick on my side of the Opp Shopping scoreboard and if you could possibly see a way of, perhaps, you know, maybe sending something special my way sometime in the near future. Just a thought.
All the best and keep up the good work
Pen
My childhood too. I wish I had one of those, my modern mixer is a pile of crappe.
ReplyDeleteGood luck Pen, you angel! You'll probably find another mixer, you've been so good.
ReplyDeletemay you chance across something mysterious, and unique, wrapped in a welsh blanket.
ReplyDeleteI'll be looking out for you, because, you know, I pretty much live in op-shop land.
ReplyDeleteI think the key here is knowing what you want to look out for. Jen asked for a specific thing and got it. Now. I want a .....?
ReplyDeleteI love this.
ReplyDeleteI got my Kenwood in hard rubbish in South Melbourne. That day I found TWO on the side of the road. Completely matching. It can happen. I thought I was in some kind of delicious baking DREAM. I couldn't carry them both, my companion refused to carry the other one (jerk) so I just took the one and it is still with me today.
Kenny. I hope you find a Sunny sometime soon!!!