no more Saturdays

Sigh. Fun always has to end. We didn't even make it out today. I am not feeling well, and Nancy wasn't either. Samantha was still up for it, but I put the wrong map in my mailbox for her (sorry, Sam!) and she only found one.
And I have a Saturday class that starts tomorrow for the next 8 weeks, so I won't be able to go anymore. It will be too cold once my class is done. I guess I could use the extra time productively, like cleaning, studying, or getting laundry done. But where is the fun in those activities?
I wonder when it gets warm here.....April? May? When do the yard sales start again? How can we possibly wait for 6 months? I fear my threshold for how much I will pay for things will start inching back up again. It already is. In the height of yard sale season, I was offended to pay more than a quarter for a pair of shoes (it is like reverse snobbery, really. It is ok. You can say I am a reverse snob. I know this about myself and am ok about it). So going to Target was this weird "I am too good for you, Target!" kind of moment. I found myself saying to my kids, "No, I will NOT pay a $3.99 for a book when I can get one (ok, it might be partially eaten. Honest, I bought one that had what appeared to be teeth marks in Dora book. Must take picture......) for 25 cents!" It pained me to buy milk (milk!) for $3.98 when I knew all that I could buy with that money at a yard sale.
But yesterday I went to Goodwill and bought sheets (ok, they were flannel and BRAND-NEW and king-sized) for $6.99 each. $6.99! I haven't spent that much on a linen thing in a long time! And I was thinking to myself, "Huh. Good deal!" Noooooooooo! It is happening! My reverse snobbery (that really does save money) is disappearing!