Summary: Well, after a few weeks hiatus from the circuit, I managed to convince my ever-compliant husband to hit the driveways with me this weekend, seeing as my regular partner-in-crime, Kirsten, is vacationing in tropical Manitoba.

As you may notice, the photo venue for garage sailing finds has changed - the setups are no longer on the kitchen butcher's block (an $8 garage steal-of-a-deal from last season) ... they will now occur on our new, five-dollar (haggled down from ten) living room coffee table:

I think there are a few notes worth mentioning this week. First, the contents of the Good Morning Vietnam cassette tape, that you wore out during your childhood are, in their entirely, permanently lodged in the recesses of your brain, ready to spit out on command, even after a decade. Second, one can never have too many versions of Trivial Pursuit. This, for example, is our fifth. One can, however, have too many pie pieces.
And thirdly,
one can never have enough soccer/hockey/football pads when one is a skeleton athlete who regularly brushes various body parts against cement walls at speeds upward of 120 km/h, commonly ripping off entire articles of clothing, and, occasionally, chunks of skin.

The tally:

• Coffee table ($5)
• Soccer shin pads ($0.25)
• Good Morning Vietnam CD ($0.25)
• Trivial Pursuit, Millennium Edition ($1)
• Large metal loop clip for ... looping .... things ... ($0.25)

Total: $6.75

Husband Tolerance Alert Level: Low

Since he was there, Husband authorized all purchases this week. If Husband has a problem with the giant metal loop, Husband should have said something before I went to the till ... of course, that is assuming Husband is quick enough to catch me before the transaction is finalized ...