You know this is a Silk Purse, right? I'm wishing I had picked them up when I took this picture. Anyway, here they are. Click on them once, then twice to get the full effect. Confused? Try it. Click one time and everything gets bigger; click a second time and what you've clicked on gets bigger yet. Amazing? Right! Another Silk Purse. When are we getting to the Sows Ear? Who knows?!! I love that pendant in the center and those necklaces on either side aren't bad either. Plus--you know how I love mysteries. What's that peaking out at the upper right? I guess a compact. And at the middle left? I haven't a clue. A tray? Maybe--but I see what looks like a cup of very hot coffee there. No place for a hot cup of coffee. All right, so I have an imagination. Sows Ear? Well, I don't know as a number of these mugs have a special message on them and if you're into mugs with special messages you're going to want one of them. There's also a couple of mystery gadgets here on the mug bottom shelf--one that looks like one of two things: a very lethal looking fork which could inflict major damage or something incredibly useful when you're trying to spear something big and tough on the stove. You don't cook anything that comes out tough? Lucky you. Another possible Sows Ear? Well, I don't know as some of us just love tea shirts with messages on them and we have got quite a collection. I have one which my husband stripped off of a buddy after a very energetic tennis game which says: "It's Never Too Early For Wine." It was my birthday and he had forgotten. A Sows Ear? No Way! As you'll remember, I was working at the shop one day when twelve great items on this rack walked out within a half hours time. This is our Dollar Rack and as full of great goodies as usual!
The Turnabout Shop is located in El Cerrito, California, at 10052 San Pablo Avenue—our telephone number is 510-525-7844. We are open Wednesday through Saturday from noon to four. The shop has a very interesting background and I plan to devote one of my upcoming blogs to that history. I was born in Minnesota in 1933, moved to Wisconsin with my family in my twenties, collected a Bachelor of Science degree in Childhood Education, left for California for a teaching job and met my husband. We have been married for 47 years and have two sons and two grandsons, age six and a half and almost three. I love thrift stores. Where else could you find a grotesque Paper Mache mask with weird decorations? Weird can be wonderful! This one nearly caused a divorce: "Either that goes or you go!" We have a dog—an Akita mix called Plato—named for the philosopher. He is a very bright dog. I still have family in Wisconsin and the memories of a wonderful brother who I'm grieving. Take some time out of your busy day and come visit me.
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