Another year, another Rotary Auction come and gone. I passed on the “running of the bulls” type entrance and opted for the late, casual entrance. There was nothing I needed, which was a good thing. I came home with everything I never knew I always wanted:
3 lacrosse sticks, badminton rackets, banana hanger/fruit basket, Fletcher reading sets vol 7-10, educational computer games, workbooks, intercom system, signed Dwight Howard shoe and…Carlos’ baby crib set to use for the foster babies!

I always love to see what others came back with, so I asked my Facebook friends….here’s a sampling of their finds:

– a great mt bike, and girls filled their bags with Polly pockets, barbie accessories, playmobil, fairy stuff, Jessie from toy story, and a build a bear koala bear complete with fancy dress. Nothing we needed, except the bike and a fun morning!

– A sweet TREK hybrid for Jack. We got there at 6:30 am and waited….it was mayhem, but worth it.

– Loved it! Won a bid on a lovely little sailboat, and of course bags full of totally unnecessary stuffed animals, Barbies, and action figures.

– We came home with a bag of books for the girls, three Breyer horses for Abby, a stuffed Teddy bear that we donated and had to buy back, and four soccer balls for the dog to chase around the yard.

– Books, a mint condition set of dvds for hubby’s b-day, two vases and a framed ’17th century Nun’s Poem’ for the church, two bags of baby clothes. That was such a feel-good score that it makes up for the fact that I didn’t get the popcorn machine I wanted. Maybe it will be back next year and I’ll have another chance at it!

–Four-drawer filing cabinet, swing hit batting practice thingy, skateboards, lacrosse stick, golf bags, chess set, dominos, food dehydrator, Harry Potter grab bag, big train whistle, painted wooden eggs… We ♥ the Rotary Auction. Next year it’s all going back. Except the filing cabinet.

– American Girl doll clothes and book set, doll bed, pug Beanie, Nerf gun, Super Soaker, Garfield and Far Side books, Silver Palate cookbook, Frank McCourt books, magazines, and a troll doll that our dog promptly ate. (Whoops. Guess we won’t have to take THAT back next year!)

– 2 lacrosse sticks, a rebounder, a lacrosse goalie helmet, 2 sets of K2 skis, a spinning bike, and a computer monitor…and a bunch of stuff that should never have come home (note: don’t leave your kids unsupervised while you run for the big ticket items!).

– Hockey helmet, elbow pads, mason jars, badminton net, toaster, tennis balls, sombrero, unicorn hat.

The one great thing about the auction is that if you don’t get something this year, chances are it will be back next year!
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