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Hanging With My Peeps At The Country Living Fair

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I had a blast at the Country Living Fair this weekend. I went on Friday with my niece and did a ton o’ shopping.

BTW, new shoes and walking all over the fair do not make for happy feet.

Vintage Buddy L Zoo Truck


Oh, and if you are going to sit on a hay bale to eat lunch, make sure it’s not wet. I don’t need any help with looking like I may have peed my pants, thank you!

I’m all about the obvious tips, aren’t I.

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Then I went back on Saturday for a bit to meet up with some other bloggers and to meet the Editor of Country Living (!!!), Sarah Gray Miller, along with Rachel DeSchepper, the magazine’s Senior Web Editor, and Cari Cucksey from HGTV’s Cash and Cari.

(Yeah, that’s me hobnobbing with my new BFFs!)

I took my big girl camera with me, but it was just so darn busy and crowded that I didn’t get any good photos with it and finally just tucked it back in my backpack and turned to my trusty cell phone for photos.

Here are some of the pics I shared on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.


I bought none of this stuff, but I wanted that tractor grill so badly that I had dreams about it on Friday night.

Now, I actually bought more than what I am about to show you. But someone who reads this blog, that I am related to, will be getting a care package from me in a few weeks and I didn’t want to spoil the surprises by posting photos here.

So, it’s basically my sister’s fault that I’m not showing more of my haul from the fair. Blame her.

This Buddy L zoo truck is my new baby.

Vintage buddy L Zoo truck

Isn’t she hot!

I haven’t named her yet, but I am picturing her on my dining room table during the holidays with some Christmas trees stuck in the bed. I may have to steal a camel or two out of my nativity set to use as “zoo” animals.

I also bought a bunch of Bingo cards and a penmanship chart that looks like it’s written on a green chalkboard.

Vintage Buddy L zoo truck

I love any kind of chalkboard, but green is my favorite.

BTW, no wild turkey legs at the fair. Not sure why they weren’t up on that breaking trend.

How was your thrifting weekend? Did you score anything cool? Anything weird?

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  1. Debby

    I like your new truck. Wish I would have gone to the Home Talk. Love Cari. Still hoping someone posts those spice and tin characers. Are you going to Springfield this week-end. I am still sorta grounded.

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  3. Suesan Kennard

    Cute truck. I’m glad we got to spend some time together. I ended up hitting the broom booth before we left and bought a little whisk broom for my kitchen. I love Buddy the truck. That is way cute!

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  4. Sally Kelly

    Well, I didn’t have a thrifting weekend, but I did have a flea-market DAY w/ my sister. My husband got it in his head that we need a bench at the foot of our bed. One of the first booths that we stopped at had a wooden bench for $5. I think I will paint it to freshen it up. I’m happy w/ my find!!! Glad you had fun, Pam!

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  5. Tammigirl

    We won passes to the fair and went on Saturday. I was disappointed by the lack of funnel cake and/or fritters.

    The fair was great fun, though. I loved the duet playing at the corner near the church as much as any other part of the fair. We perused the museum for a bit as well, which was really neat.

    I have wanted to go for so many years, it’s kind of funny that I only bought one thing at the whole fair. Well, one non-food thing. And that was a glass frog for $3, which will sort of precariously fit atop a wide mouth Mason jar and hold flowers.

    I think we are spoiled with places like Decor Steals and Antique Farmhouse, Etsy, Artfire, etc. We have access to all sorts of great stuff all the time, and not just at special events like these.

    Still, I’m thrilled to say I got to go and see it. Plus, we met some fantastic people.

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  10. NanaDiana

    I haven’t been thrifting in forever- I am forbidden to bring anything else home until I dump some of the “I haves” at my house!

    LOVE the truck and you girls all look like you are having a ball there.

    Tell your sister I am mad at her! xo Diana

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  12. Musings from Kim K.

    You deserve every single moment of happiness from last weekend’s shopping adventures. Awesome picture of you and the gang. That red truck is going to be fabulous at Christmas with a load of bottle brush trees. I’m terribly addicted to bingo cards. I have them in stacks in the craft room. Can’t wait to see more pics.

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  13. Olive

    You are famous for sure. Hanging out with them editors and all. Love the truck. I cannot be trusted to go to the CLF in Atlanta. We bought a sewing cabinet, for the cabinet and lo and behold the actual sewing machine turns out to be somewhat valuable. A metal Japanese Presion. xo, olive

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  14. Vickie @ Ranger 911

    I hope you blew that picture up to a life size image and hung it over your sofa! You go girl!

    Love your truck! I bet you had a blast and I’m so envious that you live close enough to attend such a fun event.

    Although not even in the same league as the CLF, I attended a wonderful estate sale and a close-out sale at my favorite local antique shop this weekend. sniff sniff

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  31. Sandy

    That little vintage truck is really hot! We’ll be tweaking our finished basement (man cave) for hubs and he wants to do it with a vintage car theme for the accessories. How cool to go to the Country Living Fair, some day I hope to go.

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  32. Angie Chavez

    Envious that you went to the fair, and envious of your cute little red truck and envious of that school chart…but I’m featuring you this week anyway! :0)

    Thanks for sharing at Knick of Time Tuesday, Pam!

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