Coulda :: Shoulda

Let me set the scene...

downtown Toledo...

with my sisters...

lunch at Packos with a quick stop

at Swan Creek Candle Co.

...where upstairs there is an antique store.

I spot an unfinished quilt...$10...

a Fanta pop bottle carton...$2.50...

dink...dink...dink...

pass.

Filled with regret.

Fast Forward to my birthday...

Sister Sue to the rescue!

As soon as we left the area

I went on and on

about how I should have gotten my finds.

"How cute would that bottle carrier

have been in the summer to tote

my Corona salt and pepper shakers...

napkins...

silverware?"

"And that quilt...

a steal at $10...It could have been utilized

in so many projects...

it was so lovingly constructed by hand...

in such cool vintage summery prints..."

"It would have looked so

great on my table

until I found another use for it..."

"Why didn't I get them?"

"I guess I will have to talk Rudy into

driving downtown another day...

and they will probably be sold by then..."

And they were...

to Susie...

for me!

You can always count on your sisters

to see you through those

coulda...shoulda...woulda times.

Thanks Susie...

For getting the shoulda's for me.