I like to think of myself as a purveyor of the finer bits of refuse that I can find in close proximity to the street. Some people call it garbage picking, but I like to think if it as treasure hunting. Last night I was walking my dogs in the freezing cold. The sidewalk had turned to a slippery skating rink and I was anxious to get the walk over with, until I happened upon a lovely little treasure. On top of the recycling bin, I found this :... Ok its up there. An excersaucer! I was so excited. I debated driving home but didn't want to bother with getting in the car and trying to fit it in the backseat amidst the sea of carseat, toys, and old sippys. So, I put both dog leashes in one hand, and wrapped my arm around this big fella, and started trudging home. I was a good block away, and the dogs started to get worse on their leashes. I kept having to set it down and make them sit/ stay... then we would start again. A few times I had to stop because I thought for sure that someone was following me. I looked around suspiciously to see if some other mama wannabe was trying to get in on my loot. Finally I realized it was the rattle on the excersaucer making noise. This same noisemaker was startling the heck out of the dogs, making them pull me like Balto on his way to deliver medicine (phew too many kids books!!). Anyhow, we were nearly home, no one had seen me and I was almost ready to set down my dogs and toy, when a neighbor about 4 houses down pulled in. I slowed up hoping she wouldn't think I was homeless or something, but she came out of her car, and got into another car in front of her house. At that moment THREE more cars descended upon her driveway. I sped up, head held high, knowing that I had a perfectly good reason for walking around at 9pm in the snowy dark with two dogs and an excersaucer. Mind you the whole time I was being pulled along.. yelling "Heel, HEEL, CHANCE!! Roxy!! Stop!!"
I got home and hid my loot into the garage until dear hubby could see it and fully appreciate its clean, beautiful state. Now its all sanitized, and up on craigslist. :) Ah , I am so savvy!
