Saturday is always THE DAY of Lucketts.  That’s when the die hard buyers come and the place is always bustling.  I started the morning super early at 5:15 am, so I would have plenty of time to drive down and get the booth set up by the time the gates opened.  The skies looked a little cloudy as we drove south, but I was still optimistic.  Clouds are okay.  Clouds are good. Just as we drove over the bridge into Virginia, the rain started to fall. Nooooooo! There were some clear spots of sky that were taunting me.  I thought of Maryanne in Sense & Sensibility.  “There’s some blue sky.  Let us chase it!” Well, the blue sky just moved further away and when I arrived at Lucketts, there was a steady drizzle.  Bummer.  My heart sank.  All of my stuff was in a cube under a tarp.  There was

Today we loaded all of the things I’ve been shopping for and working on for weeks.  Here are some of the pieces we packed… This is my mom’s favorite dresser.  We actually have a three-way wager going on which dresser will sell first.  We’ll see who’s right… Here’s the channel-back chair.  I must say, this is a piece I patted myself on the back for.  I was actually giggling as my mom and I finished the cushion last night  and set it in place.  I couldn’t believe that I did that! Here’s the French settee… …and some other things… I just finished this dresser today and I shared a snapshot on my Facebook page and it blew up! (In the figurative, social media definition of the word.)  It was so fun to see the positive reaction, especially when this was a piece I really struggled on (hence finishing it at