Don't Talk To Me Before Coffee

Friday already??!! ... time is flying by ... happy V.B.F. !! ... here's something that will make you smile, my friend Beth {aka "Gypsy Fish"} calls me just about every morning on her way to work to say hello, talk a little shop, and complain about our husbands ... this morning we have our usual convo and she says to me "Happy VBF!!" ... mind you I woke up late today,hadn't had my coffee yet, so I'm thinking to myself VBF?, what the "F" is she talking about? ... she continues to chat away ~she usually does most of the talking anyway ; ) ... the whole time I'm trying to figure out in my pea sized brain what she said to me, I don't text or "talk" computer shorthand much and most the time I'm too embarrassed to ask "what does that mean?" .... then ... OH! a very dim light bulb appears ... Wow! she's saying good morning to her "Very Best Friend" ... she's never referred to me as her "BFF" ... how sweet ... so I want to make sure she thinks I'm her "Very Best Friend" ... and ask her "what did you say?" ... of course she's already 3 subjects ahead of me and I have to explain myself .... she starts laughing and says "DUH ... Jill it's Vintage Black Friday" ... lessons learned, one, make sure I have my coffee before chatting with Beth in the am and two, if I don't get the lingo DON'T ASK ... I could have just kept believing I was her VBF!

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Here's what I have to share today ... from top to bottom: Vintage yard measures~ I have a whole jar of these, again love the black graphics. A collection of black chippy really old door knobs ~ I saw these at the flea this past weekend I thought they were very cool. They could have been mine for $5.00, but again I have to start asking myself "do I really NEED them?" ... no ... Graphics on vintage Bingo cards, reminds me of my Grandmother, she LOVED to play bingo and I loved to play with all those little ink bottles she had! A small portion of my black and white antique cabinet cards. One of my vintage dress forms found at auction a few years back. A black shiny but chippy painted bank deposit box, hmmm I wonder what the contents used to be?

I'm off to visit all my VBF's joining me today for VBF!!