Coming back from the Steampunk Festival I passed by this huge antique place and decided when in Rome…

Immediately upon walking in I was greeted by two stuffed bears. I squealed with glee and was caught by the shopkeep, an enthusiastic teenage boy, who I immediately roped into my madness by asking to take photos of the bear… After I got him laughing sufficiently hard enough I was able to remove the bear’s price tag and take a very realistic looking photo. WIN.

Actually the whole place was a win. It was a HUGE farmhouse with all sorts of winding rooms, each crammed with all sorts of goodies. I got lost in a giant collection of vinyls, having lost my own collection I couldn’t really resist starting a new one for $1 a record. I mean really, a dollar. And they weren’t bad records! Usually these antique stores just have piles of Christmas music and Christian gospel and things people wouldn’t actually admit to owning… This collection lacked a lot of popular rock like back home but had a lovely variety of 60’s folk. No Phil Ochs though. Still looking for that! But hey! If you’re in the area and really really love Neil Sedaka go here! There’s like 50 Neil Sedaka records here smattered throughout. No idea who could have liked him that much but hey! To each their quirky own! $10 later I ended up with some Billy Joel, Byrds, Kinks, Joan Baez, Barry McGuire (Eve of Destruction!), and the Kingsmen (Louie Louie!!)

It was a lovely detour. And of course no antique store would complete without a soul sucking doll and some snazzy furniture. All reasonably priced. I think the doll only cost one soul.