Three things I'm loving this week:

1. The Salvation Army thrift shop I don't think there's any more interesting (albeit peculiar smelling) place to shop than the local Sally's -- you just never know what you're going to find there. I was in need of some old dishware/houshold items for a story I'm doing in the April issue of Her Times, so I ran across the street to the 12th & Sass Salvation Army thrift shop and picked up everything I need for the photo shoot -- about 10 items -- for $12.09.

Sally's is intriguing and I find myself fingering items and wondering about their past lives. Why weren't they wanted? Who might want them now? And, just what is that lady with the cart full of mismatched silverware and candlesticks going to do with that stuff? Is she one of those pack rats whose house is so full of stuff that it's a fire hazard?

I think I could spend my whole day in that basement thrift shop people watching and contemplating the life cycle of a covered butter dish.

2. Hyacinths. One truly wonderful thing about a very early Easter this year is that my all-time favorite spring bulb can be found blooming in garden centers, floral shops and grocery store floral departments all over town. No matter how busy I am...or how fast I need to get through the store, I will always stop to smell the hyacinths. My kids even do it now.

3. A $20 Third Eye Blind Concert. And, it's on a Friday night and is just down the road from Cassa Cass. Hmmm...the only bad thing is that it's highly unlikely they'll be selling cups of beer I can raise above my head and spill all over everyone. That...and, at 36, I'll feel ancient there.