A Huge Thank You!!

Our Christmas Open House this weekend was a BIG success, thanks to all of you WONDERFUL, SPECIAL, LOYAL customers who attended.
We're sorry that a lot of you for one reason or another were unable to attend, but let me assure you that we still have plenty of Christmas and Gift items left! Come on in soon, say hi and see what we have done to the shop for the holidays. I was so busy the last 10 days getting ready for the Open House that I haven't blogged at all. BUT tomorrow I am going to take pictures of the shop and post them tomorrow night, and be much better about posting. So come back soon and see what's happening at MY FRIENDS AND I, and in Niles for the rest of the year.

Moving stuff around

We've been cleaning and moving stuff around.

The large display case is now in the middle of the store and is filled with some great collectables.

Red, White, and Blue is one look that never goes out of style, and is a good reminder of how lucky we are to live in America.

Collections

People are always asking me, what do you collect? I always answer "Lots of stuff!" and that really is the truth. I thought it might be fun to share some of my collections from time to time. The pictures you see here are SOME of my Lusterware bird vases and flower frogs. I have a thing for birds and flower frogs as you will see in future blogs.

This week has been really busy at MY FRIENDS AND I. We are changing around spaces, and trying to focus on getting all our Christmas Merchandise marked and ready to put out for our Open House on Sat. and Sun. Oct. 20 and 21. Remember, we will be closed the 15th through the 19th. It's going to be a great open house.

Another Christmas Teaser

Here comes Christmas!

Our 25th Christmas Open House is Oct. 20 and 21 this year. The boxes are coming daily. This cute couple just got unpacked and I thought I'd give you a teaser of things to come in each Blog from now till our Open House. Your in for a treat, we have some really, really, cute things this year. Along with the new merchandise, we will be having drawings and give aways all day long on both Sat. and Sun. We will be closed 5 days the 15 thru the 19th and open up again on Sat. the 20th. MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

Sidewalk Sale

Niles is having it's Annual Sidewalk Sale Sunday the 30th. We will be having some things outside with big mark downs and some items on sale inside the store. Other shops in town will also be having stuff on the Sale.
Hope to see you in Niles this Sunday!

Here is a cute book I bought and was going to sell. BUT........ I think I have to keep it for awhile. The pictures are bad, my scanner has lost it's self somewhere in computer land and won't work today. (will have to see if I can help it find it's self another day!) Anyway I wanted to share the cute verse, look below the last picture for a readable copy of it, and the cute illustration with it. There really are 1001 verses and each one has a different Cherub to go with it. I will be sharing them on this Blog

from time to time. I am looking forward to reading them all!

Good Old World

I like the poor old

world, I do.

I sing its praise in

ode and sonnet...

It's strange it's not

a whole lot worse

With everybody

picking on it.