Finding some new antiques shops

 I want to find some new places to go antiques shopping.  Not that I need anything.  We all know that is not true LOL But I just love going into new places and seeing how things are displayed and set up in the different booths and shops.  And I never know what I will find.  Much to the dismay of my already full house, I almost always walk out with something in my hand.  Not always, but mostly.  And I have this pattern (again with the patterns) that I do in each shop.  I have to make a full run of the entire shop before I put anything in my basket.  Unless it is something I completely fall in love with and have to have right then and there.  Thankfully, that almost never happens. 

There is an antiques mall in Asheboro that I have not been to yet.  I would love to find someone to go with and walk around there.  I would also love to go back to Waxhaw, NC, and see if any of the shops are still there. I have the feeling that the small town looks somewhat different from when I was there 35 years ago. And I have a friend in Rocky Mount that has a great store called Trash 2 Treasures that I really want to take a day and make a trip up there.  He and his mom have wonderful things in their store. That would definitely be fun for me but very dangerous.  And I think that there is an antiques mall up 220 north near Summerfield.  A former coworker told me about that one.  Got to love the local places. 

And while I do not need anything, I am always on the lookout for something it seems.  Sometimes, I am simply looking ahead to Christmas.  I love to give vintage things for Christmas!  But I love fun vintage kitchen items.  I love serving pieces.  I have an infinity for compotes and covered dishes it appears.  I am totally ok with that.  I also still have my antiques bucket list. I have checked 4 out of 10 things off of that list so that leaves me searching for 6 items.  One is very specific:  the ceramic bumble bee honey pot. Aunt Sara had one in her kitchen, and I am not sure who ended up with that, but it was always fun.  The rest leave room for interpretation.  But the beauty about those is that I must fall in love with them.  I am not going to buy a Gone with the Wind lamp just because it is one. I have to absolutely love it.  Now, I know that I could find something suitable on Ebay, but I would rather go to a brick-and-mortar store.  

So, one of these weekends I am going to get myself out of the house and find some new antiques places to shop.  I love it and it makes me happy.  So, why not?