Winter Market & Estate Sale

The Portland area has quite a few farmers markets. A few weeks ago I read about the Beaverton-Hillsdale Winter Market which is held twice a month. Since it's not too far (about 7 miles) from here I decided to go and check it out. Even though it's the middle of winter I still found ingredients for some tasty meals. (Ignore the water, it's just sitting there ready for when we move the fish tank). I'm planning to make a soup with the winter squash and leeks and a stew with the elk steak and shiitake mushrooms.

Near the market, I found an estate sale. I was wanting either a small pull-out sofa or a twin bed to go in my office/guest room. Since today was sunday, everything was marked half off. I got a large file cabinet for 7$ and a christmas cactus for 2$. The best thing that there was a small pull-out sofa marked "FREE"! It was in good condition and didn't smell like smoke or cat pee or anything weird, so I gave my name to the estate sale people and rushed home to get my truck. On my way home, I started thinking that maybe we should put this sofa in the home theater room because the our current big green one that we'd hoped to put there wouldn't fit through the door. So, it's in the garage now and I will wait till Sami gets back from his conference to help me decide where it should go.