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Old Time Pottery

We were on a reconnaissance; an exploratory trip, or so I thought. We had passed through Elberta, Alabama, “Woh Das Leben ist Gut” and the Lutheran Church welcomes you; AdventureMan said it was a settlement of Germans, and the German names still dominate as you scan the businesses in town. We had perused the Foley Outlet Mall, and we were on our way down to the beach road to head back to Florida when AdventureMan said “What’s that?!”

It was Old Time Pottery! We had looked for Old Time Pottery in Destin last week, but I didn’t know there was one in Foley, too. I could see the grin on AdventureMan’s face, he had known.

“How did you know?” I asked.

“Oh, zee internet, it is a vonderful sing,” he replied, grinning and turning into the huge, gigantic store.

Right in front were the terra cotta pots I had been seeking, at a reasonable price. I picked up two 14″ pots.

For some reason my camera refused to focus, but as I pulled off the pots, I was surprised to find two bright green frogs. I thought they were decorations, and one quickly hopped through the pot hole and back into the dark:

“Only two?” AdventureMan asked, disappointment loud in his voice. “We come all this way and you only buy two?”

“I wasn’t planning to buy anything!” I protested. “You totally caught me by surprise! I thought we were just looking around.”

You can look around inside the Old Time Pottery for a LOOONNNNGGG time. They have everything. A lot of what they have is also available around the same price at other discount stores, TJ Maxx, Bed, Bath and Beyond, etc. But the sheer massive amounts of stuff was purely mind-boggling. It would be easy to buy stuff you didn’t even know you needed, just because it is all there. Actually (she congratulates herself) I managed to hold it to just the two pots. I know where the store is. It’s not that far away, about an hour, I can go back if I need to. 🙂

May 22, 2010 - Posted by intlxpatr | Adventure, Arts & Handicrafts, Community, Cross Cultural, ExPat Life, Experiment, Gardens, Germany, Living Conditions, Shopping