I had a pretty good weekend!

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On Saturday and Sunday, I went to an antiques fair at the Washington County Fairgrounds. It was pretty cool, like a museum where you can touch everything! Unfortunately I have a good enough eye to want the most expensive things. :( There was a great booth of 1920s vanity items, French Ivory manicure tools and celluloid brushes and powder compacts. Most antique magazines were pretty expensive, but I found a McCall's (1901) and a Home Dressmaker (1924) with no covers - the general thought seems to be that people buy the magazines so they can frame the covers as art objects, which really sucks for people who want to use them for research. But without covers they're usually about 50c. Lots of posts to come out of them - there's an article full of directions for trims I could totally try out and make tutorials for.

After the fair yesterday, I went to the Saratoga Battlefield with Mom and Ron. There was supposed to be a big re-enactment, but apparently the regiment that was going to be there (they're from Boston) canceled, so it was only a guy from the 62nd who works at the Battlefield. But he was very cool! He's recruiting me for their regiment, which is much smaller than the 2nd Albany.

The Schenectady County Historical Society needs a new Assistant Curator! Cross your fingers for me. Know that by lunchtime today I will be fantasizing about how awesome it will be when I totally get the job, and that in two weeks when I haven't heard anything I'll crumble into despair at how my degree's/I'm worthless etc.