Five on Friday

So sorry it has been a month since I posted!!  I knew it had been a while, but a whole month.. wow!  I have no excuse.. just haven't gotten around to it.  Had a ton of blogs that I composed in my head, but just never made it over to my computer to get it out to you.

This week I had the pleasure of working the school Book Fair.  It was the first one I participated in here in California, so I was curious to see how different/similar it was to those in NJ. 

So, today I am happy to share my "Five on Friday" observations from the Book Fair:

1) When working a book fair, be sure you have had a full night's rest.  Your brain gets fried counting out all those ziplocs full of pennies, nickles and dimes!  Seriously, we had a child with a ziploc of just pennies and was able to purchase a $10 book !  Happy Counting!

2) This was a first for me -- we had one child who brought their parent's credit card (YIKES!)  Don't worry - we didn't let her use it and NO, the parent didn't know about it!

3) At least once during the week, you'll overhear the following conversation: 
Child  1: So, do you have money for the book fair?
Child 2: Yep, I took __ dollars (insert any amount ranging from $1 - $10) from my Mom (or Dad's) wallet while he was ___ (sleeping,working, eating, etc.)

4) Make sure you have PLENTY of hand sanitizer on hand.. all that money, lots of kids = plenty of germs.  Better yet, wear gloves!!

5) Book Fairs are mislabeled.. it really should be the Accessory Fair -- lots of kids are there for the  "good stuff" .  "Hi - I have $10.00 and I'd like 4 erasers, 3 bookmarks, 2 Justin Bieber posters and the $1.99 book." 

Seriously, it was fun but I am ready to soak my feet, rest my voice and read MY book.