Auction Action

I had a fun weekend. Friday I went to the auction house with my sister and her husband. We all got some great deals. I bought my daughter a desk and a glider for her deck (with cushions) for $5 each! The stuff was nice and nothing wrong with it, people just didn't want it. I got some other random stuff at great prices. I enjoy seeing what stuff goes for and looking at the vintage items, not to mention the energy of the auction.

There was a cute guy that I noticed (a little younger than me) working at the auction who I saw (and could feel) looking at me from time to time. When I'd look at him, he'd give a shy smile. Well, a few hours later he came up to me and started talking and slightly flirting.  By slightly flirting I mean that he didn't say anything out of the way, he was just being friendly talking about the items, but you could tell that he was kinda' flirting with his eyes and smile. You know what I mean, you just get a vibe from people and know whether there is an attraction or not. He also leaned in when he was talking and asked me if it was my first time coming there, blah, blah, blah... (awkward small talk). Then right before he walked away he smiled real big, blushed and dropped his head. It was so cute. There was also an awkward pause before he walked off, like he was wanting to say something more but decided against it. We only had a minute to talk because the auction was busy and he had to get back to work.

None of this sounds particularly interesting separately but add them up and I think maybe, just maybe, he was working up to hitting on me. At first I thought: Don't flatter yourself, he's just being friendly. Who'd want to flirt with you? You're not attractive to men anymore, especially someone younger...

Then a few minutes later my sister told me that she saw that he made an effort to come talk to me and thought that he was hitting on me and saw him blushing. (I didn't know, but she witnessed the whole thing.) I didn't see this man approach or talk to any of the other women there, and there were alot. Was he attracted to me or just being friendly?  Am I over analyzing this petty incident? Hell yes. It's been so long since I've gotten even a tiny bit of attention in that way from men that I wanted to savor every minute of it, whether it was imagined or not.

I glanced around for him before I left the auction but didn't see him. I just might have to go to the next auction and scope him out a little better ;)

At any rate, this is definitely great weight loss motivation. Stay tuned for the continuing saga...