Sometimes getting what you want means not getting what you want...

Today Angie and I went to the Leilani Lanes auction. We had a hell of a lot of fun. We got to walk on the lanes, go behind the pin setters, down in the basement, and a lot of other places you never get to go. :)

There was really only one piece I was interested in. A vintage Witco tiki wall hanging that was about 5 feet high. There seemed to be a lot of interest in it, because it was clearly the coolest piece they had.

It took most of the day before they got to the tiki stuff, and when it was finally time, it was frentic. We didn't expect that they'd put most of the tiki stuff up at once, especially since they'd just sold 2 other tiki lots separately. So that confused us a little, be we were off and running. With only a couple of bids, we'd crashed through our preset limit. And on top of that we thought we were bidding $425, but had actually been at $475. The bid came back to us at $525 and we had to pass. Maybe if we'd had more of a personal connection to Leilani Lanes we could have, but it just seemed like too much for a big piece of wood. The winning bidder only wanted #704...our tiki. We then had the option to buy any of the other pieces still left. But we passed, nothing really worth paying that kind of money for.

I was a bit bummed to come out empty handed, but had a fun day.

And then I picked up the Disney catalog tonight. I found that one of the latest releases in the 50th anniversary line is the Tiki Drummers Figurine from Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room! Cast from the actual Disneyland molds! 2 sided with each side having one of the 2 drummers! A light in the drum! SWEEEEEET!

If I'd won the Witco, I wouldn't have had the money to get the drummer. Consider me pleased as punch. Especially since we also ordered a couple more things (aloha shirt and tin signs) and still spent less than the auction. What a happy day!