Looney Auction

Yesterday I experienced a most serious event. It was filled with people, loud voices and serious competition. Chocolate, bunny rabbits, hockey sticks, quilts, pies and cupcakes were involved. People came with serious money and wants. What was this event you ask? A....LOONEY Auction!

What a hoot! You may think..oh its only a looney what can happen...LOTS! The competition was fierce and let me tell you, every grandma in the village was there so imagine the fierceness of this event (you take your life into your own hands). If you have never been to one of these events let me explain how it goes, an item is put up for bid, if you want to bid you raise your hand and wait until the auctioneer sees you and gives you a number. This number goes into a bucket and when all bidding stops, a number is picked out of all who bid from the bucket and that person gets the prize. Keep in mind you can bid more than once and put in multiple bids at once to increase your chances (poker people watch out the looney auctions in town). To make it more fun kids stand around your table with a bucket so you can throw your money into them.

Lucky for me I was sat beside a real pro, Tilly (I was geting nevous just trying to get the gist of everything) but good old Tilly took me by the hand and helped me peruse items, told me to hold onto my money (she definately is a grandma and super cute too!) and gave me the advice to wait for the end numbers or middle before bidding to increase my chances. All I can say is do not forget your number because you may not get your prize (pen and paper definately needed especially if you do not look SMRT like me, I think Tilly was a little worried about me because she kept checking to make sure I wrote things down) The pressure was on!

If you don't think a looney auction can raise money you have never seen one at Port Simpson. Stuffed bunny rabbits were raising 139 dollars as people kept throwing in their loonies to increase their winning chances (sigh.. I really wanted the black one but it was not to be). In between all this fun we also got to play BINGO! Yay!

I did not win anything but the night was just worth while to see and experience. If you wonder where all your loonies have gone I can guarantee they are being all held in a secret vault in Simpson as they are having one of these events almost every other week!