Girls' Day Out - Canton Flea Market (Bucket List #74)

On Thursday, my mother, my cousin Michelle, and I went to Canton, Mississippi, for their annual fall flea market.  If you have never been, you should go.  I've been one other time, and I hope to get to go back next October.   Going to Canton is #74 on my Ultimate Bucket List.

Canton is a really neat little town in central Mississippi.  They have a really neat downtown area.  It is actually where the movie A Time to Kill (based on my favorite John Grisham book) was filmed, so there are some pretty cool little tourist spots to check out on a normal day.  Here is a shot of the courthouse (Matthew McConaughey and Sandra Bullock have stood on these courthouse steps!)...

On flea market day, the entire town works together to host one of the biggest flea markets I have ever seen.  They even let school out on that day.  The entire town caters to the thousands of people (mostly women) who come out to see what all the different vendors have to offer each year.

It starts at 8:00 a.m. and lasts all day.  Make sure to wear comfortable shoes, because you are going to be doing a lot of walking.  The vendors set up all around the courthouse square and move out a few blocks in each direction from there.  They have crafts, food items, furniture, antiques, home decor items, clothes, jewelry...pretty much everything you can imagine.  There are also food trucks and food vendors set up (you have to try the food at Penn's - they are famous for their chicken on a stick, which is a skewer of chicken pieces, dill pickles, onions and potatoes that is deep fried and definitely worth the calories).

Here are a few of the treasures that we found on this trip...

I love the grey chevron on this elephant.  And, of course, I LOVE that it says Roll Tide!

My mother got this wood sign for the front door of her new house.  When she finishes remodeling it, she's planning to paint the front door this color blue, so it will look great on the grey brick next to the bright blue door. 

I love old things, and I was super excited to find this antique tool box for just $10!  I snatched it up fast.  I have no idea what to use it for, but I'm sure that I'll think of something.

We actually found this old toy bank at an antique store on the square at Canton and got it for my dad.  It hold nickels, dimes, and quarters and counts them as you deposit them.  It won't open until you have saved $10 worth of change, which I thought was pretty cool.