Truthful Tuesday

If you are my Facebook friend, then you already know I've lost my trailer keys. The real confession is that I knew they weren't where they should be way back in November when I moved the horses. But since I didn't need them, I forgot to look for them. This past weekend the weather was AMAZING. Perfect for doing outside tasks like moving my show stuff back into the trailer. My tack room door is on the opposite side of my trailer than my barn is, so it would have been much more convenient to open the side ramp and walk stuff in that way. Problem was, the little door above the ramp was locked.
I spent several hours looking everywhere they could possibly have been. I've deduced that I must have either left them at the trailer dealer, or dropped them at the truck dealer when I traded the truck. Because they are definitely not at my house. Along with those keys, I'm also missing some keys for a trunk lock and a bike lock that I use for the tack room at away shows. So that's a bummer, but all things I can easily replace. So that's not so bad. Fortunately, the trunk lock that no longer has a key was not on the trunk!
The good news is, thanks to Hillary, I now know that there are only a handful of different locks for trailers. And there are websites where you can just order new keys. So $27 later, I have three new keys on their way to me. Fingers crossed they work.
I did still start moving things back in. I had ordered some new plastic tubs so my stuff is super tidy (and matchy). For blankets and coolers though, I have different tubs on order. Since those things are heavy I wanted wheeled tubs instead. They won't match the others, but that's okay. They just delivered a few minutes ago, so hopefully I'll get that completed this weekend. Then I just need to clean out the tack box and make a list of things that need replacing in there. I obviously don't need any of that any time soon. But it's nice to have a list and feel like it's organized.

I've basically packed it for Pammon, Shiny, and Eros. I don't have three of everything, but do of most things. And likely they wouldn't all three be showing anyway. Given that most of them are lame. Who knows which ones will ever actually show. But again. Good to be prepared! And most stuff I have anyway from my past horses. The only things I need still are a shipping halter for Shiny, some new locks (lol.), and I think I'm going to replace the buckets and feed tubs. They're all pretty beat up, and are all something like 14 years old. They got a lot of use back in the day. So time to replace. The list will grow when I get to the trunk though, I'm sure!
Anyway, today's confession is about the keys. Have any of you lost keys? Seems a pretty common occurrence.

Truthful Tuesday: Equine Affair Edition

Lol. This is something probably only I would do... So I went up to Equine Affair last Thursday after taking a half day at work. I had two main goals to accomplish up there: Watch my friend ride in the Lusitano demonstration and potentially make a deal on a new trailer. Obviously though, since I'm me, I also allowed time to peruse the "trade show". (I use that term loosely as it's not exciting new merchandise but all the leftover crap no one's been able to sell all year, but I digress.) So my confession is about a purchase I made rather hastily at the SmartPak booth. I had found two pairs of Piper breeches that I didn't yet have marked down quite a bit. So I figured I'd take them home with me. I was very careful about finding my size in the one pair... the other not so much. There was a pair in the color way I wanted hanging right on the end of the rack with a size 30 sticker on it. So grabbed them, paid and went on my merry way. It was only after I got home that I realized they had the wrong sticker on them! Doh.

So cute. So tiny.

Yeah, they were a 24. Lol. I couldn't fit my ARM in a 24. Surprisingly, SmarkPak had a customer service rep available to chat with me at 9 pm right on the website (did you guys know this?!) and I was able to send them back (free shipping both ways!) and get the correct size. Crisis averted. Seriously, I know better than to not look at the label inside. Not sure what I was thinking!
I know you want to know what else I got while I was up there, so fear not, I will share some space on this Truthful Tuesday post to show off the rest of my new stuff.
I got Rio and Jampy replacement parts for those fun yet crappy bridles they wore last week in Thursday's Threads. Rio got a whole new bridle for me to swap browbands and reins with:

It was only $60 yet is about 10 thousand times nicer than the one his fancy browband came with.
Jampy got a figure 8 noseband to go on his black and purple bridle:

Before you all get too judgey, YES I have other bridles and nosebands BUT I didn't have any that were black. And I'm not about to put black browbands and reins on a brown bridle. Nope. Can't make me. So these were necessary for my horses' comfort. They need to be comfy if they're going to allow me to torture them with purple and unicorn bits. Fair is fair.

I got some stuffs for me too... (shocking right?)

The booth where I found the bridle and figure 8 had a deal on socks, 5 for $20 so I stocked up on those. The purple thing up there is my other pair of piper breeches mentioned earlier. And I did cave and get two C4 belts. I've been DYING for the taco one. The other is the unicorn collaboration from Dreamers and Schemers. It's been sold out forever so I clearly HAD to get it when I saw it. Plus it came with matching socks.

And no... that's not entirely all I bought up there.... I was successful with my trailer goals too. In about twelve weeks I'll share more when it arrives. But I'm SUPER excited/anxious. Big purchases always leave this terrible feeling of "oh dear lord, what have I done?!" (And remember I just bought a saddle! Anxiety code red people!) But my trailer is almost 12 years old. Not ancient, but it's a Sundowner with the old steel frame that are notorious for problems. I've taken really good care of it over the years, so it's in great shape, but I want to get out of it while it's still valuable and safe. I got a decent amount for a trade in and I get to keep it with me in case of any emergencies until the new one arrives.

So there you have it. Today's confessions: I'm an absent minded shopper and I just bought a new trailer!

Do big purchases freak you out too? What's your favorite trailer? Have you ever bought an item without checking the size first? I hate to admit it, but this isn't the first time I've done that!