Another machine

Well I went out to the pre-garage sale and bought that repro Singer treadle machine. My husband called me on my cell phone as I was heading out there ..
"Where are you?"
"Heading to Salcha" I said in a really small voice
"Why?"
"Going to a garage sale"
"Why?"
"It's a surprise"
Didn't dare say I was going to buy another sewing machine. Now he probably thinks I'm buying something for him. So the sewing machine sitting in the garage will really be a surprise for him when he gets home from work today. But, back to the machine. It seems to be in fairly good shape for sitting in a garage for a few years. Missing a belt and a thread pin as far as I can see. But I'm taking it in to the shop tomorrow to buy those bits for it - shouldn't be much more than $15 in all. The gal at the shop said the thread pin isn't standard so I have to take the machine in to be fitted. So - a good deal in my book - $25 for the machine and cabinet - and $15 to fix it up. The cabinet is in really bad shape - it's falling apart. But it's made of really cheap veneer and particle board so I'm not surprised. My hubby is a carpenter and he can fix it for me. Or maybe we'll just build a new cabinet. Who knows. It'll be fun to play with in any case.

Note: It's a few hours later now than when I wrote the above. My husband DID think I was buying him something. He said after he talked to me he got out the newspaper and looked at the garage sale ads trying to figure out what I was buying HIM! Ooops. But he thinks it's really cool and he even showed me how to use the bobbin winder - now that was a real surprise for me!