SPRING BREAK!!!

I can honestly say that this Spring Break was the best break I have EVER had. Being true to my love of horses, yes I had lots of horsey time. However the best part about that was the fact that the owner moved my horse Daisy and her stable mate Patrick to a bigger round pen. To some that may not be a big deal, but compared to the tiny barn we were stuck in, it’s heaven. Not to mention, they are outside!!! It was so much fun that nothing could rain on my parade. Only because it was almost 80 degrees all week. We were sweating bullets, but it still could not keep me indoors. What was also really fun was that the round pen is on a slight hill. So the trying not to fall of wile riding Daisy without a saddle and on a slight incline was quite interesting to say the least.  Thanks to a good camera, steady hand and mom here are pictures of our horsey day.











To add to my great Spring Break, I achieved my long time goal. Thanks to Bruce Carpenter and my uncle Pat of Winona, I finally bought my saddle. To those who don’t know about Bruce, he is a very old man that runs a shop of new and used horse tack for REALLY cheap prices. He does it so that he can see people and continue to stay in the horse business. I bet you are wondering just how cheap his stuff is right? Well let’s just say the saddle I bought is a brand new Circle Y roper saddle well worth about $2,000. I only paid $375! *GASP* I had been waiting to buy my own saddle for about a year or two now. I saved up about $900 for all of my tack. For someone that cannot seem to keep any money in her pockets, it was dreadfully difficult. With the low price of my saddle, I still had enough money for the rest of my tack. So it was a given, I went hog wild. The first day I bought the saddle, head stall, four things of Vet Wrap, girth, blanket, pretty blue rhinestone spur straps, horse brush, saddle stand, breast collar and reins. All for about $490! Then I guess I still had the buying urge because the next day about an hour before I started my shift at Mills Fleet Farm, I bought saddle cleaner, two more blankets, treats and an Equi ball. Well then a few days passed when I realized I left my spur straps there at Bruces. So on Easter another one of my uncles, Mike, took me back there thinking that I was only going to pick up my spur straps. Boy was he wrong.  I bought a full body outdoor horse blanket, a four pack of horse bandages, a handmade purple crystal cross headstall (its SOOOOOO pretty!), saddle cover and a yellow leopard print halter! This in all cost me $127. Only because the crystal headstall was $85. All in all spring break only cost me $692.76. Leaving me with about $261.76 left. Here are the pictures from my shopping spree!



Lastly, I loved my Spring Break. It was probably the best Spring Break I have ever had. Well time to go. Keep looking for more posts.

Rodeo~Girl~4Life