Item 10: A nearly 20 year old Canon Sure Shot Camera

You're going to love this.  I have the receipt for this item so I know exactly what date I bought it and where. Here's the receipt (and the owner's manual):

Full disclosure:  I didn't save the receipt and manual.  My husband did.  When he learned I was adding this to my list of 100 items, he pulled these documents out of his magic filing cabinet.  :-)  

Look closely and you'll see this camera was purchased in St. Maarten.  It's from a store on the Dutch side. Dave and I visited the island in April, 1991.  We stayed on the Dutch side at the time share unit owned by my parents .  

This was back in the days before debit cards were in full swing so we actually used cash for most of our purchases.  We arrived on the island on a Saturday and by Tuesday we were concerned we'd run out of cash!  We weren't married at the time (scandalous I know!) so we each pulled out our cash and figured out how to ration it for the rest of the week.  I think of this trip as our honeymoon even though we didn't get married until October of that year.  Heck at the time we were on this trip we hadn't even talked about getting married.  

One evening later in the week, we had a spectacular dinner at a lovely restaurant on the French side of the island.  Le Tastevin.  Heaven on earth.  Our table was on the water.  Trees grew through the roof of the restaurant.  In true French fashion, the wait staff was available but not smothering.  The food was magnifique!  I don't remember what my entree was but I know I had chocolate mousse for dessert.  It was a work of art; an absolutely beautiful presentation and delicious too.  I remember I wanted a second dessert but honestly when you're at a divine, French restaurant you just don't eat two desserts so I savored that one and still savor the memory of that meal.  

Here's a photo of the camera:

Doh; the photo is out of focus!  Obviously photography isn't my strong suit.  This photo was taken not with my Canon Sure Shot but with my Nikon Coolpix digital camera.  Thank goodness for digital cameras.  Now I don't have to spend a fortune developing my photos only to find 80% of them are out of focus!