Alley Cats Antiques

I’m a very casual partaker of antique shops. In fact, when I enter an antique store/​junk shop of any description, it is because I’m with someone else who wanted to check it out. Not that I hate them, I actually like poking around in them. It’s just that I rarely ever sit up and think, «By gum! I want to visit an antique store!»
But if you’re into that sort of thing you know they fall into four basic types.
1. Clutterfests — Everything is cheap but you will dig through mounds of garbage, perhaps in vain. Bring a flashlight. And gloves.
2. Museums — Everything is beautifully organized and priced so that only a museum could afford it (regardless of actual value). The owner has enough attitude to power a prep school for a semester.
3. Junque Shoppes (AKA Ye Olde SuckerShoppe) — An unholy mix of 1 & 2. The place is a dingy mess, 99.9% of the items are worthless tat, but the prices are set to maximum Gouge.
4. Goldilocks — Juuuuust right. Things are well organized and suitably priced. You might find some deals, but you won’t feel like you’re ripping off the owner. The owner is friendly without being overbearing. Goldilocks stores are fun to wander around in and you’re sure to see something you want and can afford.
ACA is a Goldilocks Plus, because in addition to being everything a Goldilocks antique store should be, there is a resident kitty! So if you shop there you won’t be subjected to the rodential odors you encounter in some places and you’re patronizing a store owned by a very nice lady who rescued an abandoned kitty. Need I say more? Didn’t think so. Be sure to say Hi to Elvis.
We were in the area visiting in-​laws as per Christmas Tradition and this place is less than a block from one of my S-i-L’s homes. I don’t know why we haven’t visited it before, but it is now on our list of places we must visit when we’re in the area. I got so caught up with a big display of buttons (I’m learning to sew, all right?) I forgot to give the jewelery selections a second going over.