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Spent most of the night trying to see if there was something worth of exchanging in the fair. In the end only brought the coins, a sealed box of hair dye (bought 2 of the same color and it looked awful on me) and a bag of bottle plastic caps. Decided to just check how it worked so the next time would have a better idea what to bring with me.

Finding the place was a bit hard, lots of walking and had to go by intuition in the end, but managed to arrive at the fair. The place was a bit small and the arrangement of the tables was messy. And there were lots of people, so checking the goods properly was a bit hard. Found the girl who was asking for the coins, she was about to leave, but gladly accepted to place her things again so I could grab something in exchange. She had a couple of fabric bags, a sweater and some other things that didn't call my attention. And then, she brought out her jewelry. It was a bit dark, so couldn't look at them well, but then she showed me a bracelet with lots of hanging buttons.

It was love at first sight. It was really pretty and she said it was okay for me to have it in exchange for the coins. She then told me that she got those buttons from a previous exchange fair. It was cool. I started to feel bad. I considered that the amount of coins that I gave her weren't enough, and at that moment a young men commented that I picked up the best bracelet of the bunch. Insta-remorse. I noticed another bracelet with bottle caps and she said she was collecting them as well, among other things. I had my bag of bottle caps and inmediately gave them to her. Judging by the expression on their faces, looks like it was a good enough amount to add to the exchange (it was probably around 100 caps).

So I got a pretty button bracelet and a better idea on what to bring next time.