Anticlimactic

It's precisely when you're on the lookout for something specific that you can't ever find it.
Case in point my quest for random fabrics and other materials that I'm looking for and to say that it's been a successful attempt at foraging would be an overstatement of sorts because I have only been mostly underwhelmed by the things I've come across .
I thought I could find some tablecloths that approximated the image in my head and I was wrong, I thought I'd find some table mats with a woodsy aura and I found most things made of plastic that imitated the wooden finish and I don't do plastic so that wasn't happening.
I was also looking for a crochet piece which I found in either paper or plastic so that was a no go.
There was a certain recycled paper rough edged textured sheets that I knew would exist except it was available as a plastic table cover and I think I want to give up on plastic altogether. It's bothersome.
I did find some wonderful pieces of China and slate plates that I've made a mental note of to buy once I'm back from my travels because the combined weight of those was a bit much to lug back on a leisurely walk and so I think next time I'll bring a larger bag and buy them.

What I did find however was poster sized textured sheets of sketching paper and I think I'd like to experiment photographing with those because they're non reflective surfaces and I've worked with them before also.
Found a large bamboo pillow case that paralleled the wooden textured background I had in mind however it's not the exact shade of wood I was looking for but I'll give it a shot.
Also bought some monochromatic table mats that I have a feeling might not be large enough for my artistic endeavours but we shall see.

Now I sit in a coffee shop that is really a truck with two chairs laid outside and watching the world nonchalantly go by because I don't feel like returning back just now.