carboot madness

me and the hubby braved the elements on Monday and not only went to the car boot but actually were selling from the back of our very own car boot to!..

we were actually helping out the hubbys grandad who just wanted to clear out his shed so on Sunday we deposited the kids at their nans and we went and sorted out the shed.. ( Ive kept a few things back for myself but I'll save that for another post!) anyway we basically had a bootfull of tools, books and many other random things ..

went through my mother in laws loft to and got a few things from there and then there was a few bits out of our loft to clear to.. lets just say the car was packed to the rafters !!..

so car was all packed and it looked promising when we first woke up there seemed to be a sun rising in the distance i was feeling positive..

i kid you not the minute we shut our front door and opened the car door it started battering it down.. i mean what is that all about !

so we were in two minds about what to do ..but we just thought lets do it .. we didn't have the kids, and i couldn't face emptying that car it was to depressing a thought!

anyways we got there and it was full of people.. sellers and buyers.. it made me laugh so much when we drove on to the field you could see the look in peoples eyes .. " ahh heres a new seller.. new stuff for us to buy now!.".. honestly we were swamped by people.. i felt like a famous person surrounded by the paps!!..i ended up getting one bloke to help me put the cloths on our paste tables , to give him something to do while the hubby fended off the others with the line "erm can you give me a minute mate !"

so we did rather well.. that was more of the grandads things that just went in a flash.. if you want to know the best things to sell at a car boot.. Tools!!.. they were going like hotcakes !!.. my table looked a bit more forlorn and looked actually like the type of table i give a miss.. i think it was the amount of tack that was on mine.. my sister came along with my mum at one point .my mum ended up buying two things off me .. i did try and give it to her for free but she was having none of it .. so i gave her a reduced price.. you know family rates and all !!

by the end of the morning i was getting a bit fed up of the actual amazing cheek of some people.. the rudeness of others and i was cold.. so we decided to start packing up.. we still had a few things so the hubby ( very clever he is to!) went up to one of the "you can tell he is a professional trader because he had a big van!" and said he could have the bits we had left for a fiver if he wanted.. he said yes!.. so it meant we had a nice empty car and we got rid of everything!!

so there was still a few die hard sellers which meant we could walk around and have a look ourselves..and because it was so late in the day we got everything at v silly prices!!

i got this picture and i thought it would be lovely for our bathroom..

i picked up this china mug and coaster for 20p!..


stuffed them on my dresser theres always a place for everything in my house!!

id walked past this cup a few times and it was there at the very end of the morning so i think it was waiting for me to take it home! the seller wasn't budging though and i still had to pay a pound for it but its ok because its very pretty and is ideal for our toothbrushes !



not sure why its come out upside down this picture but anyways its got the date on it 1918 so a little bit of an antique isn't it!!

oh and i erm kinda picked up another (cough cough..haven't got a problem really ..)
shelf.. yes that's right i bought another shelf!!..


i had to it has all the elements of a good shelf.. solid wood and little hooks so i can hang things off it to .. i had to have it and it was only a pound..i couldn't walk past!!..
so last night the hubby was trying his best to ignore me asking him to put it up..but then i started banging around a bit and i think he thought anything for a quiet life so got the drill out!! ..

i am going to get some nice tea light holders to go on this sweet little thing.. I'm thinking jewel colours like greens and reds..so keep your peelers peeled for me !!

oh did pick up a lovely vintage style cardie as well with lace and beads on but forgot to take a picture of it doh .. ( oh well I'll start Friday Frocks soon and show you then!) but that was only 50p to!!

think that is the last time i do a carboot for a long time though i was exhausted when we got home!!

Booty bargains!!

well we woke up this morning to an awful burning smell..

our oldest who has just turned three decided to make his own breakfast this morning while we were still asleep

his breakfast consisted a spoonful of green and blacks chocolate spread into his plastic postman pat bowl and then put into the microwave wacked onto high!!


so you can imagine the smell of burning plastic and the smoke everywhere... it was disgusting!!

our kitchen stinks of burnt plastic now. he was a bit excited because there was smoke so he thought fireman sam would be coming to see us....eeeek

so i think the baby gate will be put back on now to stop these early morning culinary attempts!!

anyways to escape this horrible smell we decided to go to the car boot, just for a look!!


and we came back with tons!!!...

i thought i had loads but when i got home i didn't have that much really but very pretty what i did have!




first off i saw this pretty t-pot..very Emma Bridgewater inspired i thought.. i asked how much and when he said 20p i nearly snatched his hand off!!!

Ive realised when i got home that i have pretty egg cups that match this..which is always nice to have a few matching items isn't it

i picked up this very pretty patchwork cushion cover on the next stall for 10p!!

i don't know if you can see that well on the picture but lovely little patches of roses.. its found a home on one of my red arm chairs!!

there was a lovely stall full of gorgeous plates and lace tablecloths most of it was out of my price range.. i think he was more of a dealer than someone just clearing their attic!.. but i did pick up these lovely pillowcases.. trimmed with gorgeous lace,and with the prettiest little bit of embroidery

and this gorgeous candy stripe pillowcase that he threw in for free as he only had one.. i would have liked to have two but never mind.. I'll just have to keep an eye out on me travels for the other one!

the thing is these pillowcases are massive.. i think they must be oxford pillowcases ( is that right????) and my pillows are like biscuits so it looks like I'll have to be buying some new ones.. these are to nice to go on flat squashed numbers!

a jaunty little red scarf was thrown in for free when i bought a hairdryer.. mine did blow up on me the other week so have been having to let my hair dry naturally which is all well and good when you have the time but when you're running late and your hair is sopping wet its not ideal.. you cant beat little scarfs though can you..i have drawers full of them but do tend to wear the same ones!

oh i got myself another dress that is obviously from a maturer lady but i loved it.. and the button detail on the shoulder is so pretty.. Ive got some gorgeous red patent wedges which will look fab with this i think..very 1950s!

i have been after a light for my bedroom ever since we moved in.. at the minute its just a brown and cream Capiz shell style one which was left by the previous owners..as pretty as it is.. it doesn't really go in my bedroom but Ive not seen any lights that i liked or could justify paying £100 for so when my beady little eye spotted this twinkling i dove straight in.. ( u know i must be one of those very annoying people at car boots who people complain about!!!)

we got it for £3.50 and its in working order.. how fab is that.. I'm not to sure on the faux candle dripped wax things that go on the bulbs but I'm thinking if i just paint them white/silver i probably wont notice them!
i think it just needs a bit of a clean up to get its sparkle back and then find someone to wire it up!!

to add to my slowly growing collection of pastel coloured china i bought this sweet little jug, its called "almond petal". I'm not sure if its part of any range I'll have to have a look on the Internet later to see but its sooo pweety!!.. its got a little frill around the rim and is a lovely sage green..

i don't know if you have heard of this book "were the wild things are", perhaps you read it as a child.. well hubby was at the pictures the other week and this has been made into a film.. he said it looks amazing....well this book just reminds me of my childhood.. i don't remember the story as such but the pictures are just fixed onto my memory so we bought this lovely book for 50p..our oldest has already had us read it to him a few times .. so it looks like this will be now a firm fave in my little family to !

we also bought the obligatory kids toys that are broken by the time we got back to the car!!..

hubby went a bit mad and couldn't stop buying electrical things.. sega megadrive, sandwich toastie maker, cheese fondue set, camping stove ..haha.. and this is the man who is always silently fuming when i wake him with the words "car boot today darling!!"

then we went to my inlaws for a nice roast..absolutely scrummy roast potatos..hmm i think i had about 6 talk about carb overload.. but then i obviously needed them to build up my energy again dont you think!!!

carboot goodies

what a glorious weekend we've had ey!

lovely sunshine and i think this has been the first bit of sun were it was really warm as well oh happy days i hope it stays like this all summer now ( is this a little bit to optimistic!!?)

we went to the bank holiday carboot today and it was packed because of the good weather which didn't bode well for bargains i thought especially as we didn't get there until mid morning!

but i did manage to nab a few things.. you know I'm trying to build up a nice little plate collection so that i can put them up on the wall and make a feature well i got hold of a few more today

and along with a nice little serving bowl which will come in handy now BBQ season is upon us.. need nice bowls to put salads in etc don't you think!

bought a lovely little china posy .. oo I'm so in love with these pretties they are soo delicate!!

i was made up when i came upon this bag of drawer handles . they are porcelain ones and the lady only wanted £2 for all 10 of them.. i bought them in a flash just in case she changed her mind!

I've put them on my chest of drawers in my bedroom.. which Ive now realised needs a good ol repaint..its a bit like when you try a new pair of shoes on with an old outfit you can just tell!!

and i got this lovely double handed little bowl.. i thought it was lovely,

for my rocking chair i bought a lovely cushion cover but now i need to find a cushion insert that's big enough!!

looking back on most of my purchases they mostly involved a floral pattern of some sort.. is there a theme starting to build up in my house do you think!

oh sob sob.. i bought this lovely Johnson's bros grey dawn little milk jug and a matching bowl and a little sugar pot all for £2.20 and i smashed the sugar pot before as i was trying to find a home for it.. i couldn't believe it .. gutted i was!!!

i think i could have bought more but me and hubby had given ourselves a £10 budget each!!

i did end up with really bad blisters on my heels so had to take my little pumps off .. oo i felt like a free spirit walking in the grass with bare feet!!

hope you've all had a good bank holiday weekend.. mine has been very laid back, lots of reading in the sun and had some friends and family round.. love weekends like this just wish i didn't have that sick "going back to work tomorrow" feeling in my tummy now!!!