Tuesday 5 December 2017

December 5th and the Best Ever Bargain

This has just got to be the car-boot bargain of the Century.


It's a Portmeirion  Holly and Ivy  footed Christmas cake stand which I got from the local small car boot sale in September for £2.........complete with storage box...... Honestly - Just £2. It was a man selling a whole load of house clearance stuff and when he said £2 I didn't hesitate but must have looked astonished because he said "If I'd have said £20 you wouldn't have wanted it would you?". I said no definitely not as it's not something I really need. I didn't tell him that I might have paid £5 or maybe even £10, as it's something I've seen in Wyevale Garden Centre at Christmas and they sell there for around the £35 mark!

It will stand in the middle of the dining table for the next few weeks so I can enjoy it, although the Christmas cake probably won't go on it until January when we have a family get together.

I had to rush around the other day  and get Christmas cards done for the Ipswich relatives so I can put them into a Ipswich Scout Post Box next time I go shopping, it's only a few days until their last posting date. I wrote about Scout Post last year and looked online to see where they have collection boxes this year. Seems they are EVERYWHERE!  They've even expanded into Felixstowe now as well. Must be a really good fundraiser - it is 25p to post a card in their boxes -back in the day when I was an Akela we just had a Christmas Jumble Sale/Bazaar, which was a very popular event.

Thank you for comments about Debenham, I really need to go there more often to check out the 10p bargains of out of date tins and packets at the Co-op. It was on Radio 4 news yesterday about East of England Co-op's doing this to help stop food waste. You heard it HERE a few weeks ago!

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Sue

34 comments:

  1. Gosh, he sold that cheap! But then the house clearance chaps just want rid if they are doing regular clearances. You wouldn't have got it anything like as cheap around here as they all know the price of fish!

    It is LOVELY and I know you will treasure it. Definitely a keeper.

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  2. That is beautiful,I love Christmas plates.I remember,i was visiting York many years ago and bought one on the Market there...I loved it....I only had it for about 20 mins and dropped the bag smashing it!!.I was gutted because it was off an antique stall and they only had the one.Best wishes to you and your Hubby,Debi,xx

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  3. That really was a fabulous buy and it's just so pretty too.
    What a delight to have on the tab;e during the festivities.
    Lisa x

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  4. Great cake plate! Good move by the Co-op, glad they've widened the scheme. I happily eat stuff beyond the best before date so am hoping to save some money on food shopping.

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  5. Lovely plate...I have a collection of holly and ivy wares that usually come out at Christmas x

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    1. I quite fancy the butter knives....don't know why - may have to keep an eye on ebay

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  6. Lovely cake plate, and to have it boxed too is great. My sister collects Royal Albert Old Country Roses and I managed to get her a meat platter at a boot sale this year, which she didn't have. It was in perfect order, no chips or scratches, and cost me £5 - they retail at £78!

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  7. What a stunning find Sue.
    Hugs-x-

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  8. That footed cake plate is normally £42-50, but at present Portmeirion is selling it for £20-40, so you got a fantastic deal!
    We’re giving a bit of thought to downsizing, I don't know what I'd do with all the tableware, whether bought, inherited or weddding present.....I love it all!

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  9. Fab, that is just so lovely and I would have bitten his hand off, too!

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  10. Great find, the Christmas mugs are out here, celebrate the season.

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  11. I love it when it's a great bargain like your cake stand and it's something you have always wanted xxx

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  12. Sue, I have cake plate envy! I own a few bits of Portmeirion and would have loved to have spotted that plate! Well done!

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  13. Such a lovely "find"!

    Scout Christmas Mail. What a delightful fund raiser. Lucky the Royal Mail allows this to go on. :-)

    Happy Coming Yuletide,
    Luna Crone

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  14. That really is a bargain, Sue! I don't normally like for-Christmas-only stuff but this one is the exception! I used to collect Royal Doulton Christmas plates in the 1970s, they brought one out each year, but after four years I felt I'd had enough of them and stopped buying them. Well done on spotting such a lovely item and getting it for a bargain price.

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  15. Now that's a real bargain! With the box, it would make a lovely gift too.
    We have had the annual Scouts Christmas card delivery service in my community for over 30 years, so it's not a new thing at all to me. When it started out the cards were 5p each, but have crept up now to 25p. Now, some of those first Scout delivery boys have boys of their own in the Scouts.

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    1. When I first started putting Ipswich relatives cards into the Scout post box - about 10 years ago, they just had a few collection points, now they are everywhere, makes it easier for people -s o many more groups take part now.

      The Cake stand would make a lovely gift But It's mine....all mine!!

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  16. Am delighted that you found such a bargain.
    You are so stoic about all that has been thrown at you
    over the last couple of years that you deserve something
    that will make you smile every time you catch sight of it.
    Are you going to take a photo of it to show Col? Sue

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    1. I found it in September so he's already seen it

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  17. I guess it's every car boot and yard salers' nightmare--someone scoops up something you're selling, clutches it to their chest, pays what you ask, and runs.

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  18. Lovely cake stand - I have a lot of Portmeirion which I have colleced for years - I am envious as I haven't got that piece. Well done to spot it.

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    1. I now have 2 bits, both bargains, the other is my big planter with sweet peas from a charity stall a few years ago

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  19. I suppose the lesson from this is never to use a house clearance man. Is it an American thing to have special Christmas china? Somebody talked about getting their "Fall" china out recently and I thought Hey ho there's another superfluous and unnecessary trend crossing the Atlantic. I have been using the same Wedgwood white Countryware China since the mid-1980s and have never tired of it and when serving Christmas mince pies I simply add a sprig of (real) holly! We have a charity Christmas post which covers the local villages, but it's the old folk round here who do the running around.

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    1. I'm very British! The only other thing I have that comes out just for December are my Christmas Cup and saucer. Not quite a superfluous trend starting here!

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    2. Reply to Sarah:
      "...and I thought Hey ho there's another superfluous and unnecessary trend crossing the Atlantic."

      Hey ho, another way to bash the States. Why? -sigh-

      I'd have put this, on your blog, but you seem to have well abandoned it.

      Luna Crone

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  20. That's lovely and a total bargain 😊

    I have a few bits and bobs of China ornaments that come out each year but no crockery as such. Mine were decorated by my auntie and have special memories. I would have snapped up a Portmerion cake stand for that price too, well done you.

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  21. Oh wow what a bargain. I have a couple of pieces of that China, which at the best I would have got 20% off. Had for a long time though. Enjoy it every time you look at your table . Best wishes

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