At a car-boot last month I struck lucky and found someone with a box-full of toys for babies and picked up 7 things for £3.....all washable so will be good first toys. Then at last I found a doll for Florence - been looking for something suitable for months but so many at boot sales are old, tatty and dirty. This nice clean and tidy doll, with newly knitted clothes was £4.
Also bought a ceramic dish for 50p to replace an old pyrex one with a chip plus a pack of 6 large Christmas badges for 75p. I think they will be good for Christmas cards for Grandchildren in few years time.
Then I found a "mystery" plastic bag full of notebooks, writing paper and cards for 50p.
When I got it home and looked at it properly it turned out to have all this lot inside
Yes, a good 50p worth, some cards I may not use but the notebooks will be good for grandchildren in a while and writing paper for me, buried under the heap is a pack of blue-tac and some sticky labels too.
Addenbrookes hospital on a Sunday is a much quieter place than on a weekday and it was an easy drive there and back too. Col has had the blood test etc that we couldn't get there to get done last week. Much less snow over in Cambridgeshire than we had had here. It will take a day or two of milder weather to melt away some of the huge heaps on the sides of the road near us where a digger has cleared the road. Around us the green-ness is back, the dwarf irises buried under 6 inches of snow have reappeared looking none the worse for it.
Hopefully our new neighbours should get the rest of their furniture and possessions delivered today.
Thank you for Saturday comments
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Sue
Good to know that you got the hospital visit and tests done and that the journey was relatively peaceful.
ReplyDeleteThat was a good 50p worth of stationery! I bet Florence will love her new doll. You have an eye for a good bargain!
If only every hospital visit took less than an hour!
DeleteGlad to hear you got to the hospital safely. That's a good haul of stationery for 50p, and I love the doll with her hand knitted outfit.
ReplyDeleteI think the doll will be a good present for Florence's 2nd birthday
DeleteLovely stationery finds... Glad you made it to the hospital safely.
ReplyDeleteI was pleased with 50p worth of bits and bobs
DeleteI need my eyes testing obviously...I thought at first the doll was your granddaughter! x
ReplyDelete......Should have gone to specsavers!
DeleteReading your post makes me think we should go to a car boot sale, not been to one for years.
ReplyDeleteAlways worth a look I think
DeleteGreat bargains, the mystery package full of stationery must have been a delight to open. So glad you were able to get to the hospital.
ReplyDeleteYes I wasn't sure what was in the bag but a good 50p worth
DeleteHappy to read that you had a safe journey to the hospital and could get it done on a Sunday. Greeting cards here are ridiculously expensive so 50p well spent.
ReplyDeleteI make lots of cards but there are one or two in the bag I can use
DeleteOur car boot starts in a fortnight time and I can't wait. I've told Tom that he can sit by the burger van if it all gets too much for him, lol
ReplyDeleteI shall go around on my own, I simply can't go without my car boots throughout the Summer.
I like the bag full of notebooks etc, I love notebooks etc even if I never get to use them. lol
Briony
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Just found out that our closer Sunday one starts on the 18th so hoping for good weather
DeleteLove that little doll , she is so sweet , I love lots of assorted paper items they always come in useful xxx
ReplyDeleteIt was a handy find
DeleteI do love seeing your car boot finds.
ReplyDeleteSo glad you got to the hospital safely.
Hugs-x-
I love my car boot finds too specially when they are only 50p each!
DeleteWow, 6in of snow, you did have a lot, we barely had a smattering here. Great car boot bargains, the doll looks like a cute one, you’ll have some very happy grandchildren xx
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely haul from the boot sales. You did very well.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
What a wonderful lot of bargains! It will still be quite a while before there are any outdoor sales here. Still thick ice when we went to the lakeshore yesterday. It's amazing that it's still around as we've had several days above freezing including some of about 15C! That tells you how thick that ice must be. Glad you managed to get to the hospital and that the weather is getting back to normal.
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